scholarly journals Soft-sediment benthic community structure in a coral reef lagoon ‹ the prominence of spatial heterogeneity and Œspot endemism¹

1998 ◽  
Vol 174 ◽  
pp. 159-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
TA Schlacher ◽  
P Newell ◽  
J Clavier ◽  
MA Schlacher-Hoenlinger ◽  
C Chevillon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Spatial Heterogeneity ◽  
Benthic Community ◽  
Soft Sediment ◽  
Benthic Community Structure ◽  
Reef Lagoon ◽  
Coral Reef Lagoon

Distribution and abundance of soft-sediment meiofauna and a predatory goby in a coral reef lagoon

Coral Reefs ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. St. John ◽  
G. P. Jones ◽  
P. F. Sale
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Soft Sediment ◽  
Reef Lagoon ◽  
Coral Reef Lagoon

scholarly journals Prediction of benthic community structure from environmental variables in a soft-sediment tidal basin (North Sea)

2011 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Puls ◽  
K.-H. van Bernem ◽  
D. Eppel ◽  
H. Kapitza ◽  
A. Pleskachevsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
North Sea ◽  
Benthic Community ◽  
Environmental Variables ◽  
Tidal Basin ◽  
Soft Sediment ◽  
Benthic Community Structure

scholarly journals Shift in polar benthic community structure in a fast retreating glacial area of Marian Cove, West Antarctica

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Bae ◽  
In-Young Ahn ◽  
Jinsoon Park ◽  
Sung Joon Song ◽  
Junsung Noh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Benthic Community ◽  
Adaptive Strategy ◽  
Ecological Impacts ◽  
Glacier Retreat ◽  
Benthic Diatoms ◽  
Subtidal Zone ◽  
Benthic Community Structure ◽  
Community Shift ◽  
Global Issue

AbstractGlacier retreat is a major long-standing global issue; however, the ecological impacts of such retreats on marine organisms remain unanswered. Here, we examined changes to the polar benthic community structure of “diatoms” under current global warming in a recently retreated glacial area of Marian Cove, Antarctica. The environments and spatiotemporal assemblages of benthic diatoms surveyed in 2018–2019 significantly varied between the intertidal (tidal height of 2.5 m) and subtidal zone (10 and 30 m). A distinct floral distribution along the cove (~ 4.5 km) was characterized by the adaptive strategy of species present, with chain-forming species predominating near the glacier. The predominant chain-forming diatoms, such as Fragilaria striatula and Paralia sp., are widely distributed in the innermost cove over years, indicating sensitive responses of benthic species to the fast-evolving polar environment. The site-specific and substrate-dependent distributions of certain indicator species (e.g., F. striatula, Navicula glaciei, Cocconeis cf. pinnata) generally reflected such shifts in the benthic community. Our review revealed that the inner glacier region reflected trophic association, featured with higher diversity, abundance, and biomass of benthic diatoms and macrofauna. Overall, the polar benthic community shift observed along the cove generally represented changing environmental conditions, (in)directly linked to ice-melting due to the recent glacier retreat.

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