Macrobenthos of sandy beach and nearshore environments at Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, U.S.A.

Knott, David M.; Calder, Dale R.; Dolah, Robert F. Van

doi:10.1016/0272-7714(83)90087-2

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“…This trend was also shown for macro-invertebrates of sedimentary environments (e.g. McIntyre and Eleftheriou 1968;Sanders 1968;Johnson 1970;Knott et al 1983;Dexter 1984;Armonies and Reise 2000) and, according to Sanders (1968), may be due to increased physical stability in the subtidal zone. Most of these sedimentary shore studies, however, did not unambiguously reveal tidal effects because habitat structure was rarely kept constant perpendicular to the shore.…”

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confidence: 58%

“…Most of these sedimentary shore studies, however, did not unambiguously reveal tidal effects because habitat structure was rarely kept constant perpendicular to the shore. Knott et al (1983) recognized the low water mark as a distinct boundary between tidal and subtidal invertebrate assemblages but pointed out that the numerical dominants were widely distributed throughout the subtidal and intertidal zones.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although this gradient of increasing harshness may be buffered by marine sediments (Peterson 1991), the macro-infauna generally declines in species density and diversity (e.g. McIntyre and Eleftheriou 1968;Sanders 1968;Johnson 1970;Knott et al 1983;Dexter 1984;Armonies and Reise 2000), whilst the interstitial fauna of a sandy shore (Armonies and Reise 2000) and the benthic diatoms (Asmus 1983) may show a different pattern. An inherent weakness in these studies is that sedimentary composition tends not to be constant perpendicular to the shore, thus obfuscating the effects of tidal zone.…”

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Subtidal and intertidal mussel beds (Mytilus edulis L.) in the Wadden Sea: diversity differences of associated epifauna

Saier

2002

Helgol Mar Res

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In 1997 and 1998, surveys were performed to compare species composition, abundance and diversity of non-attached epifauna (>1 mm) in low intertidal and adjacent shallow subtidal zones of three mussel beds (Mytilus edulis L.) near the island of Sylt in the North Sea. The community structure was similar when compared within tidal zones: no significant differences in species numbers and abundances were recorded between locations and between years. A comparison between tidal zones, however, revealed higher diversity, species densities and total species numbers in the subtidal (per 1,000 cm 2 : H′=2.0±0.16; 12 ±1 species density; 22 species) than the intertidal zone (per 1,000 cm 2 : H′=0.7±0.27; 6±2 species density; 19 species). Abundances significantly dropped with increasing submergence from 2,052 (±468) m -2 to 1,184 (±475) m -2 . This was mainly due to significantly higher densities of both juvenile periwinkles, Littorina littorea, and crabs, Carcinus maenas, in intertidal mussel beds. However, many less dominant species were significantly more abundant in subtidal mussel beds. This study revealed that in the non-attached epifaunal community of mussel beds the tidal level effect within metres was strong, whilst the spatial variability in a much wider (kilometre) range but the same tidal level was negligible. The high epifaunal diversity in the subtidal zone suggests that the protective measures for mussel beds against the effects of mussel fishery should be extended from the intertidal to the subtidal zone, if the integrity of the mussel bed community in the Wadden Sea National Park is to be maintained.

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Subtidal and intertidal mussel beds (Mytilus edulis L.) in the Wadden Sea: diversity differences of associated epifauna

Saier

2002

Helgol Mar Res

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“…4; lower taxa defined here as above genus but below phylum; as designated in table 1). Knott et al (1983) attributed the dominance of polychaetes to the moderate wave energy of the habitats studied. In all, polychaetes composed 40% of the species and 60% of total abundance, while amphipods made up 17% of species and 22% of abundance, bivalves 13.5% of species and 12% abundance, and decapods 7.6% of species and Ͻ1% abundance.…”

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“…In other studies this was not necessarily the case and likely reflects specific collection sites (especially intertidal vs. subtidal). Knott et al (1983) examined benthic invertebrates along coastal South Carolina transects that extended to depths of 5 m. Of the 223 species they collected, 88 occurred intertidally. Overall, polychaetes dominated in numbers and species.…”

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Marine Macroinvertebrate Diversity of St. Catherines Island, Georgia

Prezant

Toll

Rollins

et al. 2002

American Museum Novitates

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St. Catherines Island is one of several barrier islands lining the coast of Georgia, USA. This island is among the least recently anthropogenically impacted of the Georgia Sea Islands, but had not previously been examined in detail for coastal invertebrate macrofauna. From 1992 through late 1998 a coastal survey was conducted that examined the diverse marine invertebrate fauna of St. Catherines Island. Salt marshes, sand flats, mid-to low-energy sand beaches, beach wood debris, tidal creeks, shallow benthos, and artificial hard substrata (including docks) were qualitatively sampled for macroinvertebrates. Over 340 species were identified. Crustaceans composed close to 40% (14% amphipods; 15% decapods), polychaetes 17.5%, and molluscs about 25% of all species recovered. These results are compared to the few other relevant studies from the United States mid-Atlantic Coast.

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Relationship between bottom characteristics and benthic organisms in the shallow water of Oppa Bay, Miyagi

Ishikawa¹

1989

Mar. Biol.

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Macrobenthos of sandy beach and nearshore environments at Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, U.S.A.

Cited by 27 publications

References 25 publications

Subtidal and intertidal mussel beds (Mytilus edulis L.) in the Wadden Sea: diversity differences of associated epifauna

Subtidal and intertidal mussel beds (Mytilus edulis L.) in the Wadden Sea: diversity differences of associated epifauna

Marine Macroinvertebrate Diversity of St. Catherines Island, Georgia

Relationship between bottom characteristics and benthic organisms in the shallow water of Oppa Bay, Miyagi

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