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Linking Resource Quality and Biodiversity to Benthic Ecosystem Functions Across a Land-to-Sea Gradient
Benthic macrofauna modifies carbon and nutrient retention and recycling processes in coastal habitats. However, the contribution of benthic consumers...
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Degradation of benthic ecosystem properties of Mejillones Bay (SE Pacific): implications for coastal management
Ecosystem macroscopic properties given by Ascendency theoretical framework were compared between two multispecies mass-balanced trophic models of the...
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An integrated approach for the benthic habitat map** based on innovative surveying technologies and ecosystem functioning measurements
Among marine ecosystems globally, those in the Mediterranean Sea, are facing many threats. New technologies are crucial for enhancing our...
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Benthic Habitats
Shallow-water coastal benthic habitats, which can comprise seagrasses, sandy soft bottoms, and coral reefs are essential ecosystems, supporting...
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A Review of Knowledge on the Impacts of Multiple Anthropogenic Pressures on the Soft-Bottom Benthic Ecosystem in Mediterranean Coastal Lagoons
Mediterranean coastal lagoons provide important ecological functions and nature’s contribution to people, but they are particularly vulnerable to...
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Deterioration of the Littoral–Benthic Ecosystem Following Recent Expansion of Signal Crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) in the World’s Clearest Large Lake
Some biological invasions can result in algae blooms in the nearshore of clear lakes. We studied if an invasive crayfish ( Pacifastacus leniusculus )...
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Stable Isotopes Reveal the Food Sources of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in the Arid Mangrove Ecosystem of the Persian Gulf
Stable isotope analysis was used to investigate the food sources of benthic macroinvertebrates in the arid mangrove of the Persian Gulf. Stable...
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Ecological Structure in Benthic Habitats of Offshore Waters
Map** the structure of benthic macrofauna communities is essential for assessing and monitoring the state of the seafloor habitats. The presence...
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Response of Arctic benthic foraminiferal traits to past environmental changes
The Arctic is subjected to all-encompassing disruptions in marine ecosystems caused by anthropogenic warming. To provide reliable estimates of how...
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Benthic Macrofaunal Changes Resulting from Finfish Mariculture
We present a review of the benthic macrofaunal changes that are circumstantially linked to intensive marine finfish aquaculture, or mariculture....
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Benthic Organisms
The chapter summarises the state of knowledge with respect to the MAR meio, macro- and megabenthos as well as the nektobenthos, with a particular...
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Bioturbation by Benthic Stingrays Alters the Biogeomorphology of Tidal Flats
Fishing-down-marine-food-webs has resulted in alarming declines of various species worldwide. Benthic rays are one examples of such overexploited...
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Disentangling effects of multiple agricultural stressors on benthic and hyporheic nitrate uptake
Agricultural land use alters nitrate (NO 3 – ) uptake dynamics in streams, but the specific mechanisms linking individual agricultural stressors to...
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A Macroinfaunal Ecosystem Engineer May Facilitate Recovery of Benthic Invertebrates and Accompanying Ecosystem Services After an Oil Spill
Knowledge of the ecological mechanisms that influence recovery after oil spills is needed to better manage, mitigate, and restore impacted...
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Changes in benthic communities in Blagopoluchiya Bay (Novaya Zemlya, Kara Sea): the influence of the snow crab
Until recently, the Kara Sea was a stable ecosystem unaffected by alien species invasions. However, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the...
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Short-term temporal variability in offshore benthic biodiversity across hydrographic regions at a sub-Antarctic archipelago
Community composition is one of the main factors influencing the ecological functioning of any given ecosystem, with a more diverse community...
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Widespread Production of Polyunsaturated Aldehydes by Benthic Diatoms of the North Pacific Ocean’s Salish Sea
Diatoms are key primary producers across marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems. They are responsible for photosynthesis and secondary...
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Source Generation of Arsenic Species and Spatial Distribution in Benthic Ecosystem: A Review
The most prevalent type of arsenic in marine environments is arsenate. Three other forms of arsenic, including the concentrated inorganic arsenite,...
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Benthic Invertebrate Macrofauna
Sandy beach benthic invertebrate macrofauna includes species of several taxonomic groups, with annelids (polychaete worms), mollusks, and crustaceans...
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Benthic Algae on Tufa Barriers
Benthic algae are widespread in all inland waters. As photoautotrophs, they are very important oxygen producers and food sources for organisms of...