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The Role of Mineral, Living and Artificial Substrata in the Development of Subtidal Assemblages

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Marine Hard Bottom Communities

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The orientation of subtidal hard substrata has long been known to play a key role in the assemblage that develops and the assumption has been that the nature of the substratum plays a minor role in this regard. I examine the features of mineral, living and artificial surfaces that affect the development of sessile invertebrate assemblages and find evidence that not all hard substrata are equivalent. As an example, evidence is mounting that rock type can affect the structural complexity of the reef at a range of scales: from millimetres, due to mineralogical dissolution, to the km scale. Furthermore and rather surprisingly, mineralogical content may be an important structuring agent. A further exciting development in this field is the finding that surface microtexture provides antifouling defence for a broad range of taxa. As ecologists working on subtidal assemblages, the challenge facing us is to understand processes that underpin pattern in these systems, particularly on natural surfaces and at depths beyond SCUBA.

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Acknowledgements

I thank Martin Wahl for the opportunity to contribute this chapter and his patience when it was slow to materialise. He, Todd Minchinton and Kirsten Benkendorff provided insightful comments that substantially improved an early draft. Discussions with several geologists were useful in improving my understanding of how organisms may interact with rock type—special thanks to Leah Moore and Colin Murray-Wallace in this regard. Without the able assistance of Allison Broad this chapter would have been much more difficult to assemble, although any omissions or errors are my own. This represents contribution number 283 from the Ecology and Genetics Group at the University of Wollongong, Australia.

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    Davis, A.R. (2009). The Role of Mineral, Living and Artificial Substrata in the Development of Subtidal Assemblages. In: Wahl, M. (eds) Marine Hard Bottom Communities. Ecological Studies, vol 206. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/b76710_2

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