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Calcareous shelled marine creatures stabilising coastlines, reefs
According to a report from the University of Bonn, tiny single-cell organisms are spreading rapidly through the world's oceans, where they might be able to mitigate the consequences of climate change.
A group of researchers led by colleagues from the University of Bonn made the discovery; Foraminifera of the variety Amphistegina are stabilising coastlines and reefs with their calcareous shells.
The study's results have now appeared in the international online journal PLOS ONE.
"Foraminifera are ecosystem engineers," says Prof. Dr. Martin Langer from the Steinmann-Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie at the University of Bonn. "With their shells, these protozoa produce up to two kilograms of calcium carbonate per square meter of ocean floor. This often makes them, after corals, the most important producers of sediment in tropical reef areas."
Read the full article on www.sciencedaily.com.
