Rhodolith beds and bioherms formed by ecosystem engineering crustose coralline algae support the northernmost centres of carbonate production, referred to as polar cold-water carbonate factories. Yet, little is known about biodiversity and recruitment of these hard-bottom communities or the bioeroders degrading them, and there is a demand for carbonate budgets to include respective rates of polar carbonate build-up and bioerosion. To address these issues, a 10-year settlement and bioerosion experiment was carried out at the Arctic Svalbard archipelago in and downslope of a rhodolith bed.

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“十年后”——北极红石层的长期沉降和生物侵蚀实验（莫塞尔布克塔，斯瓦尔巴群岛）

由生态系统工程硬壳珊瑚藻形成的红石床和生物礁支撑着最北端的碳酸盐生产中心，即极地冷水碳酸盐工厂。然而，人们对生物多样性和这些硬底群落的招募或降解它们的生物侵蚀者知之甚少，并且需要碳酸盐预算来包括极性碳酸盐积累和生物侵蚀的各自速率。为了解决这些问题，在北极斯瓦尔巴群岛的一个红石层及其下坡进行了一项为期 10 年的沉降和生物侵蚀实验。