Size and distribution of rhodolith beds in the Loreto Marine Park: Their role in coastal processes

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 255-260

  Riosmena Rodrguez, Rafael ^a   Lpez Caldern, Jorge Manuel ^a   Mariano Melndez, Everardo ^b   Snchez Rodrguez, Alexandra ^a   Fernndez Garcia, Cindy ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^b Parque Nacional Bahía de Loreto ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

coastal processes; distribution; growth forms; Nearshore rhodoliths; size; species composition

Indexed keywords

FUTURE PROSPECT; GEOACCUMULATION; GPS; REEDBED; RHODOLITH; SAMPLING; SCUBA DIVING; SEAFLOOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAPHONOMY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; CARMEN ISLAND; CORONADOS ISLAND; LORETO MARINE RESERVE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

LITHOPHYLLUM MARGARITAE; LITHOTHAMNION; NEOGONIOLITHON TRICHOTOMUM;

EID: 84856013258     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-11T-00008.1     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Amado-Filho, G.M.; Maneveldt, G.;Manso, R.C.C.; Marins-Rosa, B.V.; Pacheco, M.R., and Guimarã es, S.M.P.B., 2007. Estructura de los mantos de rodolitos de 4 a 55 metros de profundidad en la costa sur del estado de Espírito Santo, Brasil. Ciencias Marinas, 33, 399-410 [in Spanish]. (Pubitemid 351166598)
2. Arizpe-Covarrubias, O. and Riosmena-Rodríguez, R., 2007. Flora y fauna marina del Parque Marino de Loreto. In: Ganster, P.; Arizpe, O., and Ivanova, A. (eds.), Loreto la Antigua Capital de las Californias. LaPaz, Mexico: UABCS San Diego State University, pp. 77-89.
3. A ́ vila, E. and Riosmena-Rodríguez, R., 2010. Rhodolith beds as critical habitat for monitoring in Marine Protected Areas in the Gulf of California. In: Polisciano, G. and Farina, O. (eds.), National Parks: Vegetation, Wildlife and Threats. New York, New York: Nova Science Publishers, pp. 207-214.
4. A ́ vila, E. and Riosmena-Rodríguez, R., 2011. A preliminary evaluation of shallow water rhodolith beds of Bahía Magdalena, México. Brazilian Journal of Oceanography. In press.
5. Bosence, D.W.J., 1983. Description and classification of rhodoliths (rhodoids, rhodolites). In: Peryt, T.M. (ed.), Coated Grains. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, pp. 217-224.
6. Bosence, D.W.J. and Pedley, H.M., 1982. Sedimentology and palaeoecology of a Miocene coralline algal biostrome from the Maltese Islands. Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, 38, 9-43. (Pubitemid 12263469)
7. Bosence, D.W.J. and Wilson, J., 2003. Maërl growth, carbonate production rates and accumulation rates in the northeast Atlantic. Aquatic Conservation:Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 13, 21-31.
8. Foster, M.S., 2001. Rhodoliths: between rocks and soft places. Journal of Phycology, 37, 659-667. (Pubitemid 33016996)
9. Foster, M.S.; Mc Connico, L.M.; Lundsten, L.; Wadsworth, T.; Kimbaill, T.; Brooks, L.E.; Medina-López, M.; Riosmena-Rodríguez, R.; Hernández-Carmona, G.; Vazquez Elizondo, R.M.; Johnson, S., and Steller, D.L., 2007. The diversity and natural history of a Lithothamnion muelleri-Sargassum horridum community in the Gulf of California. Ciencias Marinas, 33, 367-384. (Pubitemid 351166596)
10. Foster, M.S.; Riosmena-Rodríguez, R.; Steller, D.L., and Woelkerling, W.J., 1997. Living rhodolith beds in the Gulf of California and their implications for paleoenvironmental interpretation. Geological Society of America Special Paper, 318, 127-139.
11. Graham, D.J. and Midgley, N.G., 2000. Graphical representation of particle shape using triangular diagrams: an excel spreadsheet method. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 25, 1473-1477. (Pubitemid 32045281)
12. Guzmán, H.M.; Guevara, C.A., and Breedy, O., 2004. Distribution, diversity, and conservation of coral reefs and coral communities in the largest marine protected area of Pacific Panama (Coiba Island). Environmental Conservation, 3, 111-121. (Pubitemid 39062103)
