{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Rodriguez-Ruano V"],"funding":["Sigma Xi","National Science Foundation"],"pagination":["e0311344"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11469488"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["19(10)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The composition of coral-reef sediments is highly variable across space and time, and differences in the life histories of the dominant calcifying organisms on reefs contribute to the heterogeneity of reef sediments. Previous studies have suggested that variations in coral-reef bioerosion can influence spatial and temporal variations of sedimentary assemblages: elevated erosion rates of dead coral skeletons can trigger a pulse of coral-derived sediments and cause a shift in the dominance of sedimentary grains from coralline algae, such as Halimeda, to coral. We assessed the variability of the sedimentary composition and bioerosion rates of reefs at different spatial scales to determine the association between these two variables. We surveyed the benthic assemblages on reefs exhibiting diff"],"journal":["PloS one"],"pubmed_title":["Spatial variability of sedimentary assemblages reflects variations in bioerosion pressure of adjacent coral reefs."],"pmcid":["PMC11469488"],"funding_grant_id":["G20191001105176406","OCE-1535007"],"pubmed_authors":["Rodriguez-Ruano V","Alvarez-Filip L","Estrada-Saldivar N","Aronson RB","Perez-Cervantes E","Precht WF"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Spatial variability of sedimentary assemblages reflects variations in bioerosion pressure of adjacent coral reefs.","description":"The composition of coral-reef sediments is highly variable across space and time, and differences in the life histories of the dominant calcifying organisms on reefs contribute to the heterogeneity of reef sediments. Previous studies have suggested that variations in coral-reef bioerosion can influence spatial and temporal variations of sedimentary assemblages: elevated erosion rates of dead coral skeletons can trigger a pulse of coral-derived sediments and cause a shift in the dominance of sedimentary grains from coralline algae, such as Halimeda, to coral. We assessed the variability of the sedimentary composition and bioerosion rates of reefs at different spatial scales to determine the association between these two variables. We surveyed the benthic assemblages on reefs exhibiting diff","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024","modification":"2025-04-04T02:19:49.695Z","creation":"2025-04-04T02:19:49.695Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11469488","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39392841"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0311344"]}}