High-Latitude Bioerosion: The Kosterfjord Experiment

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Wisshak, Max (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Σειρά: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, 109
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Geology.; Structural geology.; Paleontology.; Ecology.; Life Sciences.; Structural Geology.

Bioerosion is the major force driving the degradation of marine skeletal carbonates and limestone coasts. A wide spectrum of mechanical and/or chemical boring, scraping or crushing organisms break down calcereous substrates, comprising various grazers, macroborers and especially microborers. Their t...