Investigating the interactive effects of habitat type and light intensity on rocky shores.

ABSTRACT: Light availability and habitat complexity are two key drivers of community assembly. Urbanisation has been shown to affect both, with important consequences to ecological communities. On the intertidal, for instance, studies have shown that light intensity is greater on natural rocky shores than on less complex artificial habitats (seawalls), though different habitats can also experience similar light intensities, for example when shaded by urban structures. Understanding therefore how these factors individually, and combined, affect communities is important to understand the mechanisms driving changes in community structure, and consequently provide solutions to tackle the increasing homogenisation of habitats and lightscapes in urbanised spaces through smart infrastructure designs. Here,

SUBMITTER: Schaefer N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11358318 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature