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Bioturbation is a key ecosystem function with a fundamental role in mediating major biogeochemical cycles. The intensity and depth of bioturbation is influenced by the taxa present, which is often a function of food supply. The deep sea is generally oligotrophic with sediments composed predominantly of small, shallow burrowing macrofauna (
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Introduction Ecosystem engineers play a pivotal role in shaping habitats through their activities and presence. In shallow Baltic waters, seagrasses, patch-forming mussels, and infaunal clams modify soft bottom habitats, impacting benthic community structure. While the individual effects of these ecosystem engineers are well studied, interactions a...
The Ecuadorian Amazon is one of the most fragile ecosystems of the humid tropics of the country, 82% of the soil surface in agricultural use is occupied by pastures for livestock activities, the soil macroinvertebrates as the main regulators of many processes of the different ecosystems, among which is the ability to activate or inhibit the functio...
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Introduction Active restoration is the strategy needed to trigger or accelerate the recovery of degraded marine habitats, which provide the goods and services essential for preserving biodiversity and human wellbeing. Ecosystem engineers are generally the target species in the ecological restoration of marine ecosystems, and large-sized brown macro...
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Introduction Passive and active restoration approaches have been often considered as different alternatives to achieve the ecological restoration of a degraded site. This false dichotomy has been overcome in terrestrial ecosystems, for which a range of restoration approaches have often been applied within the same restoration project, creating a co...
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RESUMEN Las lombrices de tierra son componente esencial de la macro-fauna del suelo para mantener su calidad. La labranza puede afectar de forma negativa a sus poblaciones, que normalmente varían con factores ambientales. El objetivo fue evaluar el efecto de tres sistemas de labranza en la población de lombrices de tierra, en presencia de factores ...
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science
To explore the applicability of taxonomic sufficiency in benthic ecological quality assessments, we analyzed the similarity of data matrices under different taxonomic levels and transformations based on macrofaunal data sampled from a semi-enclosed bay. The data matrix similarity revealed a highly significant correlation among the similarity matric...
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A cold seep is one of the typical deep-sea chemical energy ecosystems and a hotspot for studying unique life processes and biogeochemical cycles in the deep sea. Macrofauna, which is one of the most important components of the cold seep ecosystem, has not been thoroughly studied. We examined the macrofauna community at Site F using images collected...
