Abstract
Reefs are susceptible to multiple physical, chemical and biological taphonomic processes. Bioerosion, in particular has escalated through time and might be expected to have influenced the taphonomy of reefs. The following biases can be predicted: (1) In the absence of grain-reducing activities by reef biota (fish, echinoids, and clionid sponges) abrasion on Paleozoic reefs would have been dominated by physical processes and sediment grains may have been more coarse. (2) Increased bioerosion since the Jurassic is such that modern reefs are quickly reduced to rubble and sand leaving only the resilient branching corals and thick coralline algae. By contrast, many pre-Jurassic reefs commonly preserve intact, in situ frameworks that include massive or laminar, often soft-sediment-dwelling, growth forms. (3) After the appearance of reef fish in the Eocene, sediment production and distribution within reef complexes is likely to have increased markedly but this has not yet been fully elucidated. (4) Escalation in rates of bioerosion from the Miocene onwards are such that it can be expected that substantial aprons of reef-slope sediment may not have been present on pre-Miocene reefs.
Evidence is persuasive that changing global seawater chemistry has exerted secular changes in the dominant carbonate mineralogy of reef organisms and early diagenetic cements but the subsequent effects upon reef taphonomy remain to be documented.
The current phase of climate change will exert a profound effect upon reef ecology and taphonomy. Reduction of reef herbivore populations will almost certainly lead to an increase in soft-bodied algal biomass, and a decrease in coral cover, particularly in areas of eutrophication or outbreaks of disease. Bleaching as a result of global warming may lead to significant or widespread coral mortality. Calcification rates are already between 6% and 20% lower than they were under pre-industrial conditions due to ocean acidification. These processes will reduce the structural integrity of reefs. Future death assemblages and the subsequent fossil record of reefs will be dominated by highly degraded coral fragments and grains with limited in situ reef frameworks, endolithic algal activity, and intense bioerosion.
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Wood, R. (2011). Taphonomy of Reefs Through Time. In: Allison, P.A., Bottjer, D.J. (eds) Taphonomy. Aims & Scope Topics in Geobiology Book Series, vol 32. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8643-3_10
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