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The heading frames a wide range of possible meeting points between biofilms and macroorganisms. To begin this chapter, it seems thus neccessary to select. In addition to the chapter in this volume on epizoic microbial growth on sessile encrusting metazoans (bryozoans), the main emphasis will be on non-sessile and non-encrusting metazoans co-existing with laminated microbial mats of shallow marine and coastal settings.
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Gerdes, G. (2003). Biofilms and Macroorganisms. In: Krumbein, W.E., Paterson, D.M., Zavarzin, G.A. (eds) Fossil and Recent Biofilms. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0193-8_12
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