Kießling W (2010)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2010
Publisher: Elsevier
Book Volume: 290
Pages Range: 11-19
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.03.020
The PaleoReefs Database indicates that reef abundance increased profoundly during the Triassic period, from a pronounced low in the Early Triassic to a major peak in the Norian. This expansion is also evident when standardizing for sampling. Corresponding to the reef expansion is a relative increase of scleractinian corals as reef builders, whereas the contribution of hypercalcifying sponges and microbes decreased during the Triassic. The numerical expansion of corals is paralleled by a proportional increase of morphological features that are suggestive of photosymbiosis, such that the Norian reef boom might be explained by the spread of photosymbiosis in corals. The geographical expansion of reefs was far less pronounced especially concerning palaeolatitude. Late Triassic reef growth was limited to more or less the same latitudinal range as modern reefs. As oxygen isotope data and new modeling results indicate declining temperatures and CO
APA:
Kießling, W. (2010). Reef expansion during the Triassic: Spread of photosymbiosis balancing climatic cooling. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 290, 11-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.03.020
MLA:
Kießling, Wolfgang. "Reef expansion during the Triassic: Spread of photosymbiosis balancing climatic cooling." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 290 (2010): 11-19.
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