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Ecological periodic tables for benthic macrofaunal usage of estuarine habitats in the US Pacific Northwest
Authors:Steven P Ferraro  Faith A Cole
Institution:U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Hatfield Marine Science Center, 2111 S.E. Marine Science Drive, Newport, OR 97365-5260, USA
Abstract:This study shows that spatially and temporally recurring benthic macrofauna-habitat patterns validate the ecological relevance of habitat types to benthic macrofauna and suggest they can serve as elements in ecological periodic tables of benthic macrofaunal usage. We discovered patterns across nine habitat types (intertidal eelgrass Zostera marina], dwarf eelgrass Zostera japonica], oyster Crassostrea gigas] ground culture, burrowing mud shrimp Upogebia pugettensis], burrowing ghost shrimp Neotrypaea californiensis], shell, sand, mud, and subtidal) on a variety of benthic macrofaunal community state variables in Grays Harbor, Washington, USA and compared them to those in Willapa Bay, Washington, USA. There were nominal differences in benthic macrofaunal Bray-Curtis similarity between all the habitats investigated except eelgrass and oyster in both estuaries. Across-habitat patterns on mean benthic macrofaunal species richness, abundance, biomass, abundance of deposit, suspension and facultative feeders, a dominance and a diversity index for the five habitats common to both studies were the same on a rank measurement scale: eelgrass ≈ oyster > mud shrimp > ghost shrimp ≈ subtidal. The patterns for most of the habitats and benthic macrofaunal measures were the same on a ratio measurement scale.
Keywords:benthic macrofauna  ecological periodic tables  ecosystem engineers  habitats  USA  Washington  Grays Harbor  USA  Washington  Willapa Bay
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