Biogeochemistry of hypersaline microbial mats illustrates the dynamics of modern microbial ecosystems and the early evolution of the biosphere.

By D. D. Marais. 2003

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Photosynthetic microbial mats are remarkably complete self-sustaining ecosystems at the millimeter scale, yet they have substantially affected environmental processes on a planetary scale. These mats may be direct descendents of the most ancient biological communities in which even oxygenic photosynthesis might have developed. Photosynthetic mats are excellent natural laboratories to help us to learn how microbial populations associate to control dynamic biogeochemical gradients.

Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Paleontology

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• Processes of carbonate precipitation in modern microbial mats (2009, background): “Despite the fact that organomineralization s.l. and biomineralization (Fig.”
• Flat laminated microbial mat communities (2009, background): “The structures can be preserved in the rock record and their interpretation can be enhanced by the study of modern microbiolites (Grotzinger and Knoll, 1999; Des Marais, 2003; Tice and Lowe, 2004; Noffke, 2007).”