Boring Organisms
Boring Organisms is a biological category comprising autotrophic or heterotrophic taxa capable of actively penetrating and inhabiting hard substrates through mechanical or chemical means, distinguished from other symbiotic or epibiotic organisms by their capacity to create permanent bioerosion structures within the host material.
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Bioeroders
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Predatorial Borings in Late Precambrian Mineralized Exoskeletons
Stefan Bengtson, Yue Zhao · Science · 1992 · 289 citations
Natural Sciences, Biology, Zoology +14
The Fossil Record of Shell Boring by Snails
Norman F. Sohl · American Zoologist · 1969 · 128 citations · Full text
Natural Sciences, Biology, Zoology +15
Marine Boring and Fouling Organisms
Joel W. Hedgpeth, D. L. Ray · AIBS Bulletin · 1960 · 127 citations
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University of Glasgow
Glasgow, United Kingdom
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3 publications
166 citations

Uppsala University
Uppsala, Sweden
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2 publications
345 citations

Beijing Forestry University
Beijing, China
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7 publications
130 citations

Kanagawa University
Yokohama, Japan
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2 publications
37 citations
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
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6 publications
93 citations
University of Kansas
Lawrence, United States
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6 publications
118 citations

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Paris, France
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4 publications
80 citations
University of Southampton
Southampton, United Kingdom
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3 publications
64 citations
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JMBA · 4 publications · 160 citations
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