Podcast 331 - Reef It Up
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The episode discusses two papers on ancient reefs and their ecological significance.
The gang discusses two papers that investigate ancient bioherms. The first paper looks at the formation of early Phanerozoic reefs, and the second paper investigates patterns of reef building and collapse in the late Devonian. Meanwhile, James is being advertised to, Amanda plans unique roadtrips, and Curt solicits legal advice. Up-Goer Five (Amanda Edition): Today our friends talk about animals that have green friends that make hard bits. These animals that make hard parts are really important today because they make good places for other animals to live. But we don't know all about them and where they first came from and how they first started making hard parts for places to live. So the first paper looks at where these animals that make hard parts for other animals to live in come from. They look at really early animals that make hard parts and show what kinds of places they live in, and also how they stick themselves to the bottom. It looks like different animals got started in different ways, then went out to all sorts of different places and got better at making hard parts for other animals to live in, until that was all they could do. The second paper talks about a bad…
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Hosts: James Lamsdell, Amanda Falk, Curtis Congreve
Topics covered
- ancient bioherms
- Phanerozoic reefs
- Devonian reef patterns
- marine life
- paleoecology
Keywords
- bioherms
- reefs
- Phanerozoic
- Devonian
- marine animals
- hard parts
- paleoecology
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