Spatial and temporal variation of ecosystem properties at macroscales

PA Soranno, T Wagner, SM Collins, JF Lapierre… - Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Although spatial and temporal variation in ecological properties has been well‐studied,
crucial knowledge gaps remain for studies conducted at macroscales and for ecosystem …

How and to what degree does physical structure differ between natural and artificial habitats? A multi-scale assessment in marine intertidal systems

F Grasselli, L Airoldi - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Marine infrastructures are increasing, generating a variety of impacts and introducing
artificial habitats which have low ecological value and support assemblages that differ …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial and temporal variation in the diversity and structure of understorey macrofaunal assemblages within Laminaria hyperborea forests in the northeast …

HS Earp, DA Smale, NG King, J Bestwick… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Kelp species function as foundation organisms along almost one third of the world's
coastlines, where they underpin diverse and productive forest habitats. The three …

Multi-scale patterns in the structure of fish and fouling communities associated with seaweeds in marinas

JC Leclerc, M Gonzalez, JP Pezy, A Raoux… - Marine Ecology …, 2024 - int-res.com
Redistribution of biodiversity represents a key challenge for understanding scales of spatial
variation in natural marine communities. With increasing coastal urbanization, artificial …

Small-and large-scale processes including anthropogenic pressures as drivers of gastropod communities in the NE Atlantic coast: A citizen science based approach

B Serranito, T Diméglio, F Ysnel, A Lizé… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rocky-shores are among the most threatened coastal habitats, particularly under human
pressures. While rocky-shore communities have been increasingly used to evaluate local …

Spatio-temporal variability in Mediterranean rocky shore microphytobenthos

E Maggi, L Rindi, M Dal Bello, D Fontanini… - Marine Ecology …, 2017 - int-res.com
Knowledge of spatio-temporal variability of assemblages is the first step in identifying key
factors affecting the abundance and distribution of organisms. Despite a long history of …

Geographic patterns of biodiversity in European coastal marine benthos

H Hummel, P Van Avesaath, S Wijnhoven… - Journal of the Marine …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Within the COST action EMBOS (European Marine Biodiversity Observatory System) the
degree and variation of the diversity and densities of soft-bottom communities from the lower …

[HTML][HTML] Variability of soft-bottom macrobenthic invertebrates at different spatial scales: Comparisons between habitats and seasons

S Como, K Melouah, MA Draredja, B Draredja… - Marine Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Studies focusing on patterns of spatial variation in marine soft-bottom assemblages suggest
that variability is mainly concentrated at small spatial scale (from tens of centimeters to few …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial variation in key functional traits of Mediterranean fucoid algae: Insights from Cystoseira sensu lato intertidal canopies

L Cannarozzi, S Bevilacqua, M Renzi, S Anselmi… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cystoseira sensu lato are fucoid algae that form dense stands on intertidal and subtidal
rocky reefs sustaining species-rich associated assemblages. The increasing human …

Isometric scaling of faunal patchiness: seagrass macrobenthic abundance across small spatial scales

RSK Barnes, SM Hamylton - Marine environmental research, 2019 - Elsevier
Following earlier studies across 2115→ 33 m 2 scales (Barnes and Laurie, 2018),
patchiness of macrobenthic abundance in intertidal Queensland seagrass was assessed by …