M1.10 Rhodolith/Maërl beds

Biome: M1. Marine shelf biome

Contributors:
(texts)

– profile in preparation –

Key Features

Biogenic beds formed by non-geniculate (non-jointed), free-living coralline algae on soft substrates supporting diverse benthic and demersal fauna and bacterial biofilms.

Overview of distribution

Continental and island shelves at depths up to 270 m from the subtropics to subpolar waters.

Profile versions

• v2.1 (2022-04-06): KE Watermeyer; EJ Gregr; RR Rykaczewski; LJ Shannon; IM Suthers; DA Keith Full profile available at official site

Main references

Selected references for this functional group:

Diagrammatic assembly model

Diagrammatic assembly model of M1.10 Rhodolith/Maërl beds. See general notes on diagrams. Open image full size.

Maps

Maps are indicative of global distribution patterns are not intended to represent fine-scale patterns. The maps show areas of the world containing major (coloured red) or minor occurrences (coloured yellow) of each ecosystem functional group. See general notes on maps.

Information about the current valid indicative map for this functional group is shown below.

M1.10.WM.nwx_v1.0

Datasets

• Rhodolith-beds

Map references

• Fragkopoulou Eliza, Serrão Ester A., Horta Paulo A., Koerich Gabrielle, Assis Jorge (2021) Bottom Trawling Threatens Future Climate Refugia of Rhodoliths Globally Frontiers in Marine Science 7: 1246 DOI:10.3389/fmars.2020.594537

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