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Evolution of Holdfast Diversity and Attachment Strategies of Ediacaran Benthic Macroalgae | |
Wang, Xiaopeng(王霄鹏)1,2,3; Wu, Mengyin4; Wan, Bin (万斌))1,2,3![]() ![]() ![]() | |
2021-12-08 | |
Source Publication | FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE
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Volume | 9Pages:11 |
Abstract | Holdfast morphologies and attachment strategies of benthic macroalgae are somewhat flexible and controlled by both the substrate condition and species. Six forms (tapered base, globose holdfast, composite globose holdfast, discoidal holdfast, rhizoids and horizontal rhizomes) of attachment structures of Ediacaran benthic macroalgae are recognized from the early Ediacaran Lantian biota and late Ediacaran Miaohe biota in South China based on functional morphology. Each form is considered either adapted to firm substrates that dominate the Precambrian seafloor, or soft substrates that are more common in the Phanerozoic. The results show a diversification in both holdfast morphology and attachment strategies of macroalgae during the Ediacaran Period. In the early Ediacaran Lantian biota, none of the benthic macroalgae is adapted to soft substrates, while in the late Ediacaran Miaohe biota, a considerable number (41%) of species are adapted to relatively soft substrates. This shift might be an adaptive response to the diversification of macroalgae and a changing substrate condition during the Ediacaran Period: the decline of microbial mats and increase of water content in the sediments in the Ediacaran. |
Keyword | Ediacaran macroalgae holdfast South China substrate condition |
DOI | 10.3389/feart.2021.783427 |
Indexed By | SCI |
Language | 英语 |
WOS Keyword | NEOPROTEROZOIC DOUSHANTUO FORMATION ; YANGTZE GORGES AREA ; SOUTH CHINA ; LANTIAN FORMATION ; GUIZHOU PROVINCE ; WENGHUI BIOTA ; MIAOHE BIOTA ; MORPHOLOGY ; CARBON ; SHALE |
WOS Research Area | Geology |
WOS Subject | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS ID | WOS:000732752400001 |
Publisher | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA |
Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/40267 |
Collection | 中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所 |
Corresponding Author | Wan, Bin (万斌)) |
Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Earth & Planetary Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Guiyang Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Guiyang, Peoples R China 5.Univ Sci & Technol China, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Hefei, Peoples R China |
First Author Affilication | Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeonotology,CAS |
Corresponding Author Affilication | Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeonotology,CAS |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Wang, Xiaopeng,Wu, Mengyin,Wan, Bin ,et al. Evolution of Holdfast Diversity and Attachment Strategies of Ediacaran Benthic Macroalgae[J]. FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE,2021,9:11. |
APA | Wang, Xiaopeng.,Wu, Mengyin.,Wan, Bin .,Niu, Changtai.,Zheng, Wentao.,...&Yuan, Xunlai.(2021).Evolution of Holdfast Diversity and Attachment Strategies of Ediacaran Benthic Macroalgae.FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE,9,11. |
MLA | Wang, Xiaopeng,et al."Evolution of Holdfast Diversity and Attachment Strategies of Ediacaran Benthic Macroalgae".FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE 9(2021):11. |
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