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Other| February 01, 2003 Preservation Potential and Paleoecological Significance of Epibenthic Suspension Feeder-Dominated Benthic Communities (Northern Adriatic Sea) FRANK K. McKINNEY FRANK K. McKINNEY 1Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, Email:mckinneyfk@appstate.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information FRANK K. McKINNEY 1Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, Email:mckinneyfk@appstate.edu Publisher: SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology Accepted: 10 Jul 2002 First Online: 03 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1938-5323 Print ISSN: 0883-1351 Society for Sedimentary Geology PALAIOS (2003) 18 (1): 47–62. https://doi.org/10.1669/0883-1351(2003)018<0047:PPAPSO>2.0.CO;2 Article history Accepted: 10 Jul 2002 First Online: 03 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation FRANK K. McKINNEY; Preservation Potential and Paleoecological Significance of Epibenthic Suspension Feeder-Dominated Benthic Communities (Northern Adriatic Sea). PALAIOS 2003;; 18 (1): 47–62. doi: https://doi.org/10.1669/0883-1351(2003)018<0047:PPAPSO>2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyPALAIOS Search Advanced Search Abstract The benthic ecosystem off the northeastern Adriatic coast is composed largely of clades characteristic of Sepkoski's Modern Fauna. However, across broad expanses of fine-sediment substrate, attached epibenthic suspension feeders strongly dominate in some areas and are co-dominant with mobile epibenthic deposit feeders in other areas. Preservation of skeletal residues in these areas would be composed largely of remains of attached suspension feeders. Therefore, although composed largely of Modern Fauna clades, the benthic ecosystem and its potential fossil remains reflect Paleozoic rather than post-Paleozoic ecology. This Paleozoic-style benthic ecology corresponds with low-nutrient water, low intensity of grazing predation, and relatively few endobenthic bioturbators, all of which were more characteristic of Paleozoic than post-Paleozoic seas. The thriving epibenthic attached suspension-feeding benthos in the northeastern Adriatic apparently results from the interaction of all or a subset of these three conditions. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.