Effects of habitat complexity on the diversity and abundance of macrofauna colonising artificial kelp holdfasts

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The role of kelp species as biogenic habitat formers in coastal marine ecosystems (2017, background): “Indeed, by experimentally altering the complexity 194 of artificial holdfast mimics, Hauser et al. (2006) found significantly higher abundance and diversity 195 on high complexity mimics in comparison to those of a lower complexity.”
Effects of macrophyte heterogeneity and food availability on structural parameters of the macroinvertebrate community in a Pampean stream (2011, background): “It has been accepted that the more complex the habitat, the larger the surface area available for colonization for fauna and epiphytic algae (Cyr & Downing, 1988; Cheruvelil et al., 2002; Hauser et al., 2006).”
Detached aquaculture buoys in the SE Pacific: Potential dispersal vehicles for associated organisms (2009, background): “Sessile species might act as eco-engineers on buoys, offering structural support and refuge for mobile species (Cerda & Castilla 2001, Sepúlveda et al. 2003, Hauser et al. 2006).”
Distribution differences and active habitat choices of invertebrates between macrophytes of different morphological complexity (2011, background): “…used artificial macrophytes have similarly recorded higher total invertebrate abundance in more complex plant structures (Taniguchi et al. 2003; Hauser et al. 2006; Warfe and Barmuta 2006); however, the differences in invertebrate distribution in the field could be an effect of predators or…”