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Hale, Rachel, Jacques, Richard O. and Tolhurst, Trevor J. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8578-7580
(2019)
Determining how functionally diverse intertidal sediment species preserve mudflat ecosystem properties after abrupt biodiversity loss.
Journal of Coastal Research, 35 (2).
pp. 369-375.
ISSN 0749-0208
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Abstract
As a result of anthropogenic climate change, extreme climatic events have increased in frequency, severity, and longevity. The consequences for community structure after a catastrophic event have been well studied. However, changes in ecosystem functioning that occur after such an event, including ecosystemrecovery, are still uncertain. A catastrophic event was simulated in an intertidalsedimentary habitat. Postevent sediment replicates were assigned to one of four recovery scenarios: (1) no recovery, (2) migration recovery, and recovery by differential opportunistic colonisation by (3) the polychaete worm Hediste diversicolor and (4) the mud snail Peringia ulvae, two locally dominant infauna species. These are compared with a control scenario not subjected to the event. The simulated extreme event caused a shift in habitat state due to a reduction in mobile macrofauna abundance and an increase in microphytobenthos biomass. Migratory recovery of species and the simulated opportunistic expansion of a single species ameliorated this shift and, for some metrics, functional compensation for the loss of other species and the preservation of certain ecosystem functions was observed. The dominant species identity during postevent habitat recovery can have considerable effects on important ecosystem processes and functions with consequences that may result in functional regime shifts in a habitat and alter coastal stability.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | infaunal community,erosion,estuarine,marine,microfauna,microphytobenthos,ecology,water science and technology,earth-surface processes,sdg 13 - climate action,sdg 14 - life below water ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2303 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Geosciences Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Marine Knowledge Exchange Network |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Jul 2018 12:30 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2022 03:57 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/67621 |
| DOI: | 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-17-00197.1 |
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