Rhodolith bed diversity in the Gulf of California: the importance of rhodolith structure and consequences of disturbance

By D. Steller, R. Ríosmena-Rodríguez, M. Foster, C. Roberts. 2003

300 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Oceanography

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In Ecology

1. W. Nelson
2. N. Kamenos
3. R. Ríosmena-Rodríguez
4. D. Steller
5. C. Maggs
6. C. Blake
7. P. Moore
8. J. Grall

In Oceanography

1. W. Nelson
2. N. Kamenos
3. M. Foster
4. D. Steller
5. R. Ríosmena-Rodríguez
6. C. Maggs
7. C. Blake
8. P. Moore

Citations in the corpus

• Environmental tolerances of free-living coralline algae (maerl): implications for European marine conservation (2004, background): “The branched twig-like thalli lock together into a lattice which provides ecological niches for a diverse range of seaweed and invertebrate species, some of which may be confined to the maerl habitat (Keegan, 1974; Bosence, 1976; Foster, 2001; Steller et al., 2003).”
• Diversity and natural history of a Lithothamnion muelleri-Sargassum horridum community in the Gulf of California (2007, background): “Trabajos subsecuentes sobre la epifauna y epiflora de los rodolitos, así como sobre su criptofauna (fauna que vive dentro de ellos), han verificado consistentemente la importancia de los rodolitos para las especies asociadas (revisión en Steller et al. 2003).”
• Bivalve fishing and maerl-bed conservation in France and the UK: retrospect and prospect (2003, background): “brood-stock areas for bivalves (Hall-Spencer, 1998) and can greatly enhance recruitment of juvenile scallops (Thouzeau and Lehay, 1988; Steller et al., 2003).”
• Nursery-area function of maerl grounds for juvenile queen scallops Aequipecten opercularis and other invertebrates (2004, background): “These coralline algal gravels support an extremely diverse fauna and flora (BIOMAERL Team 2003, Steller et al. 2003) and have significantly greater structural heterogeneity than common adjacent substrata (Kamenos et al. 2003).”
• Calcified macroalgae - critical to coastal ecosystems and vulnerable to change: a review (2009, background): “Some species found in association with rhodolith beds are important commercially (Hall-Spencer et al. 2003; Steller et al. 2003).”
• Rhodoliths and rhodolith beds (2013, background): “In a subtropical Gulf of California bed, Steller et al. (2003) reported up to thirty common macroalgal species in winter, but a maximum of eight species in summer.”
• Maerl grounds provide both refuge and high growth potential for juvenile queen scallops (Aequipecten opercularis L.) (2004, unknown): “PLM grounds are highly biodiverse (BIOMAERL Team, 2003; Steller et al., 2003) and have significantly higher heterogeneity than common adjacent substrata including gravel, sand, and IDM (Kamenos et al.”
• Effect of temperature on photosynthesis, growth and calcification rates of the free-living coralline alga Lithophyllum margaritae (2007, background): “These beds support diverse communities of flora and fauna on, within and under their complex branching thalli (Keegan 1974, Bosence 1979, Grall and Glemarec 1997, Giménez-Casalduero et al. 2001, Steller et al. 2003, Amado-Filho et al. 2007, Foster et al. 2007).”
• Small-scale distribution of juvenile gadoids in shallow inshore waters; what role does maerl play? (2004, unknown): “are highly biodiverse (BIOMAERL team, 2003; Steller et al., 2003), and have significantly greater heterogeneity than common adjacent substrata, including gravel, sand,”
• Community structure and food web based on stable isotopes (δ15N and δ13C) analysis of a North Eastern Atlantic maerl bed (2006, background): “The interlocking of the branching (twig-like) thalli of maerl fragments creates a three-dimensional lattice, a highly complex habitat, offering numerous microhabitats to macrofaunal organisms ( Steller et al., 2003 ).”
• Habitat structure and biological characteristics of a maerl bed off the northeastern coast of the Maltese Islands (central Mediterranean) (2009, unknown): “Many studies have consistently verified the importance of rhodoliths to the associated species (review in Amado-Filho et al. 2007; De O Figueiredo et al. 2007; Foster et al. 2007; Steller et al. 2003).”