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Intertidal Bioerosion by Macroinvertebrates near Puerto Penasco, Northern Gulp of California

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2017

R. F. Stearley
R. F. Stearley*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Bioerosion–the active excavation of rock and shell material by organisms– is a significant degradational process in many marine sedimentary environments. This phenomenon is prominent in the northern Gulf of California, where coastal carbonate “beachrock” is undergoing erosion by a diverse suite of invertebrates. Near Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, the varied intertidal settings display distinctive associations of macroboring infauna, and accompanying biokarst.

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The Paleontological Society Special Publications , Volume 2: Paleoecology and Taphonomy of Pleistocene to Recent Intertidal Deposits, Gulf of California , 1987 , pp. 113 - 127
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Copyright © 1987 Paleontological Society 

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