Antarctic bioconstructional bryozoans from Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea): morphology, skeletal structures and biomineralization.

• Published in: Minerals
• Main Authors: Lombardi, Chiara, Kuklinski, Piotr, Spirandelli, Edoardo, Bruzzone, Giorgio, Raiteri, Giancarlo, Bordone, Andrea, Mazzoli, Claudio, López Correa, Matthias, van Geldern, Robert, Plasseraud, Laurent, Thomas, Jérôme, Marin, Frédéric
• Other Authors: Centro Ricerche Ambiente Marino S. Teresa, Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), Department of Marine Ecology, Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Institute of Marine Engineering - CNR (CNR-INM), Dipartimento di Geoscienze Padova, Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua (Unipd), Istituto di Science Marine (ISMAR ), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de l'Université de Bourgogne Dijon (ICMUB), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Biogéosciences UMR 6282 (BGS), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Research funded by the National Antarctic Research Program (PNRA, Italy), grant number PNRA 2016/AZ1.09. Complementary funding for SOM analysis provided via MC-COBRA project (2019–2020), financed by the University of Burgundy through the “BQR-Recherche en Réseau 2019” yearly program.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2023
• Subjects: Bryozoa; Antarctica; calcifying ecosystem; growth check lines; zooid morphometrics; skeletal organic matrix (SOM); seawater stable isotopes; climate change; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Antarctic; Ross Sea; Terra Nova Bay; The Gib; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://u-bourgogne.hal.science/hal-04015855; https://doi.org/10.3390/min13020246

International audience Among Antarctic bryozoans, some species are able to develop calcitic bioconstructions promoting habitat complexity, but the processes leading to biomineral formation are mostly unknown. The present work investigated three Antarctic bryozoans, from morphological to skeletal fea...