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Buatois et al., 2025b

Early colonization of the deep-sea bottom—The protracted build-up of an ecosystem

Buatois, L. A., Mángano, M. G., Paz, M., Minter, N. J., Zhou, K.
DOI
DOI10.1073/pnas.2414752122
Aasta2025
AjakiriProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Köide122
Number8
Tüüpartikkel ajakirjas
Keelinglise
Id50818

Abstrakt

Our understanding of the patterns and processes behind the evolution of deep-marine ecosystems is limited because the body-fossil record of the deep sea is poor. However, that gap in knowledge may be filled as deposits are host to diverse and abundant trace fossils that record the activities of benthic deep-marine organisms. Here, we built a global dataset of trace-fossil occurrences from a comprehensive survey of 720 Ediacaran–Devonian units and show that the establishment of a modern-style deep-marine benthic ecosystem was protracted and coincident with global cooling and increase in oxygenation during the Ordovician. The formation of open burrows may have increased bioirrigation in the uppermost sediment zone, promoting ventilation and generating an ecosystem engineering feedback loop between bioturbation and pore-water oxygenation. Sharp changes in deep-marine bioturbation during the Devonian may have originated from oxygen variations resulting from climate-controlled oceanic circulation.

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