Effects of the alien Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) on subtidal macrozoobenthos communities
Since 2006, the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas has been a permanent resident on the west cost of Sweden. Because C. gigas is nonindigenous in Scandinavia, it may modify ecosystems and affect the resident biota. Individuals of C. gigas often settle in large aggregations, and the physical structure...
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ftulundlup:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:6f30895c-735e-459a-b792-f132e832fded 2023-05-15T15:57:52+02:00 Effects of the alien Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) on subtidal macrozoobenthos communities Hollander, Johan Blomfeldt, Johan Carlsson, Per Strand, Asa 2015 https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/5172990 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-014-2604-6 eng eng Springer https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/5172990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-014-2604-6 wos:000349374800005 scopus:84925488477 Marine Biology; 162(3), pp 547-555 (2015) ISSN: 0025-3162 Ecology contributiontojournal/article info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2015 ftulundlup https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-014-2604-6 2023-02-01T23:35:34Z Since 2006, the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas has been a permanent resident on the west cost of Sweden. Because C. gigas is nonindigenous in Scandinavia, it may modify ecosystems and affect the resident biota. Individuals of C. gigas often settle in large aggregations, and the physical structure of the resulting reef provides attachment points and refuges for many secondary species. However, C. gigas also has the potential to change the macrofaunal community structure of the associated sediment, for example by stabilization or enrichment of the sediment. Here, we assess the macrozoobenthos community of sediments within C. gigas reefs and contrast the results with the comparable community within beds of the native blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) and with that of uniform bare sediment. We show that the communities within oyster reefs and mussel beds contained more species and had a higher abundance of organisms compared with the bare sediment. In addition, we show significant differences between the communities within oyster reefs and mussel beds and consistently a larger total abundance in the former. Article in Journal/Newspaper Crassostrea gigas Pacific oyster Lund University Publications (LUP) Pacific Marine Biology 162 3 547 555 |
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Since 2006, the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas has been a permanent resident on the west cost of Sweden. Because C. gigas is nonindigenous in Scandinavia, it may modify ecosystems and affect the resident biota. Individuals of C. gigas often settle in large aggregations, and the physical structure of the resulting reef provides attachment points and refuges for many secondary species. However, C. gigas also has the potential to change the macrofaunal community structure of the associated sediment, for example by stabilization or enrichment of the sediment. Here, we assess the macrozoobenthos community of sediments within C. gigas reefs and contrast the results with the comparable community within beds of the native blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) and with that of uniform bare sediment. We show that the communities within oyster reefs and mussel beds contained more species and had a higher abundance of organisms compared with the bare sediment. In addition, we show significant differences between the communities within oyster reefs and mussel beds and consistently a larger total abundance in the former. |
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Effects of the alien Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) on subtidal macrozoobenthos communities |
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Effects of the alien Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) on subtidal macrozoobenthos communities |
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Effects of the alien Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) on subtidal macrozoobenthos communities |
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Effects of the alien Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) on subtidal macrozoobenthos communities |
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Effects of the alien Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) on subtidal macrozoobenthos communities |
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effects of the alien pacific oyster (crassostrea gigas) on subtidal macrozoobenthos communities |
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Marine Biology; 162(3), pp 547-555 (2015) ISSN: 0025-3162 |
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