Caridean shrimp were used as a model group to investigate the effects of seagrass floral
habitat complexity on Indo-Pacific fauna. Relationships between shrimp and seagrass …

Foundation species host diverse associated communities by ameliorating environmental
stress. The strength of this facilitative effect can be highly dependent on the underlying biotic …

The overall aim of this study was (1) to assess the diversity and density of meiofauna taxa,
especially harpacticoid copepod species, present within accumulated seagrass …

Estuary-wide benthic macrofauna–habitat associations in Willapa Bay, Washington, United
States, were determined for 4 habitats (eelgrass [Zostera marina], Atlantic cordgrass …

Seagrasses have declined in many places around the world, and the Swedish Skagerrak
coast is no exception. Between the 1980s and 2000, the cover of eelgrass (Zostera marina …

Eutrophication is a key driver in the loss of marine ecosystems, and seagrass meadows are
among the many ecosystems which have declined globally during the last decades …

Seagrasses, as key ecosystem engineers in coastal ecosystems, contribute to enhancing
diversity in comparison with nearby bare areas. It has been proved mainly for epifauna, but …

The present study evaluated the generality of ecosystem engineering processes by
examining the influence of sympatric burrowing shrimps (Callianassidae) and intertidal …

Seagrass meadows can act as ecosystem engineers, ie, organisms that modify the
availability of resources to other organisms. However, their possible positive impacts …

Epifaunal invertebrate species, such as amphipods and isopods, have been shown to play
key but varying roles in the functioning of seagrass habitats. In this study, we characterized …