Abundance, biomass and species richness of macrozoobenthos along an intertidal elevation gradient.

ABSTRACT: Ecology aims to comprehend species distribution and its interaction with environmental factors, from global to local scales. While global environmental changes affect marine biodiversity, understanding the drivers at smaller scales remains crucial. Tidal flats can be found on most of the world's coastlines and are particularly vulnerable to anthropogenic disturbances. They are important transient ecosystems between terrestrial and marine ecosystems, and their biodiversity provides important ecosystem services. Owing to this unique, terrestrial-marine transition, strong environmental gradients of elevation, sediment composition and food availability prevail. Here, we investigated which regional and local environmental factors drive the spatio-temporal dynamics of macrozoobenthos communities

SUBMITTER: Dewenter J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10721958 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature