Lugworm exclusion experiment: Responses by deposit feeding worms to biogenic habitat transformations

By N. Volkenborn, K. Reise. 2006

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Sediment destabilizing and stabilizing bio-engineers on tidal flats: cascading effects of experimental exclusion (2009, background): “…overall eVect was that tubebuilding and burrow-constructing species (e.g. Pygospio elegans and Nereis diversicolor) took advantage of the absence of lugworms, while free burrowing species (e.g. Scoloplos cf. armiger) were not aVected or even decreased in abundance (Volkenborn and Reise 2006, 2007).”
Shift from native mussels to alien oysters: Differential effects of ecosystem engineers (2008, background): “…hand, the subsurface feeder S. cf. armiger, which is highly abundant on sandy intertidal flats in Königshafen outside mussel beds (Reise et al., 1994), is known to be susceptible to hydrogen sulfideenrichment and decreasing sediment permeability (Kruse et al., 2004;Volkenborn and Reise, 2006).”
Influence of benthic macrofauna community shifts on ecosystem functioning in shallow estuaries (2014, background): “A similar positive interaction between A. marina and the polychaete Scoloplos armiger in more saline environments is probably mediated by the less harsh chemical conditions (e.g., sulfide) near A. marina burrows (Volkenborn and Reise, 2006).”
Burial of seeds and seedlings by the lugworm Arenicola marina hampers eelgrass (Zostera marina) recovery (2011, background): “The lugworm, Arenicola marina L., is a common polychaete along European Atlantic coasts where it inhabits intertidal and subtidal sandy sediments at typical densities of 3–80 individuals m−2 (Cadée, 1976; Jones and Jago, 1993; Volkenborn and Reise, 2006).”
Microplastic moves pollutants and additives to worms, reducing functions linked to health and biodiversity. (2013, unknown): “Because lugworms structure faunal assemblages by removing phytoplankton and silt from sediments [32, 33], we measured feeding and survival to determine whether ingestion of microplastic reduced this ability.”