Are macroinvertebrate communities influenced by seagrass structural complexity

By M. Attrill, J. Strong, A. Rowden. 2000

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Effect of habitat complexity on predation success: re-evaluating the current paradigm in seagrass beds (2009, background): “…specifically of decapod crustaceans (Heck & Orth 1980, Gore et al. 1981), gastropods, mussels, and crabs (Lee et al. 2001), as well as other epifaunal invertebrates (Stoner 1980, Attrill et al. 2000), and fish (Johnson & Jennings 1998, Wyda et al. 2002) increases with increasing seagrass density.”
Distribution differences and active habitat choices of invertebrates between macrophytes of different morphological complexity (2011, background): “Scale is important for measures of structural complexity (Wiens 1989; Robbins and Bell 1994; Attrill et al. 2000; Dibble et al. 2006), as structural complexity may change differently across scales for different macrophyte species (Dibble et al. 2006).”
The ecological role of bivalve shellfish aquaculture in the estuarine environment: A review with application to oyster and clam culture in West Coast (USA) estuaries (2009, background): “Structurally complex habitats like seagrass have been shown to enhance meiofaunal abundance (Bell et al., 1984; Attrill et al., 2000; Jenkins et al., 2002).”
Habitat complexity: approaches and future directions (2011, background): “…but as in Heck & Wetstone (1977), habitat was often only measured in terms of macrophyte biomass (e.g., Cyr & Downing, 1988), where greater biomass was taken as a measure of greater surface area which in turn was an analogue of living space (e.g., Stoner & Lewis, 1985; Attrill et al., 2000).”
Effects of habitat complexity on the diversity and abundance of macrofauna colonising artificial kelp holdfasts (2006, background): “…the number of niches available for colonisation thus reducing competition (Hicks 1985), provide a larger surface area for interception and colonisation (Conner & McCoy 1979, Gunnill 1982b, Parrish 1989, Attrill et al. 2000), and provide better protection from physical stress (Gibbons 1988).”
THE IMPORTANCE OF SEAGRASS BEDS AS A HABITAT FOR FISHERY SPECIES (2001, background): “Complexity has been variously measured as percentage cover, density, biomass, biovolume and plant species diversity in the case of polyspecific seagrass beds (Stoner & Lewis 1985), although some of these variables may represent seagrass area rather than complexity (Attrill et al. 2000).”
Effects of seagrass landscape structure, structural complexity and hydrodynamic regime on macrofaunal densities in North Carolina seagrass beds (2002, unknown): “…and biomass all may influence predation (Orth & van Montfrans 1982, Orth et al. 1984, Heck & Crowder 1991), competition (Coen et al. 1981), the amount of habitat available (Attrill et al. 2000), food availability (Edgar 1990) and active selection of habitat (Bell & Westoby 1986, Sogard 1989).”
Linking fish and prawns to their environment: a hierarchical landscape approach (2004, background): “Species preference for seagrasses with the longest leaves (and largest surface area) probably relates to quality of both refuge and food (Orth 1992, Attrill et al. 2000, Hindell et al. 2000).”
Seagrass structural complexity and landscape configuration as determinants of tropical fish assemblage composition (2008, background): “In contrast to shoot density and canopy height, seagrass biomass has been questioned as a complexity index as it gives merely a simple species-area relationship (Attrill et al. 2000).”
Effects of habitat structure and tidal height on epifaunal assemblages associated with macroalgae (2010, background): “Thus presence of epiphytes can influence strongly the structureof epifaunal assemblages (Attrill et al., 2000).”
Does macrophyte fractal complexity drive invertebrate diversity, biomass and body size distributions? (2005, background): “Attrill et al. (2000) found that seagrass surface area positively affected species”
Effects of macrophyte heterogeneity and food availability on structural parameters of the macroinvertebrate community in a Pampean stream (2011, background): “The scale of target organisms is a very important factor to be considered when selecting an index of environmental heterogeneity (Attrill et al., 2000).”
Influences of habitat complexity on the diversity and abundance of epiphytic invertebrates on plants (2003, methodology): “A similar observation was made with invertebrates associated with seagrasses: the number of taxa was positively related to the amount (biomass) of Zostera plants (Attrill et al., 2000).”