Differing effects of eelgrass Zostera marina on recruitment and growth of associated blue mussels Mytilus edulis

TBH Reusch - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 1998 - int-res.com
I studied the effects of habitat structure, provided by an eelgrass Zostera marina canopy, on
shell growth rate and recruitment of CO-occurring blue mussels Mytilus edulis in the Western …

Constancy despite variability: local and regional macrofaunal diversity in intertidal seagrass beds

A Boyé, P Legendre, J Grall, O Gauthier - Journal of Sea Research, 2017 - Elsevier
The importance of seagrass habitat for the diversity of benthic fauna has been extensively
studied worldwide. Most of the information available is, however, about α diversity while little …

Mussel beds are biological power stations on intertidal flats

FG Engel, J Alegria, R Andriana, S Donadi… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Intertidal flats are highly productive areas that support large numbers of invertebrates, fish,
and birds. Benthic diatoms are essential for the function of tidal flats. They fuel the benthic …

Small is beautiful: an inverted view of habitat fragmentation in seagrass beds

JA Hirst, MJ Attrill - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2008 - Elsevier
An intertidal Zostera marina landscape in Torbay, Devon, UK, was sampled to investigate
the relationship between patch size, diversity and infaunal assemblage composition with the …

[PDF][PDF] Seagrass meadows as biodiversity and productivity hotspots

M Morrison, ML Lowe, CM Grant, PJ Smith… - 2014 - researchgate.net
Seagrass Meadows as Biodiversity and Productivity Hotspots Page 1 Seagrass Meadows as
Biodiversity and Productivity Hotspots New Zealand Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity Report …

Biodiversity differentials between the numerically-dominant macrobenthos of seagrass and adjacent unvegetated sediment in the absence of sandflat bioturbation

RSK Barnes, MKS Barnes - Marine environmental research, 2014 - Elsevier
Species composition, abundance and biodiversity of the South African estuarine
invertebrate fauna are known to show marked differentials between seagrass beds and …

When is a marine protected area network ecologically coherent? A case study from the North‐east Atlantic

D Johnson, J Ardron, D Billett, T Hooper… - Aquatic …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Creating representative networks of marine protected areas (MPAs) as part of an ecosystem‐
based management approach is generally advocated to protect the full spectrum of marine …

The leaf canopy of seagrass beds: faunal community structure and function in a salinity gradient along the Swedish coast

SP Baden, C Boström - Ecological comparisons of sedimentary shores, 2001 - Springer
The distribution of eelgrass (Zostera marina, hereafter Zostera) is mainly concentrated along
temperate coasts of the Northern Pacific and the Atlantic oceans, and it is the only seagrass …

Shell beds as paleoecological puzzles: a case study from the Upper Permian of the Paraná Basin, Brazil

MG Simões, M Kowalewski - Facies, 1998 - Springer
Microstratigraphic, sedimentological, and taphonomic features of the Ferraz Shell Bed, from
the Upper Permian (Kazanian-Tatarian?) Corumbataí Formation of Rio Claro Region (the …

Spatial differences in macroinvertebrate communities in intertidal seagrass habitats and unvegetated sediment in three New Zealand estuaries

KSS van Houte-Howes, SJ Turner, CA Pilditch - Estuaries, 2004 - Springer
This study investigated macroinvertebrate community composition in seagrass beds at a
range of spatial scales, with an emphasis on the transition between vegetated and …