The Function of Marine Critical Transition Zones and the Importance of Sediment Biodiversity

By L. Levin, D. Boesch, Alan P. Covich, C. Dahm, Christer Erséus, K. Ewel, R. Kneib, A. Moldenke, M. Palmer, P. Snelgrove and 2 more. Ecosystems, 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Oceanography

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Minho River tidal freshwater wetlands: threats to faunal biodiversity (2008, background): “…they provide essential feeding and drinking grounds for an important number of birds; and the presence of submerged and riparian vegetation creates several ideal habitats for a high number of both vertebrate and invertebrate species (Levin et al. 2001, Durell et al. 2005, West et al. 2005).”
Seascape ecology of coastal biogenic habitats: advances, gaps, and challenges (2011, background): “Intertidal marshes and mangrove forests represent critical transition zones linking terrestrial and coastal environments and often control the fluxes of materials and energy across land– seascapes (Valiela et al. 2000, Ewel et al. 2001, Levin et al. 2001).”
Disentangling biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning: deriving solutions to a seemingly insurmountable problem (2003, background): “…between effect and response functional groups, and these were exclusively either concept/review papers (Walker 1992; Brussaard et al. 1997; Strange et al. 1999; Levin et al. 2001; Lavorel & Garnier 2002; Rosenfeld 2002) or models (Nijs & Impens 2000; Fonseca & Ganade 2001; Loreau 2001).”
Habitat change in estuaries: predicting broad-scale responses of intertidal macrofauna to sediment mud content (2003, background): “Functional roles for macrofauna include influences on sediment stability, water-column turbidity, nutrient and carbon processing and contaminant sequestering (Herman et al. 1999, Levin et al. 2001).”
Changes in four complementary facets of fish diversity in a tropical coastal lagoon after 18 years: a functional interpretation (2005, background): “For instance some closely related fish species in lakes and estuaries are either tolerant to eutrophic conditions or not (Ishitobi et al. 2000, Ludsin et al. 2001).”
Distinctly variable mudscapes: Distribution gradients of intertidal macrofauna across the Dutch Wadden Sea☆ (2013, background): “Benthic macrofauna are central to the maintenance of many ecosystem services in estuarine systems such as the Wadden Sea (Levin et al., 2001; Olff et al., 2009; Thrush et al., 2006).”
Centuries of human-driven change in salt marsh ecosystems. (2009, background): “…to animal consumers than other marsh plants ( × foliosa has invaded mudflats in California, effects of the grass on the physiochemical and hydrodynamic environment, as well as detritus quality and availability, have greatly disrupted trophic structure (Levin et al. 2006, Neira et al. 2006).”
The Role of Biodiversity in the Functioning of Freshwater and Marine Benthic Ecosystems (2004, unknown): “…that follows from the shaping influence of fluid dynamics in freshwater and marine ecosystems is the strength, scale, and preponderance of interhabitat coupling and its influence on benthic community structure and ecosystem processes (Palmer et al. 2000, Levin et al.2001,Austen et al.2002).”
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Fish species richness decreases with salinity in tropical coastal lagoons (2006, background): “Third, many fish species in coastal ecosystems are transient or at least non-resident, with these zones serving as feeding or breeding areas (Levin et al., 2001).”