A History Of Life

1. From production to final burial
(Taphonomy/Shell transport)

Shelfal successions in collisional settings can be the site of quick burial of shelly remains, though with some lateral displacement from the original habitats (Dominici & Zuschin 2005). Paleoge

2. Sperm whales carcasses at the shelf break
(Past ecosystems/Whale-fall communities)

...usly reported only at depths > 900 m. Due to the rarity of natural occurrences of whale carcasses at shelfal depths, only the first and second stages were described up to now, dominated by scave...

3. Whale-fall bivalves
(Past ecosystems/Whale-fall communities)

...f a varied benthic assemblage associated with a Pliocene balaenid at Orciano Pisano, in Tuscany, shows how shelfal fishes and invertebrates may gather around a whale-carcass following successional sta...

4. Whale-fall communities on the shelf
(Past ecosystems/Whale-fall communities)

...h large whale carcasses are reasonably well-known, very little is published on whale-fall communities from shelfal depths. What shallow-water species would partecipate to such a banquet? Are there any...