A Field Test of the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis in the Soft-Bottom Intertidal
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Huxham, M., Roberts, I., & Bremner, J. (2000)
A Field Test of the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis in the Soft-Bottom Intertidal. International Review of Hydrobiology, 85(4), (379-394). doi:10.1002/1522-2632(200008)85:43.0.co;2-x. ISSN 1434-2944
The intermediate disturbance hypothesis has had success in explaining changes in local diversity in many habitats. Recent laboratory work has shown that disturbance may act to...
Predation: a causal mechanism for variability in intertidal bivalve populations
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Richards, M. G., Huxham, M., & Bryant, A. (1999)
Predation: a causal mechanism for variability in intertidal bivalve populations. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 241(2), (159-177). doi:10.1016/s0022-0981(99)00075-1. ISSN 0022-0981
Two caging experiments were conducted on an intertidal mudflat to assess the impact of predation on two species of bivalves; Macoma balthica and Cerastoderma edule. The first ...
Response of intertidal macrofauna to multiple disturbance types and intensities – An experimental approach
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Whomersley, P., Huxham, M., Bolam, S., Schratzberger, M., Augley, J., & Ridland, D. (2010)
Response of intertidal macrofauna to multiple disturbance types and intensities – An experimental approach. Marine Environmental Research, 69(5), 297-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.12.001
Two of the best-supported theories which describe the effects of disturbance within marine benthic habitats are the organic enrichment ‘Successional Model’ and the ‘Intermedia...
Biological indicators of disturbance at a dredged-material disposal site in Liverpool Bay, UK: an assessment using time-series data
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Whomersley, P., Ware, S., Rees, H. L., Mason, C., Bolam, T., Huxham, M., & Bates, H. (2008)
Biological indicators of disturbance at a dredged-material disposal site in Liverpool Bay, UK: an assessment using time-series data. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65(8), 1414-1420. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn125
The development of reliable indicators of disturbance in the marine environment is essential because of increasing anthropogenic pressures and the need for more effective regu...
Primary Production and Carbon uptake dynamics in the vicinity of south Georgia - balancing carbon fixation and removal
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Gilpin, L., Priddle, J., Whitehouse, M., Savidge, G., & Atkinson, A. (2002)
Primary Production and Carbon uptake dynamics in the vicinity of south Georgia - balancing carbon fixation and removal. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 242, 51-62. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps242051
Primary production was measured at a series of stations in austral summer 1996 in the vicinity of South Georgia. Five stations were occupied along a 700 km transect southeastw...
Framework for understanding marine ecosystem health
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Tett, P., Gowen, R., Painting, S., Elliott, M., Forster, R., Mills, D., …Wilkinson, M. (2013)
Framework for understanding marine ecosystem health. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 494, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10539
Although the terms ‘health’ and ‘healthy’ are often applied to marine ecosystems and communicate information about holistic condition (e.g. as required by the Ecosystem Approa...
Response of temperate microplankton communities to N:Si ratio perturbation
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Roberts, E. C., Davidson, K., & Gilpin, L. (2003)
Response of temperate microplankton communities to N:Si ratio perturbation. Journal of plankton research, 25(12), 1485-1495. https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbg109
In order to study the effect of the nitrogen:silicon (N:Si) ratio on temperate microplankton food webs, mesocosm experiments were conducted in Trondheim (Norway) using two dif...
A new approach to visualize ecosystem health by using parasites
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Palm, H. W., & Rückert, S. (2009)
A new approach to visualize ecosystem health by using parasites. Parasitology Research, 105(2), 539-553. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-009-1423-z
A new approach is chosen to visualize ecosystem health by using parasite bioindicators in Segara Anakan Lagoon, a brackish water ecosystem at the southern Java coast, Indonesi...
Carbon stable isotopes in estuarine sediments and their utility as migration markers for nursery studies in the Firth of Forth and Forth Estuary, Scotland
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Augley, J., Huxham, M., Fernandes, T. F., Lyndon, A. R., & Bury, S. (2007)
Carbon stable isotopes in estuarine sediments and their utility as migration markers for nursery studies in the Firth of Forth and Forth Estuary, Scotland. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 72(4), (648-656). doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2006.11.024. ISSN 0272-7714
The stable carbon isotope ratios (δ13C) of the organic fraction of intertidal sediments in the Forth Estuary and the Firth of Forth, Scotland, were measured to determine if te...
Differential response of meio- and macrofauna to in situ burial
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Whomersley, P., Huxham, M., Schratzberger, M., & Bolam, S. (2009)
Differential response of meio- and macrofauna to in situ burial. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 89(06), 1091. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315409000344
Benthic nematode and macrofaunal communities are regularly utilized in impact studies. However, very few studies are carried out utilizing both communities. A literature searc...