Search Results - "Firth, Louise B."

What have limpets ever done for us? On the past and present provisioning and cultural services of limpets by Firth, Louise B.

“…Limpets are one of the most abundant and familiar rocky shore organisms globally. They are perhaps most famous for their ability to cling onto rocks, but they…”
Get full text

Eco-engineered rock pools: a concrete solution to biodiversity loss and urban sprawl in the marine environment by Firth, Louise B, Browne, Keith A, Knights, Antony M, Hawkins, Stephen J, Nash, Róisín

“…In coastal habitats artificial structures typically support lower biodiversity and can support greater numbers of non-native and opportunistic species than…”
Get full text

Environmental optima for an ecosystem engineer: a multidisciplinary trait-based approach by Curd, Amelia, Boyé, Aurélien, Cordier, Céline, Pernet, Fabrice, Firth, Louise B., Bush, Laura E., Davies, Andrew J., Lima, Fernando P., Meneghesso, Claudia, Quéré, Claudie, Seabra, Rui, Vasquez, Mickaël, Dubois, Stanislas F.

“…A complex interplay of biotic and abiotic factors underpins the distribution of species and operates across different levels of biological organization and…”
Get full text

Interactions between multiple recruitment drivers: post-settlement predation mortality and flow-mediated recruitment by Knights, Antony M, Firth, Louise B, Walters, Keith

“…Dispersal is a primary driver in shaping the future distribution of species in both terrestrial and marine systems. Physical transport by advection can…”
Get full text

Seascape genomics reveals population isolation in the reef-building honeycomb worm, Sabellaria alveolata (L.) by Muir, Anna P, Dubois, Stanislas F, Ross, Rebecca E, Firth, Louise B, Knights, Antony M, Lima, Fernando P, Seabra, Rui, Corre, Erwan, Le Corguillé, Gildas, Nunes, Flavia L D

“…Under the threat of climate change populations can disperse, acclimatise or evolve in order to avoid fitness loss. In light of this, it is important to…”
Get full text

Predicting free-space occupancy on novel artificial structures by an invasive intertidal barnacle using a removal experiment by Bracewell, Sally A, Robinson, Leonie A, Firth, Louise B, Knights, Antony M

“…Artificial structures can create novel habitat in the marine environment that has been associated with the spread of invasive species. They are often located…”
Get full text

Musical Chairs on Temperate Reefs: Species Turnover and Replacement Within Functional Groups Explain Regional Diversity Variation in Assemblages Associated With Honeycomb Worms by Muller, Alexandre, Poitrimol, Camille, Nunes, Flávia L. D., Boyé, Aurélien, Curd, Amelia, Desroy, Nicolas, Firth, Louise B., Bush, Laura, Davies, Andrew J., Lima, Fernando P., Marzloff, Martin P., Meneghesso, Claudia, Seabra, Rui, Dubois, Stanislas F.

“…Reef-building species are recognized as having an important ecological role and as generally enhancing the diversity of benthic organisms in marine habitats…”
Get full text

Victim of changes? Marine macroalgae in a changing world by Hanley, Mick E, Firth, Louise B, Foggo, Andy

“…Marine macroalgae ('seaweeds') are a diverse and globally distributed group of photosynthetic organisms that together generate considerable primary…”
Get full text

Effects of ocean sprawl on ecological connectivity: impacts and solutions by Bishop, Melanie J., Mayer-Pinto, Mariana, Airoldi, Laura, Firth, Louise B., Morris, Rebecca L., Loke, Lynette H.L., Hawkins, Stephen J., Naylor, Larissa A., Coleman, Ross A., Chee, Su Yin, Dafforn, Katherine A.

“…The growing number of artificial structures in estuarine, coastal and marine environments is causing “ocean sprawl”. Artificial structures do not only modify…”
Get full text

Eco-engineering urban infrastructure for marine and coastal biodiversity: Which interventions have the greatest ecological benefit? by Strain, Elisabeth M. A., Olabarria, Celia, Mayer-Pinto, Mariana, Cumbo, Vivian, Morris, Rebecca L., Bugnot, Ana B., Dafforn, Katherine A., Heery, Eliza, Firth, Louise B., Brooks, Paul R., Bishop, Melanie J.

