Bryozoan framework composition in the oddly shaped reefs from Abrolhos Bank, Brazil, southwestern Atlantic: taxonomy and ecology

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: RAMALHO, LAÍS V., TAYLOR, PAUL D., MORAES, FERNANDO COREIXAS, MOURA, RODRIGO, AMADO-FILHO, GILBERTO M., BASTOS, ALEX C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2018
• Subjects: Bryozoa; Taxonomy; palaeoecology; Bahia State; Cheilostomata; Cyclostomata; Pinnacle; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4483.1.6; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4483.1.6

Bryozoans are a key group of sessile invertebrates in some reef frameworks but are typically neglected in environmental monitoring programs. Abrolhos Bank (Brazil) is the largest reef complex in the South Atlantic Ocean, encompassing several reef landscapes over an area of 46,000 km2. A transition t...