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| Compton, Tanya J.; Troost, Tineke A.; Van Der Meer, Jaap; Kraan, Casper; Honkoop, Pieter J. C.; Rogers, Danny I.; Pearson, Grant B.; De Goeij, Petra; Bocher, Pierrick; Lavaleye, Marc S. S.; Leyrer, Jutta; Yates, Mick G.; Dekinga, Anne; Piersma, Theunis. |
| Diverse species assemblages are often associated with a diversity of habitat structures. Sedimentary systems seem to be no exception, as within sedimentary systems benthic species diversity within a sample point appears to correlate with sediment grain size complexity. However, it remains to be shown whether total benthic species diversity relates to a system's sediment heterogeneity across multiple systems. In the present paper we examined whether bivalve diversity is associated with: (1) sediment heterogeneity across systems and (2) sediment grain size complexity within systems, at 9 temperate and tropical tidal flat systems. Although bivalve life-history strategies, like post-settlement habitat selection, might suggest that sediment heterogeneity should... |
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Palavras-chave: Aiguillon Bay; Marennes Oleron Bay; Mont Saint Michel Bay; Wadden Sea; The Wash; Roebuck Bay; Banc d'Arguin; Sediment diversity. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-6141.pdf |
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| Arbach Leloup, F.; Desroy, Nicolas; Le Mao, Patrick; Pauly, D.; Le Pape, Olivier. |
| To ensure sustainable uses of the coastal zone, an integrated ecosystemic approach and ecosystem models are required to frame ecological processes and evaluate environmental impacts. Here, a mass-balance trophic (Ecopath) model of the Mont Saint Michel Bay (MSMB) was developed, to analyze the bay's functioning as an ecosystem. This bay, intensively exploited by fishing and for shellfish farming, is also suffering from the proliferation of the gastropod Crepidula fornicata, an exotic species. The MSMB model has 18 compartments, from the primary producers to top predators, and emphasizes the large biomass of filter feeders. The model identified the MSMB as a highly productive ecosystem controlled largely from the bottom-up, and strongly impacted by huge... |
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Palavras-chave: Mont Saint Michel Bay; Crepidula fornicata; Invasive species; Shellfish farming; Trophic model; Ecopath. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-2605.pdf |
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