Kochmann, Judith; Reise, Karsten (2008): Abundance of organisms during a field experiment in the Wadden Sea off the island of Sylt, Northern Germany [dataset publication series]. Alfred Wegener Institute - Wadden Sea Station Sylt, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.686220
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Abstract:
The ring experiment has shown that biogenic habitat change from resident mussel beds to novel oyster reefs does not constitute a threat to species diversity but causes a shift in abundance of dominant associated species. Mussels and oysters may be functionally equivalent as consumers. However, the epibenthic biogenic structures they generate seem unfold subtle differences in habitat properties. Their community effects can only be explained in the context of the ecological web of species interactions. The differences in infauna and epifauna on mussel, mixed and oyster belts will have implications on foraging birds as well as on the relative proportions between mussels and oysters in the intertidal Wadden Sea in the years to come.
Related to:
Kochmann, Judith (2007): Different ecosystem engineering by alien oysters and native mussels – a field experiment in the Wadden Sea. Master Thesis, University of Southern Denmark, Institute of Biology, Odense, 44 pp, hdl:10013/epic.30170.d001
Project(s):
Coastal Ecology @ AWI (AWI_Coast)
Coverage:
Latitude: 55.033100 * Longitude: 8.438100
Event(s):
List_Koenigshafen * Latitude: 55.033100 * Longitude: 8.438100 * Location: German Bight Wadden Sea * Campaign: Long-term time series Sylt * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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Datasets listed in this publication series
- Kochmann, J; Reise, K (2008): Abundance of Elminius modestus in 2007-03 from an experiment in the Wadden Sea off List, Sylt. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.686211
- Kochmann, J; Reise, K (2008): Endofauna abundance in 2006-10 from an experiment in the Wadden Sea of List, Sylt. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.686208
- Kochmann, J; Reise, K (2008): Epi-endofauna abundance in 2007-03 from an experiment in the Wadden Sea off List, Sylt. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.686230
- Kochmann, J; Reise, K (2008): Epifauna abundance in 2006-10 from an experiment in the Wadden Sea of List, Sylt. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.686209
- Kochmann, J; Reise, K (2008): Abundance of Lanice in 2007-03 from an experiment in the Wadden Sea off List, Sylt. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.686215