Invasion of a Reef-builder Polychaete: Direct and Indirect Impacts on the Native Benthic Community Structure

By E. Schwindt, A. Bortolus, O. Iribarne. Biological Invasions, 2001

116 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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In Global and Planetary Change

1. M. Çınar
2. M. Bilecenoğlu
3. V. Aysel
4. David L. Strayer
5. L. Rodriguez
6. V. Eviner
7. Jonathan M. Jeschke
8. M. Vinarski

In Oceanography

1. M. Çınar
2. A. Bortolus
3. M. C. Sueiro
4. E. Schwindt
5. M. Bilecenoğlu
6. V. Aysel
7. David L. Strayer
8. L. Rodriguez

Citations in the corpus

• Habitat complexity and community composition: relationships between different ecosystem engineers and the associated macroinvertebrate assemblages (2011, background): “For instance, mussel beds, reef-building organisms and many species of plants form highly compact and imbricate structures above and below ground in soft bottom environments, increasing the availability of food, substratum for larvae settlement and supplying new refugia from predators and physical u”
• Understanding the long-term effects of species invasions. (2006, background): “Similarly, the polychaete Ficopotamus enigmaticus, an invasive reef builder in the lagoons of Argentina, has significantly enhanced sedimentation, altered water flow and changed biological communities [ 53 ].”
• Can Invasive Species Facilitate Native Species? Evidence of How, When, and Why These Impacts Occur (2006, background): “For example the invasive ‘reef’ building polychaete Ficopomatus enigmaticus provides refuge for a native crab species (Schwindt et al. 2001).”
• Alien polychaete species worldwide: current status and their impacts (2012, background): “enigmaticus, was considered an important part of the ecosystem by providing a suitable habitat for other species and also by changing physical factors of the invaded environment (Schwindt et al., 2001).”
• An updated review of alien species on the coasts of Turkey (2011, background): “The reef builder species, Ficopomatus enigmaticus, was considered an ecosystem engineer by providing a suitable habitat for other species and also by changing the physical factors of the invaded environment (SCHWINDT et al., 2001).”
• Macroalgal distribution patterns in a shallow, soft-bottom lagoon, with emphasis on the nonnativeGracilaria vermiculophylla andCodium fragile (2006, unknown): “Other nonnative species that have been shown to facilitate species diversity include the brown alga Sargassum muticum (Wernberg et al. 2004; Thomsen et al. 2006), the tunicate Pyura praeputialis (Castilla et al. 2004), and the polychaete Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Schwindt et al. 2001).”