Grant No.: 23-05217S, Standart projects |
Grant Agency:Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) |
Resolved in: 2023 - 2026 |
Principal investigator:Prof. Katarína Holcová
Charles University Prague, Faculty of Science |
Co-investigators: Dr. Martina Havelcová
Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics of the CAS |
Description: Seagrass/seaweed meadows represent over-looked diversity hotspots. They are key contributors to the production and accumulation of organic matter, and thus a significant factor controlling biodiversity and sedimentation in the shelves areas. In the fossil record their role and significance has not ywet been fully understood. Since seagrass/seaweed are not well predisposed for fossilization, the primary aim of this project is to use a set ofindirect markers/proxies (combinatrion of paleontology and organic geochemistry) to be ableto identify them in the fossil record. Further, this project will analyse fossil seagrass/seaweed ecosystems from selected case studies from the Phanerozoi to evaluate the contribution to the overall shelf biodiversity, and to summarizaze pilot data regarding the biodiversity increase since the early seagrass meadows represented ecosystems characterized by unique gradual coevolution of autotrophic seaweeds/seagrasses with specific groups of heterotrophic organisms. |
External website: Web of the Project |
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