North Atlantic rhodolith beds

• Main Authors: Hernandez Kantun, J. J., Hall Spencer, J. M., Grall, J., Adey, W., RINDI, Fabio, Maggs, C. A., Bárbara, I., Peña, V.
• Other Authors: Rindi, Fabio
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Riosmena-Rodríguez R., Nelson W., Aguirre J. 2016
• Subjects: Canada; Fuller; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11566/238732; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29315-8_10; http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319293134

Beds of coralline algal sediment form ecologically and economically important habitats in the North Atlantic. These habitats can occur from the intertidal down to 60 m depth, and they are locally abundant in several countries. Thirteen species of coralline algae form rhodoliths or maerl in this regi...