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A Review of Evolutionary Trends in Carbonate Hardground Communities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2017

Mark A. Wilson  and
Timothy J. Palmer
Mark A. Wilson
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio 44691
Timothy J. Palmer
Affiliation:
Institute of Earth Studies, University College of Wales, Dyfed SY23 2DB United Kingdom
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Ancient and modern marine carbonate hardgrounds offer unusual opportunities to study the evolution of communities from the Early Cambrian into the Holocene. Throughout this time the general physical conditions of a hardground community have been similar. The substrate is hard so sessile organisms must either attach to its surface, nestle in cavities, or bore into it for occupation. These organisms are thus preserved in situ. Since space is often the limiting physical resource, organisms must have ways of obtaining and defending it, and these competitive hierarchies are often preserved in the spatial relationships of the species. Scouring and/or burial in sediment usually marks the end of the brief habitation.

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The Paleontological Society Special Publications , Volume 5: Paleocommunity Temporal Dynamics: The Long-Term Development of Multispecies Assemblies , 1990 , pp. 137 - 152
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Copyright © 1990 Paleontological Society 

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