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Modern cryptic microbialite/metazoan facies from Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef, Australia) formation and concepts

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From shallow water caves of fringing reefs related to continental islands of the Lizard Island Section thrombolitic micritic microbialites were observed. The microbialites exhibit always a light decreasing facies succession. The succession starts with a coralgal community and ends with light independent microbial biofilms and benthos (coralline sponges). The sessile mineralized benthos community is constructed of crustose foraminifera, serpulids, thecidean brachiopods, bryozoans, and coralline sponges. The observed benthic community is very similar to those one observed in cryptic habitates of Aptian and Albian reefs of northern Spain.

For longtime studies of the microbialite formation and growth rates of coralline sponges the specimens were stained in vivo, within their natural habitat with histochemical fluorochromes and nonfluorescent agents. Main results are a very slow growth of the microbialite and associated sponges (50–100 μm/y). Only few calcifying microbes are participators during microbialite formation. Calcifying acidic organic macromolecules are mainly responsible for microbialite formation by cementing detritical material. Fe/Mn-bacterial biofilms are responsible for strong corrosion of the microbialite. Beside the corrosive activity of the Fe/Mn-bacterial biofilms boring sponges (Aka, Cliona) are the main destructors.

Geochemically the observed microbialites are composed of mainly high-Mg calcites and exhibit high positive δ13C (+3 to +4) values.

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Reitner, J. Modern cryptic microbialite/metazoan facies from Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef, Australia) formation and concepts. Facies 29, 3–39 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02536915

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