Increasing habitat complexity on seawalls: Investigating large‐and small‐scale effects on fish assemblages

RL Morris, MG Chapman, LB Firth… - Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The construction of artificial structures in the marine environment is increasing globally. Eco‐
engineering aims to mitigate the negative ecological impacts of built infrastructure through …

Evaluating differences in marine spatial data resolution and robustness: A North Sea case study

PE Posen, K Hyder, MT Alves, NGH Taylor… - Ocean & coastal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Seabed substrates have the capacity to support a variety of marine communities. However,
habitats provided by natural substrates are increasingly modified and supplemented by man …

Fish responses to manipulated microhabitat complexity in urbanised shorelines

D Taira, RYY Mark, AR Hsiung… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The diversity‐habitat complexity relationship has been utilised widely in conservation and
biodiversity enhancement interventions, but few studies have attempted to tease apart the …

[PDF][PDF] Intertidal assemblages on coastal defence structures in Singapore II. Contrasts between islands and the mainland

AC Lee, TM Sin - Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2009 - lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg
In Singapore, breakwaters have replaced natural rocky shores as the predominant hard-
substratum intertidal coastal habitat on both the main island as well as the smaller islands to …

[图书][B] Biogeomorphology of Coastal Structures: Understanding interactions between hard substrata and colonising organisms as a tool for ecological enhancement

MA Coombes - 2011 - search.proquest.com
Urbanisation is increasingly recognised as a major ecological pressure at the coast. By
2035, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will have to spend£ 1 billion …

Calcareous bio-concretions in the northern Adriatic Sea: habitat types, environmental factors that influence habitat distributions, and predictive modeling

A Falace, S Kaleb, D Curiel, C Miotti, G Galli, S Querin… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Habitat classifications provide guidelines for mapping and comparing marine resources
across geographic regions. Calcareous bio-concretions and their associated biota have not …

Artificial defences in coastal marine ecosystems in Chile: Opportunities for spatial planning to mitigate habitat loss and alteration of the marine community structure

MA Aguilera - Ecological Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Many coastal habitats are actually replaced with hard infrastructures which alter the
taxonomic/functional structure of natural ecosystems worldwide. Few information about …

Template for using biological trait groupings when exploring large‐scale variation in seafloor multifunctionality

A Villnäs, J Hewitt, M Snickars… - Ecological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding large‐scale spatial variation in ecosystem properties and associated
functionality is key for successful conservation of ecosystems. This study provides a template …

Changes in habitat complexity negatively affect diverse gastropod assemblages in coralline algal turf

BP Kelaher - Oecologia, 2003 - Springer
The physical structure of a habitat generally has a strong influence on the diversity and
abundance of associated organisms. I investigated the role of coralline algal turf structure in …

Standardising the assessment of Functional Integrity in benthic ecosystems

S de Juan, J Hewitt, S Thrush, D Freeman - Journal of Sea Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Ecological integrity is an overarching concept that integrates multiple properties of
ecosystems, including structure, function and resilience to external change. We explore the …