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10-11-2022, 10:00 PM
Noticias:
An international research team has carried out the first study on rhodoliths on the beaches of Fuerteventura.
More than six million rhodoliths are concentrated on the beaches of northern Fuerteventura, where the peculiar shape of these coralline algae has originated the popular name of beach "popcorn". An international team of researchers has carried out the first analysis of their composition and calls to stop their looting, as they are crucial for biodiversity, says the EFE Agency.
Scientists from the Hydrographic Institute of Portugal, Natural History Museums of Stuttgart (Germany) and Tenerife, University of La Laguna, University of the Azores, Williams College of Boston and the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain (IGME-CSIC) have joined forces in the first detailed study of these rhodoliths.
The result is the article "Rhodolith beds and their land transport in Fuerteventura", published in the journal "Frontiers in Marine Sscience", one of whose authors, the curator of Paleontology and Geology of the Museum of Nature and Archaeology of Tenerife, Esther Martín-González, explains to EFE that this work contributes to increasing the current knowledge of rhodoliths in the Canary Islands and offers a baseline for future research as key habitat providers in environments Island.
Rhodoliths and rhodolith beds correspond to independent nodules of coralline red algae (Rhodophyta) "and are essential ecosystem engineers, as they produce structurally complex habitats that host distinctive assemblages of highly diverse fauna and flora," adds the researcher.
link to article for YT video - rhodliths shown at about 11.22
https://www.noticiasfuerteventura.com/fuerteventura/a-vueltas-con-los-rodolitos
An international research team has carried out the first study on rhodoliths on the beaches of Fuerteventura.
More than six million rhodoliths are concentrated on the beaches of northern Fuerteventura, where the peculiar shape of these coralline algae has originated the popular name of beach "popcorn". An international team of researchers has carried out the first analysis of their composition and calls to stop their looting, as they are crucial for biodiversity, says the EFE Agency.
Scientists from the Hydrographic Institute of Portugal, Natural History Museums of Stuttgart (Germany) and Tenerife, University of La Laguna, University of the Azores, Williams College of Boston and the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain (IGME-CSIC) have joined forces in the first detailed study of these rhodoliths.
The result is the article "Rhodolith beds and their land transport in Fuerteventura", published in the journal "Frontiers in Marine Sscience", one of whose authors, the curator of Paleontology and Geology of the Museum of Nature and Archaeology of Tenerife, Esther Martín-González, explains to EFE that this work contributes to increasing the current knowledge of rhodoliths in the Canary Islands and offers a baseline for future research as key habitat providers in environments Island.
Rhodoliths and rhodolith beds correspond to independent nodules of coralline red algae (Rhodophyta) "and are essential ecosystem engineers, as they produce structurally complex habitats that host distinctive assemblages of highly diverse fauna and flora," adds the researcher.
link to article for YT video - rhodliths shown at about 11.22
https://www.noticiasfuerteventura.com/fuerteventura/a-vueltas-con-los-rodolitos