Integrating short- and long-term bioerosion processes in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Bioerosion, the degradation of hard substrate by living organisms, is an integral process of the marine carbonate cycle, contributing to the recycling of carbonate substrates and helping to maintain the balance between construction and destruction in reef environments. Experimental studies on bioero...
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ftsubbremen:oai:media.suub.uni-bremen.de:Publications/elib/1069 2023-05-15T17:52:04+02:00 Integrating short- and long-term bioerosion processes in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea Integration kurz- und langzeitlicher Bioerosionsprozesse im östlichen Mittelmeer Färber, Claudia Freiwald, Andre Westphal, Hildegard 2016-06-01 application/pdf https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/1069 https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00105332-11 eng eng Universität Bremen FB5 Geowissenschaften https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/1069 urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00105332-11 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Bitte wählen Sie eine Lizenz aus: (Unsere Empfehlung: CC-BY) CC-BY Bioerosion carbonate experiment endoliths boring algae fungi sponges Mediterranean Sea Greece scanning electron microscopy micro-computed tomography 550 550 Earth sciences and geology ddc:550 Dissertation doctoralThesis 2016 ftsubbremen 2022-11-09T07:09:30Z Bioerosion, the degradation of hard substrate by living organisms, is an integral process of the marine carbonate cycle, contributing to the recycling of carbonate substrates and helping to maintain the balance between construction and destruction in reef environments. Experimental studies on bioerosion are an important tool for carbonate budget calculations and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. Most previous bioerosion experiments were conducted over a period of 1 to 2 years giving a detailed picture on microbioerosion in different geographical settings. Experimental studies on the long-term succession of macrobioeroders were previously limited to tropical coral reef systems. Aim of this thesis was the integration of short- and long-term bioerosion processes in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Research on bioerosion in the Mediterranean Sea has a long tradition, but experimental studies are scarce and were previously restricted to the Western Mediterranean Sea. The Eastern Mediterranean Sea is an extreme environment, characterised by an ultra-oligotrophic nutrient regime and exceptionally high temperature and salinity conditions. Experimental data on Mediterranean bioerosion, hence, contributes important information for evaluating global patterns of bioerosion and for modelling the future impact of bioerosion. This is particularly relevant since bioerosion is considered to increase with ongoing ocean acidification, with potentially detrimental effects on carbonate-dominated ecosystems. The main objectives were (1) to analyse the spatio-temporal variability of bioerosion in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and its effect on the carbonate budget, (2) to assess the usability of the observed bioerosion traces for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction, and (3) to set the results in latitudinal and longitudinal context to previous bioerosion experiments. This was based on three experimental studies: (1) a carbonate cycling experiment with experimental platforms deployed for a summer, a winter, and one year along a ... Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Ocean acidification Media SuUB Bremen (Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen) |
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Bioerosion, the degradation of hard substrate by living organisms, is an integral process of the marine carbonate cycle, contributing to the recycling of carbonate substrates and helping to maintain the balance between construction and destruction in reef environments. Experimental studies on bioerosion are an important tool for carbonate budget calculations and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. Most previous bioerosion experiments were conducted over a period of 1 to 2 years giving a detailed picture on microbioerosion in different geographical settings. Experimental studies on the long-term succession of macrobioeroders were previously limited to tropical coral reef systems. Aim of this thesis was the integration of short- and long-term bioerosion processes in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Research on bioerosion in the Mediterranean Sea has a long tradition, but experimental studies are scarce and were previously restricted to the Western Mediterranean Sea. The Eastern Mediterranean Sea is an extreme environment, characterised by an ultra-oligotrophic nutrient regime and exceptionally high temperature and salinity conditions. Experimental data on Mediterranean bioerosion, hence, contributes important information for evaluating global patterns of bioerosion and for modelling the future impact of bioerosion. This is particularly relevant since bioerosion is considered to increase with ongoing ocean acidification, with potentially detrimental effects on carbonate-dominated ecosystems. The main objectives were (1) to analyse the spatio-temporal variability of bioerosion in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and its effect on the carbonate budget, (2) to assess the usability of the observed bioerosion traces for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction, and (3) to set the results in latitudinal and longitudinal context to previous bioerosion experiments. This was based on three experimental studies: (1) a carbonate cycling experiment with experimental platforms deployed for a summer, a winter, and one year along a ... |
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Integrating short- and long-term bioerosion processes in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea |
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Integrating short- and long-term bioerosion processes in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea |
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Integrating short- and long-term bioerosion processes in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea |
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Integrating short- and long-term bioerosion processes in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea |
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Integrating short- and long-term bioerosion processes in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea |
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