Mollusks as ecosystem engineers: the role of shell production in aquatic habitats

By J. L. Gutiérrez, Clive G. Jones, David L. Strayer, O. Iribarne. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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Settlement and Survival of the Oyster Crassostrea virginica on Created Oyster Reef Habitats in Chesapeake Bay (2007, background): “These spaces and the shell surfaces around them provide settlement habitat, refugia from predation, and moderation of physical stress for oysters and associated colonizing fauna (Gutie´rrez et al. 2003).”
Ecosystem engineering by mussels supports biodiversity and water clarity in a heavily polluted lake in Dhaka, Bangladesh (2016, background): “Mussels are attracting increased interest as a tool for habitat restoration, bioremediation, and biomonitoring because of their ability to alter structure and biodiversity of aquatic environments (Gutiérrez et al. 2003, Spooner and Vaughn 2006, Aldridge et al. 2007).”
Shell decay rates of native and alien freshwater bivalves and implications for habitat engineering (2007, background): “Bivalves can be important in aquatic ecosystems because they graze phytoplankton and regenerate nutrients (e.g. Dame, 1996; Strayer et al., 1999; Vaughn & Hakenkamp, 2001), but also because they act as ecological engineers by creating large amounts of shell (Gutierrez et al., 2003).”
Species diversity in the soft-bottom intertidal zone: Biogenic structure, sediment, and macrofauna across mussel bed spatial scales (2008, background): “Positive interactions between soft-bottom invertebrate species are well documented (see many examples in Commito and Dankers, 2001; Reise, 2002; Gutiérrez et al., 2003; Commito et al., 2005; Norkko et al., 2006; Hastings et al., 2007), but they generally have not been incorporated into recent concep”
Ecological drivers of the Ediacaran-Cambrian diversification of Metazoa (2012, neutral): “For example, Jones (Jones et al. 1994) distinguished between autogenic and allogenic engineers, (Gutierrez et al. 2003) recognized flow modifiers, habitat modifiers and biogeochemical modifiers, and (Cuddington et al. 2009) discussed obligate and non-obligate engineers, as examples of the range of…”
Unionid mussels influence macroinvertebrate assemblage structure in streams (2006, background): “Bivalves and their empty shells provide habitat for macroinvertebrates in both marine and lake systems, where organisms colonize shells and the interstices between shells where organic matter often accumulates (Beckett et al. 1996, Gutierrez et al. 2003).”
Ecosystem engineering in space and time. (2007, background): “As this example shows, the limits to engineering often lie outside the realm of what investigators usually study (see Gutiérrez et al. 2003 for a review of mollusk feedbacks).”
Marine ecosystem engineering by the alien ascidian Pyura praeputialis on a mid-intertidal rocky shore (2004, background): “Numerous studies have shown that different intertidal bio-habitats are associated with different community structures (e.g. Suchanek 1986, Lohse 1993, Tokeshi & Romero 1995, Thompson et al. 1996, Crooks 1998, 2002, Crooks & Khim 1999, Thiel & Ulrich 2002, Wright et al. 2002, Gutierrez et al. 2003).”