‘Ten Years After’—a long‐term settlement and bioerosion experiment in an Arctic rhodolith bed (Mosselbukta, Svalbard)

• Published in: Geobiology
• Main Authors: Wisshak, Max, Meyer, Neele, Kuklinski, Piotr, Rüggeberg, Andres, Freiwald, André
• Other Authors: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: Foraminifera*; Svalbard
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12469; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gbi.12469; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/gbi.12469

Abstract Rhodolith beds and bioherms formed by ecosystem engineering crustose coralline algae support the northernmost centres of carbonate production, referred to as polar cold‐water carbonate factories. Yet, little is known about biodiversity and recruitment of these hard‐bottom communities or the...