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Título: | Regional-Scale Differences in Eutrophication Effects on Eelgrass-Associated (Zostera marina) Macrofauna |
Autor: | Schmidt, Allison L.; Coll, Marta CSIC ORCID ; Lotze, Heike K. | Palabras clave: | Nutrient loading Eutrophication Macrofauna Seagrass Management |
Fecha de publicación: | jul-2017 | Editor: | Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation | Citación: | Estuaries and Coasts 40(4): 1096-1112 (2017) | Resumen: | Eutrophication has caused strong shifts from perennial seagrass to opportunistic macroalgae and phytoplankton in many coastal ecosystems worldwide, yet responses of the primary-producer assemblage can vary with regional environmental and nutrient-loading conditions. The wider consequences of this variable primary-producer response on the associated animal community are little known. We used large-scale field surveys across 12 study sites with low or high eutrophication levels in two geographic provinces in Atlantic Canada to examine region-specific responses of macrofauna associated with eelgrass beds. In both regions, abundances of all groups increased with eutrophication, but species richness of mobile fishes and invertebrates decreased. Generally, filter feeders, epibenthic detritivores and some herbivores increased, while more hypoxia sensitive species declined. Small fishes and invertebrate predators increased with eutrophication mirrored by decreases in their prey. Despite similar general trends, our results show distinct shifts in species composition in each geographic region associated with differences in food availability and predation refuge offered by phytoplankton and opportunistic epiphytic or benthic macroalgae as well as tolerance to an increasingly hostile physico-chemical environment. So far, the continued persistence of eelgrass beds at our “highly” eutrophied sites indicates intermediate eutrophication levels with short-term benefits for some species. However, the loss of sensitive species and decrease in species richness highlight that eutrophication has already changed seagrass ecosystems in Atlantic Canada. Our work suggests that mitigating these changes will require regional-scale management | Descripción: | 17 pages, 6 figures, 4 tables, 1 appendix | Versión del editor: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-016-0204-z | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/158607 | DOI: | 10.1007/s12237-016-0204-z | Identificadores: | doi: 10.1007/s12237-016-0204-z issn: 1559-2723 e-issn: 1559-2731 |
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