13. Hall-Spencer, J.M.; White, N.; Gillespie, E.; Gillham, K., and Foggo, A., 2006. Impact of fish farms on maërl beds in strongly tidal areas. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 326, 1-9. (Pubitemid 46026120)
14. Hetzinger, S.; Halfar, J.; Riegl, B., and Godinez-Orta, L., 2006, Sedimentology and acoustic mapping of modern rhodolith beds on a non-tropical carbonate shelf (Gulf of California, Mexico). Journal of Sedimentary Research, 76, 670-682.
15. Hinojosa-Arango, G. and Riosmena-Rodríguez, R., 2004. The influence of rhodolith species and growth-form on cryptofaunal assemblages of rhodolith beds in the central-west Gulf of California, Mexico. PSZN Marine Ecology, 54, 234-244.
16. Johnson, M.E.; Backus, D.H., and Riosmena-Rodríguez, R., 2009. Contribution of rhodoliths to the generation of Pliocene-Pleistocene limestone in the Gulf of California. In: Johnson, J.M. and Ledesma-Vázquez, J. (eds.), Atlas of Coastal Ecosystems in the Gulf of California: Past and Present. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, pp. 83-94.
17. Riosmena-Rodríguez, R. and Medina-López, M., 2010. The role of rhodolith beds in the recruitment of invertebrate species from the southwestern Gulf of California, Mexico. In: Israel, A.; Einav, R., and Seckbach, J. (eds.), Seaweeds and Their Role in Globally Changing Environments, pp. 127-138.
18. Riosmena-Rodríguez, R.; Steller, D.L.; Hinojosa-Arango, G., and Foster, M.S., 2010. Reefs that rock and roll: biology and conservation of rhodolith beds in the Gulf of California. In: Bursca, R.C. (ed.), Biodiversity and Conservation of the Sea of Cortez. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona and Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Press, pp. 49-71.
19. Sewell, A.A.; Johnson, M.E.; Backus, D.H., and Ledesma-Vázquez, J., 2007. Rhodolith detritus impounded by a coastal dune on Isla Coronados, Gulf of California. Ciencias Marinas, 33, 483-494. (Pubitemid 351166603)
20. Steller, D.L. and Cáceres-Martínez, C., 2009. Coralline algal rhodoliths enhance larval settlement and early growth of the Pacific calico scallop Argopecten ventricosus. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 396, 49-60.
21. Steller, D.L. and Foster, M.S., 1995. Environmental factors influencing distribution and morphology of rhodoliths in Bahia Concepcion, B.C.S., Mexico. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 194, 201-212. (Pubitemid 2615532)
22. Steller, D.L.; Riosmena-Rodríguez, R.; Raimondi, P.T., and Foster, M.S., 1999. The importance of rhodolith beds as recruitment habitat for the catarina scallop Argopecten ventricosus along the coasts of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico. In: Heine, J.N.; Canestro, D., and Wuttken, G. (eds.), Diving for Science. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Scientists (Washington, D.C.), pp. 11-124.
23. Steller, D.L.; Riosmena-Rodríguez, R.; Foster, M.S., and Roberts, C.A., 2003. Rhodolith bed diversity in the Gulf of California: the importance of rhodolith structure and consequences of disturbance. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 13, 5-20.
24. Steller, D.L.; Riosmena-Rodríguez, R., and Foster, M.S., 2007. Sampling and monitoring rhodolith beds. In: Rigby, R.; Iken, K., and Shirayama, Y. (eds.), Handbook for Sampling Coastal Seagrasses and Macroalgae Community Biodiversity. Kyoto, Japan: Kyoto University Press, pp. 93-100.
25. Steller, D.L.; Foster, M.S., and Riosmena-Rodríguez, R., 2009. Living rhodolith bed ecosystems in the Gulf of California. In: Johnson, J.M. and Ledesma-Vázquez, J. (Eds.), Atlas of Coastal Ecosystems in the Gulf of California: Past and Present. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, pp. 72-82.
26. Yabur-Pacheco, R. and Riosmena-Rodríguez, R., 2007. Species and growth-form composition of rhodolith beds along the southwestern Gulf of California, Mexico. The Nagisa World Congress, 1, 37-47.