Feedbacks between geomorphology and biota controlling Earth surface processes and landforms: a review of foundation concepts and current understandings

D Corenblit, ACW Baas, G Bornette, J Darrozes… - Earth-Science …, 2011 - Elsevier
This review article presents recent advances in the field of biogeomorphology related to the
reciprocal coupling between Earth surface processes and landforms, and ecological and …

Positive ecological interactions and the success of seagrass restoration

SR Valdez, YS Zhang, T van der Heide… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Seagrasses provide multiple ecosystem services including nursery habitat, improved water
quality, coastal protection, and carbon sequestration. However, seagrasses are in crisis as …

Harnessing positive species interactions to enhance coastal wetland restoration

JJ Renzi, Q He, BR Silliman - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Coastal wetlands are among the most productive ecosystems in the world. They generate
critical services for humans including shoreline protection, carbon storage, pollution …

Using aquatic animals as partners to increase yield and maintain soil nitrogen in the paddy ecosystems

L Guo, L Zhao, J Ye, Z Ji, JJ Tang, K Bai, S Zheng, L Hu… - elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Whether species coculture can overcome the shortcomings of crop monoculture requires
additional study. Here, we show how aquatic animals (ie carp, crabs, and softshell turtles) …

The blue carbon of southern southwest Atlantic salt marshes and their biotic and abiotic drivers

P Martinetto, J Alberti, ME Becherucci… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Coastal vegetated ecosystems are acknowledged for their capacity to sequester organic
carbon (OC), known as blue C. Yet, blue C global accounting is incomplete, with major gaps …

[PDF][PDF] 7.04—Physical ecosystem engineers and the functioning of estuaries and coasts

JL Gutiérrez, CG Jones, JE Byers… - Treatise on estuarine …, 2011 - researchgate.net
A great diversity of organisms modify the physical structure of estuarine and coastal
environments. These physical ecosystem engineers–particularly, dune and marsh plants …

Measuring sedimentation in tidal marshes: a review on methods and their applicability in biogeomorphological studies

S Nolte, EC Koppenaal, P Esselink, KS Dijkema… - Journal of Coastal …, 2013 - Springer
It is increasingly recognised that interactions between geomorphological and biotic
processes control the functioning of many ecosystem types as described eg by the …

Comparing ecosystem engineering efficiency of two plant species with contrasting growth strategies

TJ Bouma, MB Vries, PMJ Herman - Ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Many ecosystems are greatly affected by ecosystem engineering, such as coastal salt
marshes, where macrophytes trap sediment by reducing hydrodynamic energy …

Niche construction initiates the evolution of mutualistic interactions

CC Buser, RD Newcomb, AC Gaskett… - Ecology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Niche construction theory explains how organisms' niche modifications may feed back to
affect their evolutionary trajectories. In theory, the evolution of other species accessing the …

Microbial composition affects the functioning of estuarine sediments

HE Reed, JBH Martiny - The ISME journal, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Although microorganisms largely drive many ecosystem processes, the relationship
between microbial composition and their functioning remains unclear. To tease apart the …