IUPAC definition This definition describes the chemical process of bioerosion, specifically as it applies to biorelated polymers and applications, rather...

Sponges or sea sponges are members of the metazoan phylum Porifera (/pəˈrɪfərəˌ pɔː-/ pər-IF-ər-ə, por-; meaning 'pore bearer'), a basal animal clade and...

rocky coasts, and seagrass beds, and can play a significant role in bioerosion. Parrotfish are named for their dentition, which is distinct from other...

organization (CERF) Erosion – Natural processes that remove soil and rock Bioerosion – Erosion of hard substrates by living organisms Blowhole – Hole at the...

substrate itself, either boring into the skeletons (through the process of bioerosion) or living in pre-existing voids and crevices. Animals boring into the...

Herrera-Escalante, T.; López-Pérez, R. A.; Leyte-Morales, G. E. (2005). "Bioerosion caused by the sea urchin Diadema mexicanum (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)...

organisms which bore into the rock by various means. This process is known as bioerosion. It is most common in the tropics, and it is known throughout the fossil...

on or in the substrate by an organism. For example, burrows, borings (bioerosion), urolites (erosion caused by evacuation of liquid wastes), footprints...

and diversity of bioeroding organisms. This is known as the Ordovician Bioerosion Revolution. It is marked by a sudden abundance of hard substrate trace...

change. The Cretaceous was also an important interval in the evolution of bioerosion, the production of borings and scrapings in rocks, hardgrounds and shells...

primary geomorphological effects of invasive animals are bioturbation, bioerosion, and bioconstruction. For example, invasions of the Chinese mitten crab...

Torotoro National Park in Bolivia. Paleontology portal Geology portal Bioerosion – Erosion of hard substrates by living organisms Cryptospore – Fossilised...

coastlines, is boring, scraping and grinding of organisms, a process termed bioerosion. Sediment is transported along the coast in the direction of the prevailing...

drill bit to cut a hole of circular cross-section Boring, a mechanism of bioerosion Boring, Maryland, U.S. Boring, Oregon, U.S. Boring Lava Field Boring,...

sponge borings (Entobia) from the Pliocene of York River, Virginia, USA. Bioerosion Taylor, P. D.; Wilson, M. A. (2003). "Palaeoecology and evolution of marine...

in this habitat bores and grinds exposed rock through the process of bioerosion. Estuaries are also near shore and influenced by the tides. An estuary...

sea, and undercuts that are mostly the result of biological activity or bioerosion at or a little above mean sea level. Some of the most dramatic of these...

Jurassic carbonate hardground shows generations of oysters and extensive bioerosion, features incompatible with the conditions and timing postulated for the...

in this habitat bores and grinds exposed rock through the process of bioerosion. Sandy shores, also called beaches, are coastal shorelines where sand...

around the test or shell protects it from abrasion, fragmentation and bioerosion. Ooimmuration also retains fine organic remains that would ordinarily...

atmospheric carbon dioxide, the calcium carbonate decrease then enhances bioerosion and dissolution rate. The CT should have oligotrophic waters, so the light...

invertebrates, a few vertebrate bones and teeth, and good examples of bioerosion. The £1.6-million 3-mile (5 km) A420 Faringdon Bypass was opened in July...

engineering Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) Erosion Bioerosion Blowhole Natural arch Wave-cut platform Longshore drift Deposition (sediment)...

are not associated with reduced species diversity of corals, although bioerosion of coral skeletons is much higher at low pH sites. Pteropods and brittle...

on the sea floor. Journal of Taphonomy Bioerosion Website at the College of Wooster Comprehensive bioerosion bibliography compiled by Mark A. Wilson...

Wisshak, M.; Titschack, J.; Kahl, W.; Girod, P. (2017). "Classical and new bioerosion trace fossils in Cretaceous belemnite guards characterised via micro-CT"...

1475-4983.2010.01031.x. Bromley, R.G. (2004). "A stratigraphy of marine bioerosion". In D. McIlroy (ed.). The application of ichnology to palaeoenvironmental...

Wisshak, Max; Tapanila, Leif (2 June 2008). Current Developments in Bioerosion. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783540775973. Archived from...

mountain-born streams; glaciology therefore is important in geomorphology. Bioerosion Biogeology Biogeomorphology Biorhexistasy British Society for Geomorphology...

very steep and can be near vertical. The walls are subject to erosion by bioerosion, or slumping. There are an estimated 9,477 submarine canyons on Earth...