Habitat complexity mitigates trophic transfer on oyster reefs

By Jonathan H. Grabowski, Sean Powers. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change

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Recently established Crassostrea-reefs versus native Mytilus-beds: differences in ecosystem engineering affects the macrofaunal communities (Wadden Sea of Lower Saxony, southern German Bight) (2009, background): “While providing refuge to intermediate predators, habitat complexity appears to reduce interference competition among predators (Grabowski and Powers 2004).”
Testing the effect of habitat structure and complexity on nekton assemblages using experimental oyster reefs (2011, background): “…increases prey survivorship by providing more refuge areas (Beukers and Jones, 1997; Heck and Thoman, 1981) or increases predator foraging efficiency by reducing inter- and intraspecific competition among predators (Finke and Denno, 2002; Grabowski et al., 2008; Grabowski and Powers, 2004).”
Effects of structural heterogeneity provided by the floating macrophyte Eichhornia azurea on the predation efficiency and habitat use of the small Neotropical fish Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae (2009, background): “…the vegetation has deep implications for community structures (e.g., Vieira et al., 2007), affecting the spatial distribution and survival of prey (Grabowski & Powers, 2004; Warfe & Barmuta, 2006) and predators (Sammons & Maceina, 2006), bottom-up and top-down processes (Jeppesen et al., 2004;…”
Settlement and Survival of the Oyster Crassostrea virginica on Created Oyster Reef Habitats in Chesapeake Bay (2007, background): “…herbstii , Eurypanopeus depressus ), are major predators of bivalve mollusks and can cause high levels of mortality in juvenile oyster populations (McDermott 1960, Krantz & Chamberlin 1978; Seed 1980; Bisker & Castagna 1987; Eggleston 1990; reviewed by White & Wilson 1996; Grabowski & Powers 2004).”
Red snapper management in the Gulf of Mexico: science- or faith-based? (2011, unknown): “, transformations, see Shipp 1999), can develop requiring extensive study and experimentation to resolve; these transformations cause both direct and indirect effects in ecosystems in which they occur, but may not apply to other locations (Powers et al. 2003; Grabowski and Powers 2004; Shipley 2008)”
Biodiversity and the functioning of seagrass ecosystems (2006, background): “Recent experiments on oyster reefs add an intriguing twist, indicating that at high predator densities, predation may be more, rather than less, effective in complex habitats, because habitat complexity reduces interference competition among predators (Grabowski & Powers 2004).”
Spatial distribution in a temperate coastal ecosystem of the wild stock of the farmed oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg) (2006, background): “Development of C. gigas reefs may also affect higher trophic levels, enhancing food availability for bivalve predators or increasing shelter availability for epifaunal species (Richardson et al., 1993; Yamada et al., 1993; Escapa et al., 2004; Grabowski and Powers, 2004).”
Introduction of Non-Native Oysters: Ecosystem Effects and Restoration Implications (2005, background): “Predation rates by the mud crab Panopeus herbstii are greatest in dense, structurally complex oyster beds because physical complexity likely decreases competitive interference among predators (Grabowski & Powers 2004).”