Trampling in a seagrass assemblage: direct effects, response of associated fauna, and the role of substrate characteristics

By C. Eckrich, J. Holmquist. 2000

115 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Oceanography

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In Ecology

1. B. J. Reed
2. K. Hovel
3. B. Dumbauld
4. Amy V. Uhrin
5. David L. Strayer
6. J. Ruesink
7. S. Findlay
8. J. Holmquist

In Oceanography

1. B. J. Reed
2. K. Hovel
3. B. Dumbauld
4. Amy V. Uhrin
5. David L. Strayer
6. J. Ruesink
7. S. Rumrill
8. S. Findlay

Citations in the corpus

• 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): “Repeated trampling (mimicking recreational visitors) reduced the biomass of Thalassia testudinum in Puerto Rico, especially in softer substrates (Eckrich and Holmquist, 2000), but harvest activities for shellfish are unlikely to occur this frequently.”
• Efficacy of physical removal of a marine pest: the introduced kelp Undaria pinnatifida in a Tasmanian Marine Reserve (2005, unknown): “Physical disturbance by trampling of intertidal or shallow water communities has been demonstrated for temperate rocky shores (Brown and Taylor 1999), seagrass beds (Eckrich and Holmquist 2000), and coral reefs (Hawkins and Roberts 1993), resulting in community composition alterations.”
• Ecology of freshwater shore zones (2010, background): “Visitors attracted to popular sites in the shore zone may cause substantial ecological damage (e.g., Povey and Keough 1991; Brosnan and Crumrine 1994; Eckrich and Holmquist 2000; Pinn and Rodgers 2005; Davenport and Davenport 2006; Rossi et al. 2007).”
• Effects of propeller scarring on macrofaunal use of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum (2003, background): “…of the publisher Mar Ecol Prog Ser 250: 61–70, 2003 tremendous potential for fragmentation resulting from disturbances linked to human activities such as wading (Eckrich & Holmquist 2000), dock and boardwalk construction (Burdick & Short 1999), boat anchoring (Walker et al. 1989, Creed &…”
• The influence of burrowing thalassinid shrimps on the distribution of intertidal seagrasses in Willapa Bay, Washington, USA (2003, background): “Due to this importance, the negative impacts of many human mediated disturbances to seagrass beds such as dredging, propellor and mooring scars, nutrient enrichment, trampling, and shading from over-water structures have also been broadly studied (Onuf, 1994; Sargent et al., 1995; Shafer, 1999; Burd”
• Boat anchoring on Posidonia oceanica beds in a marine protected area (Italy, western Mediterranean): effect of anchor types in different anchoring stages (2004, background): “This difference may be explained by the fact that Francour et al. (1999) used a larger boat with a heavier anchor (12 kg).”
• Seagrass habitat disturbance : how loss and fragmentation of eelgrass Zostera marina influences epifaunal abundance and diversity (2006, background): “Similar results were found in an evaluation of the effects of trampling intensity on seagrass epifauna in Puerto Rico (Eckrich & Holmquist 2000).”