Topography-based modulation of environmental factors as a mechanism for intertidal microhabitat formation: A basis for marine ecological design.

Autor: Bauer F; School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK. Electronic address: franz.bauer@plymouth.ac.uk., Knights AM; School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK; Environmental Research Institute, School of Biology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, T23 N73K, Ireland., Hanley ME; School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK., Griffin JN; Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK., Foggo A; School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK., Brown A; Department of Ecology, Arup, London W1T 4BJ, UK., Firth LB; School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK; Environmental Research Institute, School of Biology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, T23 N73K, Ireland.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Marine pollution bulletin [Mar Pollut Bull] 2024 May; Vol. 202, pp. 116358. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 22.
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116358
Abstrakt: Topographic complexity is often considered to be closely associated with habitat complexity and niche diversity; however, complex topography per se does not imply habitat suitability. Rather, ecologically suitable habitats may emerge if topographic features interact with environmental factors and thereby alter their surrounding microenvironment to the benefit of local organisms (e.g., resource provisioning, stress mitigation). Topography may thus act as a key modulator of abiotic stressors and biotic pressures, particularly in environmentally challenging intertidal systems. Here, we review how topography can alter microhabitat conditions with respect to four resources required by intertidal organisms: a source of energy (light, suspended food particles, prey, detritus), water (hydration, buffering of light, temperature and hydrodynamics), shelter (temperature, wave exposure, predation), and habitat space (substratum area, propagule settlement, movement). We synthesize mechanisms and quantitative findings of how environmental factors can be altered through topography and suggest an organism-centered 'form-follows-ecological-function' approach to designing multifunctional marine infrastructure.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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