Ecosystem engineering is increasingly recognized as a relevant ecological driver of diversity
and community composition. Although engineering impacts on the biota can vary from …

Vegetated marine and freshwater habitats are being increasingly lost around the world.
Habitat restoration is a critical step for conserving these valuable habitats, but new …

Concrete flood defences, erosion control structures, port and harbour facilities, and
renewable energy infrastructure are increasingly being built in the world's coastal regions …

Making up over 92% of life in our oceans, marine invertebrates inhabit every zone in the
water column, with contributions ranging from ecosystem functioning to socioeconomic …

Canopy-forming bioengineer species are commonly assumed to increase local species
richness and diversity. We tested this notion by investigating the effects of fucoid seaweed …

Barnacles are dominant sessile invertebrates on many rocky shores worldwide. Hence,
investigating the factors that affect their recruitment is important. Through field experiments …

The effective use of ecosystem engineers in biodiversity conservation is contingent on an
understanding of those factors that influence the magnitude and direction of their effects. At …

Ecosystem engineers can influence biodiversity by enhancing complexity, and modifying the
availability of resources. Understanding the mechanisms by which ecosystem engineers …

For marine benthic communities, environmental heterogeneity at small spatial scales are
mostly due to biologically produced habitat heterogeneity and biotic interactions, while at …

The persistence of seaweeds as community-structuring organisms is critical for the
maintenance of many ecosystem functions on rocky intertidal shores. We measured the …