Facing the future: The importance of substratum features for ecological engineering of artificial habitats in the rocky intertidal

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 131-143

  Firth, Louise B ^a,b,f   White, Freya J ^b   Schofield, Meredith ^b   Hanley, Mick E ^a   Burrows, Michael T ^c   Thompson, Richard C ^a   Skov, Martin W ^b   Evans, Ally J ^d   Moore, Pippa J ^d   Hawkins, Stephen J ^b,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

artificial coastal defence structure; aspect; biodiversity; grazing pressure; substratum inclination

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRAZING; HABITAT CREATION; RANGE EXPANSION; REFUGE; ROCKY SHORE; SUBSTRATE;

PATELLA DEPRESSA; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 84951745668     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF14163     Document Type: Conference Paper

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