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A novel approach for in situ benthic habitat characterization

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, EarlyView.
Abstract Habitat heterogeneity is a key driver of temporal and spatial variability of subtidal marine benthic biodiversity. However, this makes it a challenging environment in which to measure and quantify the factors driving biodiversity in a consistent manner.
Ryan J. W. Mathews, David K. A. Barnes, Simon A. Morley, Gareth Flint, Lloyd S. Peck   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of preservatives and poisons on the elemental and isotopic composition of freshwater particulate organic matter

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, EarlyView.
Abstract Sediment traps, often used in tandem with preservatives or poisons, are widely used for the collection of particulate organic matter (POM), providing insight into the source to sink mechanisms that shape major biogeochemical cycles and sedimentary carbon sequestration.
Diana Velazquez, Nathan D. Sheldon, Jenan J. Kharbush   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping the distribution of sea urchin (Echinoidea) and benthic habitat using drone in the waters of Lancang Island [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
Sea urchins are valuable marine creatures that live in the waters of Indonesia, and typically found in seagrass and coral reefs. This study aimed to determine the distribution of sea urchins and the benthic characteristics that serve as their habitat ...
Sastraantara Muhammad Sony, Agus Syamsul Bahri, Susilo Setyo Budi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bed‐level tools for monitoring erosion and accretion patterns: Flume validation and field testing

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, EarlyView.
Abstract Monitoring short‐term changes in surface sediment elevation is fundamental to understanding erosion, transport, and deposition dynamics in shallow coastal environments. However, commonly used field approaches, such as horizontal markers, sediment erosion tables, subsurface sediment plates, or erosion pins, are not always cross‐validated under ...
Lucía Rodríguez‐Arias, Inés Mazarrasa, Beatriz Marin‐Diaz, Teresa Alcoverro, Barbara Ondiviela, Jordi F. Pagès, Eduardo Infantes   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Methodological constraints for the stable isotope analysis of different tissues: A comparison between muscle and whole‐body samples in freshwater gammarids

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, EarlyView.
Abstract Carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) stable isotope ratios allow the reconstruction of food webs, provided that all trophic levels are properly characterized. In freshwater ecosystems, small‐bodied invertebrates often occupy central positions in food webs, with whole‐body samples commonly used for their stable isotope analysis, due to ...
Alan Fritsch, Pavel Karel Bystřický, Lukáš Veselý, Paride Balzani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potential novel habitat created by holdfasts from cultivated Laminaria digitata: assessing the macroinvertebrate assemblages

Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 2016
Interest in the cultivation of native kelp species is increasing within Europe. Observations of seaweed farms suggest that they may act as a habitat for associated species, potentially altering the richness of the local area.
AM Walls, R Kennedy, RD Fitzgerald, AJ Blight, MP Johnson, MD Edwards   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

No way back: decadal lack of functional recovery of a coralligenous community in a warming Mediterranean

Oikos, EarlyView.
Anthropogenic disturbances are degrading nature at a rate that exceeds its capacity to recover. While considerable research has focused on understanding ecosystem impacts, recovery processes remain comparatively overlooked, particularly in marine ecosystems, where long‐term data on how highly complex systems respond to disturbances are scarce.
Yanis Zentner, Joaquim Garrabou, Pol Capdevila, Natalia Ruiz‐Valero, Daniel Gómez‐Gras, Núria Teixidó, Cristina Linares   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating and assessing metacommunity drivers of ecosystem function and resilience in benthic algal systems

Oikos, EarlyView.
Understanding the scales and mechanisms by which species composition interacts with ecosystem functions is critical for forecasting the effects of environmental perturbations on ecosystem services. However, the linkages between what regulates the ecosystem functions of dispersal‐capable networks of communities (metacommunities) and what regulates a ...
Thomas P. Shannon, Evelyn E. Gaiser
wiley   +1 more source

A Decade of Optical Remote Sensing Applications in Marine Biodiversity and Benthic Habitat Monitoring: A Systematic Review

Remote Sensing
Monitoring biodiversity in coastal and marine ecosystems is essential for supporting conservation strategies, sustaining ecosystem services, and meeting policy commitments at multiple scales, including the European Union’s Habitats Directive, Sustainable
Laura Martín-García, Enrique Casas, Pedro A. Hernández-Leal, Andrea Z. Botelho, Manuel Arbelo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dynamic response of communities and ecosystem functions to ecosystem engineering and multiple stressors in a marine mussel bed

Oikos, EarlyView.
Ecosystem engineers are crucial to the development of coastal ecosystem communities and functions. However, a better understanding of how environmental stressors affect ecosystem engineering and thereby influence communities and ecosystem dynamics is needed. We conducted an in situ experiment in a blue mussel Mytilus spp.
Félix Lauzon, Charlotte Carrier‐Belleau, Jérémie Boucher‐Fontaine, Philippe Archambault, Mathieu Cusson, Frédéric Guichard   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source