“…1. Along urbanised coastlines, urban infrastructure is increasingly becoming the dominant habitat. These structures are often poor surrogates for natural…”
Get full text

Emerging Solutions to Return Nature to the Urban Ocean by Airoldi, Laura, Beck, Michael W, Firth, Louise B, Bugnot, Ana B, Steinberg, Peter D, Dafforn, Katherine A

“…Urban and periurban ocean developments impact 1.5% of the global exclusive economic zones, and the demand for ocean space and resources is increasing. As we…”
Get full text

Make a difference: Choose artificial reefs over natural reefs to compensate for the environmental impacts of dive tourism by Firth, Louise B., Farnworth, Mark, Fraser, Keiron P.P., McQuatters-Gollop, Abigail

“…In the marine environment, natural reef habitats are amongst the most threatened by human activities. Although reef-based ecotourism can benefit local…”
Get full text

Greening of grey infrastructure should not be used as a Trojan horse to facilitate coastal development by Firth, Louise B., Airoldi, Laura, Bulleri, Fabio, Challinor, Steve, Chee, Su‐Yin, Evans, Ally J., Hanley, Mick E., Knights, Antony M., O'Shaughnessy, Kathryn, Thompson, Richard C., Hawkins, Stephen J., Coleman, Melinda

“…Climate change and coastal urbanization are driving the replacement of natural habitats with artificial structures and reclaimed land globally. These novel…”
Get full text

Do positive interactions between marine invaders increase likelihood of invasion into natural and artificial habitats? by Firth, Louise B., Duff, Lois, Gribben, Paul E., Knights, Antony M.

“…Positive species interactions such as facilitation are important for enabling species to persist, especially in stressful conditions, and the nature and…”
Get full text

Epibionts provide their basibionts with associational resistance to predation but at a cost by Downes, Sam, Firth, Louise B., Knights, Antony M.

“…Epibiosis is increasingly considered a survival strategy in space-limited environments. However, epibionts can create a new interface between its host,…”
Get full text

Partial replacement of cement for waste aggregates in concrete coastal and marine infrastructure: A foundation for ecological enhancement? by McManus, Ryan S., Archibald, Nicholas, Comber, Sean, Knights, Antony M., Thompson, Richard C., Firth, Louise B.

“…•Treatments with GGBS had statistically lower amounts of metal released compared with treatments with PFA.•There was no significant effect concrete treatments…”
Get full text

The north-south divide? Macroalgal functional trait diversity and redundancy varies with intertidal aspect by Amstutz, Axelle, Firth, Louise B, Foggo, Andy, Spicer, John I, Hanley, Mick E

“…Marine macroalgae ('seaweeds') are critical to coastal ecosystem structure and function, but also vulnerable to the many environmental changes associated with…”
Get full text

Invasive macroalgae in native seagrass beds: vectors of spread and impacts by Firth, Louise B, Foggo, Andy, Watts, Thomas, Knights, Antony M, deAmicis, Stacey

“…Worldwide, invasive species are spreading through marine systems at an unprecedented rate with both positive and negative consequences for ecosystems and the…”
Get full text

Time-dependent effects of orientation, heterogeneity and composition determines benthic biological community recruitment patterns on subtidal artificial structures by Hanlon, Nadine, Firth, Louise B., Knights, Antony M.

“…•Surface orientation, roughness and chemical composition alter recruitment over time.•Orientation (light) an early primary driver of community…”
Get full text

Metrics matter: Multiple diversity metrics at different spatial scales are needed to understand species diversity in urban environments by O'Shaughnessy, Kathryn A., Knights, Antony M., Hawkins, Stephen J., Hanley, Mick E., Lunt, Paul, Thompson, Richard C., Firth, Louise B.

“…Worldwide, natural habitats are being replaced by artificial structures due to urbanisation. Planning of such modifications should strive for environmental net…”
Get full text