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Nature Communications, 2021 Invasive species could have cascading effects on ecosystem functioning. Here the authors use experimental and remote sensing data and modelling to show that an invasive mammal causes loss of facilitative interactions between sessile ecosystem engineers ...
Marc J. S. Hensel +6 more
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Earthworms in the state of Paraná, Brazil: State of the art [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2023 Paraná State has approximately 74 % of its territory destined for agricultural activities. Several agricultural management practices modify soil quality and biodiversity, including earthworm populations that can contribute to soil health.
Rafaela Tavares Dudas +4 more
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Ecological Indicators, 2022 Seagrass has been widely recognized as ecosystem engineers and habitat-builders increasing biodiversity and abundance of associated fauna. However, seagrass habitats are being degraded globally due to modification of coastline, terrestrial inputs, and ...
Emilia Jankowska +1 more
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Photoautotrophic Euendoliths and Their Complex Ecological Effects in Marine Bioengineered Ecosystems
Diversity, 2022 Photoautotrophic euendolithic microorganisms are ubiquitous where there are calcium carbonate substrates to bore into and sufficient light to sustain photosynthesis. The most diverse and abundant modern euendolithic communities can be found in the marine
Alexia M. Dievart +4 more
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Faunal engineering stimulates landscape-scale accretion in southeastern US salt marshes
Nature Communications, 2023 The contribution of animal ecosystem engineers to coastal geomorphological processes is often neglected. Here, the authors combine observational, experimental and modelling work to demonstrate that ecosystem engineering by mussels is a much stronger ...
Sinéad M. Crotty +8 more
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Restoration of eelgrass (Zostera marina) in Estonian coastal waters, Baltic Sea [PDF]
Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, 2023 Seagrass meadows are facing structural degradation worldwide, losing both area and biodiversity. Habitat restoration could reverse this degradation, but so far, the success rate of seagrass restoration has been low.
Liina Pajusalu +6 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Ecosystem engineers create habitat and provide conditions otherwise unavailable for the development of diverse communities. In marine soft-bottoms in particular, the biodiversity sustained by a matrix of relatively uniform sediments can be drastically ...
Victor Surugiu +3 more
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Role of abiotic drivers on crab burrow distribution in a saltmarsh wetland
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Crab burrows play an important role in saltmarsh wetlands and are a useful indicator of wetland condition. The spatiotemporal distribution of crab burrows varies considerably in tidal wetlands.
Xue Chen +10 more
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SEAWEEDS AS ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS [PDF]
The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 2014 Canopy-forming seaweeds are often considered as important foundation species or ecosystem engineers. In wave-sheltered rocky intertidal habitats in Atlantic Canada, macroalgal canopies are composed primarily of Ascophyllum nodosum and secondarily of Fucus spp.
Cortney A. Watt, Ricardo A. Scrosati
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Enchytraeids: Small but important ecosystem engineers
GeodermaEnchytraeids (Annelida Oligochaeta), small burrowing organisms found worldwide, are known to influence soil structure, though their specific effects on pore space are not well quantified.
Cécile Serbource +5 more
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