Adaptations of Crustose Coralline Algae to Herbivory: Patterns in Space and Time
Adaptations of Crustose Coralline Algae to Herbivory: Patterns in Space and Time
复制标题
壳珊瑚藻对草食性的适应：时空模式
DOI：
10.1007/978-3-642-70355-3_29
复制
发表时间：
1985
期刊：
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
R. Steneck
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
R. Steneck
硬壳珊瑚藻类是光区内最丰富的生物(植物或动物)，它们占据坚硬的底物。事实上，全新世可能是“地壳珊瑚时代”，因为珊瑚比以往任何时候都更加多样和丰富。这也是食草动物的最大强度时期。硬壳珊瑚和珊瑚食草动物的辐射在时间上是相关的。生态学和古生物学研究表明，甲壳珊瑚和食草动物已经“广泛”地共同进化，达到了它们现在的优势。
Crustose coralline algae are among the most abundant organisms (plant or animal) to occupy hard substratum within the photic zone. In fact, the Holocene may be the “Age of Crustose Corallines,” since corallines are more diverse and abundant than ever before. This is also a period of maximum intensity of herbivory. The radiation of crustose corallines and coralline grazing herbivores are temporally correlated. Ecological and paleontological research suggests that crustose corallines and herbivores have “diffusely” coevolved to attain their current preeminance.