Bioturbators as ecosystem engineers in space and time
Palaeontology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
67(6)
Опубликована: Ноя. 1, 2024
Abstract
Biogenic
sedimentary
structures
offer
a
unique
perspective
for
understanding
the
role
of
biosphere
in
interaction
with
other
Earth
subsystems
and
building
up
our
planet.
The
record
their
ancient
equivalents
provides
wealth
information
reconstructing
bioturbators
as
ecosystem
engineers
using
multiple
ichnological
proxies
methods.
In
this
study,
we
present
an
overview
how
bioturbation
has
worked
across
broad
range
spatial
temporal
scales
from
engineering.
Comprehensive
systematic
datasets
allow
analyses
at
regional
global
extents,
especially
over
long
where
sampling
intensity
rock
biases
can
be
considered.
Our
results
underscore
significance
Cambrian
Explosion
establishment
modern‐style
shallow
marine
ecosystems
Ordovician
Radiation
deep
counterparts,
well
continuous
impact
during
Palaeozoic
terrestrialization.
Comparable
rest
Phanerozoic
have
not
yet
been
compiled.
However,
preliminary
indicates
that
colonization
ultra‐deep
tiers,
rise
to
prominence
regenerators,
increased
burrowing
efficiency,
compartmentalization
endobenthic
ecospace,
were
products
Mesozoic
Marine
Revolution.
trace‐fossil
offers
hard
data
evaluate
driving
force
re‐structuring
key
factor
geobiological
cycles.
Models
assessing
these
fundamental
issues
should
rooted
empirically
different
scales,
both
autoecological
synecological
macroecological,
making
best
possible
use
rich
rapidly
developing
toolbox.
Язык: Английский
Small topographical variations controlling trace maker community: Combining palaeo- and neoichnological data at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain
Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown, С. 112524 - 112524
Опубликована: Сен. 1, 2024
Язык: Английский