Habitat with small inter-structural spaces promotes mussel survival and reef generation

C Bertolini, WI Montgomery, NE O'Connor - Marine Biology, 2018 - Springer
Spatially complex habitats provide refuge for prey and mediate many predator–prey
interactions. Increasing anthropogenic pressures are eroding such habitats, reducing their …

Decline in oyster populations in traditional fishing grounds; is habitat damage by static fishing gear a contributory factor in ecosystem degradation?

AM Ibrahim, S David, G Bruno, C Mark… - Journal of Sea …, 2018 - Elsevier
The territorial waters of Qatar once supported dense assemblages of the pearl oyster
Pinctada radiata. The oysters settled on a patchy network of limestone platforms (hairãt) and …

Efficiency of starfish mop** in reducing predation on cultivated benthic mussels (Mytilus edulis Linnaeus)

J Calderwood, NE O'Connor, D Roberts - Aquaculture, 2016 - Elsevier
The starfish, Asterias rubens, preys on mussels (Mytilus edulis), which are relaid during
benthic cultivation processes. Starfish mops, a modified dredge used to remove starfish from …

Edge effects are not linked to key ecological processes in a fragmented biogenic reef

C Bertolini, WI Montgomery, NE O'Connor - Estuaries and Coasts, 2020 - Springer
Reef-forming species play a key role creating, modifying and maintaining important habitat
and their associated communities. Globally, many of these habitats are extensively …

[PDF][PDF] Subtidal Benthic Invertebrate Conservation: Global Evidence for the Effects of Interventions.

A Lemasson, L Pettit, R Smith, W Sutherland - 2020 - repository.cam.ac.uk
Untitled Page 1 1 Page 2 2 Subtidal Benthic Invertebrate Conservation Global evidence for the
effects of interventions Anaëlle J. Lemasson, Laura R. Pettit, Rebecca K. Smith and William J …

[PDF][PDF] Subtidal benthic invertebrate conservation

A Lemasson, LR Pettit, RK Smith… - What Works in …, 2020 - pearl.plymouth.ac.uk
SUBTIDAL BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION Page 1 School of Biological and
Marine Sciences Faculty of Science and Engineering 2020-12-10 SUBTIDAL BENTHIC …

[PDF][PDF] Estimating the relative importance of predator-prey interactions in the provision of marine ecosystem services

G Grant - 2022 - pureadmin.qub.ac.uk
Predators can play pivotal roles as keystone species, enhancing biodiversity, reducing
disease, providing ecosystem stability and a number of other key ecosystem functions (Stier …