Benthic biodiversity on old platforms, young wind farms, and rocky reefs
| Autor: | J. Cuperus, H.J. Lindeboom, O.G. Bos, Marco Faasse, Maxime Blomberg, Godfried W.N.M. van Moorsel, Steven Degraer, Joop W.P. Coolen, Babeth van der Weide |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management wind farm Biodiversity Aquatic Science Oceanography 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Benthos Onderzoeksformatie platforms reef Directie species richness Reef Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics geography geography.geographical_feature_category Ecology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Aquatische Ecologie en Waterkwaliteitsbeheer Substrate (marine biology) marine growth Habitat Benthic zone Artificial reef Species richness Geology |
| Zdroj: | ICES Journal of Marine Science, 77(3), 1250-1265 ICES Journal of Marine Science 77 (2020) 3 |
| ISSN: | 1054-3139 |
| Popis: | The introduction of artificial hard substrates in an area dominated by a sandy seabed increases habitat available to epifouling organisms. To investigate this, samples were taken on old offshore oil and gas platforms, and data were compared with data of a young wind farm and a natural reef. Depth, sampling date, abundance of Mytilus edulis, Psammechinus miliaris, Metridium dianthus, and the presence of Tubulariidae and substrate (rock or steel) all correlated with species richness. Multivariate analysis showed a large overlap in communities on steel and rock and between the wind farm and platforms. The community changed over a gradient from deep rocks to shallow steel substrate, but no strong community differentiation was observed. Deep steel was more similar to natural rocks than shallow steel. When an artificial reef is intended to be colonized by communities similar to those on a natural reef, its structure should resemble a natural reef as much as possible. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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