Interacting effects of habitat structure and seeding with oysters on the intertidal biodiversity of seawalls.

ABSTRACT: The construction of artificial structures, such as seawalls, is increasing globally, resulting in loss of habitat complexity and native species biodiversity. There is increasing interest in mitigating this biodiversity loss by adding topographic habitat to these structures, and/or seeding them with habitat-forming species. Settlement tile experiments, comparing colonisation of species to more and less complex habitats, have been used to inform eco-engineering interventions prior to their large-scale implementation. Most studies have focused on applying one type of intervention (either adding habitat structure or seeding with native organisms), so it is unclear whether there are greater benefits to biodiversity when multiple interventions are combined. Using a fully orthogonal experiment, w

SUBMITTER: Strain EMA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7365354 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature