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News from Underwater Meadows www.seagrasswatch.org by Sonja Reich Department: NCB Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands Supervisors: Frank Wesselingh & Jon Todd On the Miocene diversification of Indo-Pacific molluscan communities associated to seagrass meadows Friday, 7 October 2011

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News from Underwater Meadows

www.seagrasswatch.org

by Sonja Reich

Department: NCB Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands

Supervisors: Frank Wesselingh & Jon Todd

On the Miocene diversification of Indo-Pacific molluscan communities associated to seagrass meadows

Friday, 7 October 2011

A  short  summary  on  seagrasses

Spalding et al, 2000

McKenzie (2008)

lumpysoceanlife.blogspot.com

msnbc.msn.com

conservationnation.blogspot.com

Nutrients

relativly rapid uptake

slow decomposition and consumption

reduction of eutrificationbinding of organic pollutants

Image by Frank Wesselingh

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The  ecological  diversity  of  seagrass  molluscs

Epifaunal active predatorsEpifaunal herbivores

Epifaunal browsing carnivores

Epifaunal microherbivores

Epifaunal microcarnivores

Infaunalsuspension feeders

&Infaunal (chemoautotrophic)deposit feeders

Epifaunal detritivores

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Abundance  of  small  herbivores  in  the  Banjung  Ante  fauna

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Abundance  of  small  herbivores  in  the  Banjung  Ante  fauna

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Abundance  of  small  herbivores  in  the  Banjung  Ante  fauna

Diala cf. semistriata (Philippi, 1849)

Bothropoma spec. nov.

Rissoina (Rissoina) spec. nov.

1245 114

365

543

Bittium cf. diplax(Philippi, 1849)

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Abundance  of  small  herbivores  in  the  Banjung  Ante  fauna

Diala cf. semistriata (Philippi, 1849)

Bothropoma spec. nov.

Rissoina (Rissoina) spec. nov.

1245 114

365

543

Bittium cf. diplax(Philippi, 1849)

Smaragdia sp.

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TF  110  (Bontang)

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TF  110  (Bontang)

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TF  110  (Bontang)

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TF  110  (Bontang)

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TF  110  (Bontang)

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A  seagrass  mollusc  community  from  TF  110

Friday, 7 October 2011

A  seagrass  mollusc  community  from  TF  110

Friday, 7 October 2011

A  seagrass  mollusc  community  from  TF  110

First  impressions:same  groups  as  Banjung  Ante,  but  different  composi;onmost  common  species:  Rhinoclavis  sp.

Friday, 7 October 2011

A  seagrass  mollusc  community  from  TF  110

First  impressions:same  groups  as  Banjung  Ante,  but  different  composi;onmost  common  species:  Rhinoclavis  sp.

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Smaragdia sp.

Smaragdia  as  an  indicator  for  seagrass

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Smaragdia sp.

Smaragdia semari Beets, 1941

Smaragdia  as  an  indicator  for  seagrass

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Smaragdia sp.

Smaragdia semari Beets, 1941 Smaragdia gelingsehensis Beets, 1986

Smaragdia  as  an  indicator  for  seagrass

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This  fieldwork  :  Searching  for  more  seagrass  faunas

Friday, 7 October 2011

This  fieldwork  :  Searching  for  more  seagrass  faunas

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This  fieldwork  :  Searching  for  more  seagrass  faunas

…and after this fieldwork?

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New  species  from  Banjung  Ante

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82. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft

Plans  for  September

Friday, 7 October 2011

82. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft

TALK:  Reconstruc;ng  the  origin  of  the  Indo-­‐Malayan  marine  biodiversity  hotspot  –  First  glimpses  from  the  fossil  record

Plans  for  September

Friday, 7 October 2011

82. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft

POSTER:  Molluscs  from  underwater  meadows  -­‐  An  Early  Miocene  seagrass  mollusc  community  from  Java,  Indonesia

TALK:  Reconstruc;ng  the  origin  of  the  Indo-­‐Malayan  marine  biodiversity  hotspot  –  First  glimpses  from  the  fossil  record

Plans  for  September

Friday, 7 October 2011

82. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft

POSTER:  Molluscs  from  underwater  meadows  -­‐  An  Early  Miocene  seagrass  mollusc  community  from  Java,  Indonesia

TALK:  Reconstruc;ng  the  origin  of  the  Indo-­‐Malayan  marine  biodiversity  hotspot  –  First  glimpses  from  the  fossil  record

Plans  for  September

Friday, 7 October 2011

Thank  You  for  Your  AGenHon!

References

Beets, C., 1941. Eine jungmiocäne Mollusken-Fauna von der Halbinsel Mangkalihat, Ost-Borneo (nebst Bemerkungen über andere Faunen von Ost-Borneo; die Leitfossilien-Frage). Verh. Geol. Mijnbouwk. Genoot. Ned. Kol., Geol. Ser., 13: 1-282.Beets, C., 1986. Molluscan fauna of the Lower Gelingseh beds s. str., Sangkulirang area, Kalimantan timur (East Borneo). Scripta Geol. 82: 1-82Green, E.P. and Short, F.T., 2003. World Atlas of Seagrasses, University of California Press.

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