Data presented in the paper "Introduced marine ecosystem engineer indirectly affects parasitism in native mussel hosts"

Research objective: The alteration of habitat structure by introduced ecosystem engineers imposes direct impacts on native biota but can also exert trait-mediated indirect effects (TMIEs). In this study, we show that the habitat structure provided by invasive Pacific oysters ( Crassostrea gigas ) ca...

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Main Authors: Goedknegt, Anouk, Buschbaum, Christian, van der Meer, J. Jaap, Wegner, K Mathias, Thieltges, D.W. David
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: 4TU.ResearchData 2020
Subjects:
Ecology
FOS Biological sciences
Trait-mediated indirect effects
invasive species
ecosystem engineer
parasite-host interaction
Renicola roscovita
Mytilicola
Crassostrea gigas
Mytilus edulis
Pacific
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.4121/12826154.v1
https://data.4tu.nl/articles/_/12826154/1
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Summary:Research objective: The alteration of habitat structure by introduced ecosystem engineers imposes direct impacts on native biota but can also exert trait-mediated indirect effects (TMIEs). In this study, we show that the habitat structure provided by invasive Pacific oysters ( Crassostrea gigas ) can also indirectly affect parasitism in blue mussels ( Mytilus edulis ). Type of research, method & collection of data: We conducted a three-month field experiment, in which uninfected mussels were positioned at the bottom and top of two intertidal oyster reefs in the Wadden Sea.

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