Arctic field experiment shows differences in epifaunal assemblages between natural and artificial substrates of different heterogeneity and origin

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• 作者：Piotr Balazy^a ; ^{balazy@iopan.gda.pl} ; Piotr Kuklinski^a ; ^b ; ^{p.kuklinski@nhm.ac.uk}
• 关键词：Hard substrate ; Colonization ; Epifaunal assemblages ; Biodiversity ; Arctic ; SCUBA
• 刊名：Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：486
• 期：Complete
• 页码：178-187
• 全文大小：2963 K
• 卷排序：486

文摘

Site has the greatest influence on epifaunal assemblages. The significance of the site depends however on the spatial scale of investigation. Where site conditions were similar other factors played a more significant role. The effect of substrate characteristics is less significant than the site/depth. Among substrate characteristics surface heterogeneity appears to be the strongest.