Faunal communities in seagrass beds: a review of the influence of plant structure and prey characteristics on predator-prey relationships

RJ Orth, KL Heck, J van Montfrans - Estuaries, 1984 - Springer
When compared with nearby unvergetated areas, seagrass meadows contain a dense and
strikingly rich assemblage of vertebrates and invertebrates. Most recent literature has …

Effects of irradiance, temperature, and nutrients on growth dynamics of seagrasses: a review

KS Lee, SR Park, YK Kim - Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Productivity of seagrasses can be controlled by physiological processes, as well as various
biotic and abiotic factors that influence plant metabolism. Light, temperature, and inorganic …

The importance of structural complexity in coral reef ecosystems

NAJ Graham, KL Nash - Coral reefs, 2013 - Springer
The importance of structural complexity in coral reefs has come to the fore with the global
degradation of reef condition; however, the limited scale and replication of many studies …

Habitat complexity: approaches and future directions

KE Kovalenko, SM Thomaz, DM Warfe - Hydrobiologia, 2012 - Springer
Habitat complexity is one of the most important factors structuring biotic assemblages, yet we
still lack basic understanding of the underlying mechanisms. Although it is one of the primary …

Ocean acidification can mediate biodiversity shifts by changing biogenic habitat

JM Sunday, KE Fabricius, KJ Kroeker… - Nature Climate …, 2017 - nature.com
The effects of ocean acidification (OA) on the structure and complexity of coastal marine
biogenic habitat have been broadly overlooked. Here we explore how declining pH and …

The relationship between fish species richness, abundance and habitat complexity in a range of shallow tropical marine habitats

B Gratwicke, MR Speight - Journal of fish biology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
A simple habitat assessment score (HAS) was designed to assess habitat complexity across
several different shallow tropical marine habitats including sandy patches, algal beds …

The role of habitat complexity and heterogeneity in structuring tropical mammal communities

PV August - Ecology, 1983 - Wiley Online Library
The relationship between mammal community structure and vertical variation in habitat
physiognomy (complexity) and horizontal variation in habitat form (heterogeneity) was …

Habitat complexity in aquatic systems: fractals and beyond

M Tokeshi, S Arakaki - Hydrobiologia, 2012 - Springer
Despite the intensity with which ecological information involving habitat complexity has been
amassed to date, much remains to be revealed for a comprehensive understanding of the …

Habitat structural complexity mediates the foraging success of multiple predator species

DM Warfe, LA Barmuta - Oecologia, 2004 - Springer
We investigated the role of freshwater macrophytes as refuge by testing the hypothesis that
predators capture fewer prey in more dense and structurally complex habitats. We also …

Habitat architecture and the abundance and body‐size‐dependent habitat selection of a phytal amphipod

SD Hacker, RS Steneck - Ecology, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
Field and laboratory experiments were conducted on the effect of habitat architecture (the
number, size, shape, and arrangement of habitable spaces and structures) created by …