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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Urban structures as marine habitats: an experimental comparison of the composition and abundance of subtidal epibiota among pilings, pontoons and rocky reefs |
Author: | Connell, S. |
Citation: | Marine Environmental Research, 2001; 52(2):115-125 |
Publisher: | Elsevier Sci Ltd |
Issue Date: | 2001 |
ISSN: | 0141-1136 1879-0291 |
Abstract: | There remains little understanding of the relationship between the ecologies of urban habitats (pilings and pontoons) and natural habitats (rocky reef) for sessile plants and animals (epibiota) living on urbanised coasts. This study describes the structure of subtidal assemblages of epibiota among pilings, pontoons and adjacent rocky reef in Sydney Harbour, Australia. I tested the prediction that the experimental provision of substrata of the same age and composition in all three habitats would produce assemblages that: (1) differed among all three habitats; and (2) differed most on floating pontoons relative to the two fixed habitats (pilings and reef). As predicted, the results suggested that both pilings and pontoons, particularly the latter, create novel habitats for epibiotic assemblages independent of age and composition of substratum. It is not fully understood why these urban structures act as such different habitats from natural rocky reefs. The important point is that they are different and we are yet to understand the implications of this for the ecology of coastal areas subject to urbanisation. |
Keywords: | Fouling organisms Artificial habitats Biodiversity Disturbance |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0141-1136(00)00266-X |
Description (link): | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/405865/description#description |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0141-1136(00)00266-x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Ecology, Evolution and Landscape Science publications Environment Institute Leaders publications |
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