Search Results - "Thrush, S. F."

Microplastics interact with benthic biostabilization processes by Hope, J A, Coco, G, Parsons, D R, Thrush, S F

“…Abstract Marine microplastics (MPs) accumulate in sediments but impacts on ecosystem functions are poorly understood. MPs interactions with stabilizing benthic…”
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Interaction networks in coastal soft-sediments highlight the potential for change in ecological resilience by Thrush, S. F, Hewitt, J. E, Lohrer, A. M

“…Recent studies emphasize the role of indirect relationships and feedback loops in maintaining ecosystem resilience. Environmental changes that impact on the…”
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Habitat variation, species diversity and ecological functioning in a marine system by Hewitt, J.E., Thrush, S.F., Dayton, P.D.

“…The expectation that long-term, broad-scale changes in the relative abundance of species, homogenisation of habitats and decreases in diversity will affect…”
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Functional changes as indicators of trawling disturbance on a benthic community located in a fishing ground (NW Mediterranean Sea) by de Juan, S., Thrush, S. F., Demestre, M.

“…Trawling disturbs benthic communities, eliminating the most vulnerable organisms and modifying habitat structure. While the cumulative effects of disturbance…”
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Recovering From Bias: A Call for Further Study of Underrepresented Tropical and Low‐Nutrient Estuaries by Vieillard, A. M., Newell, S. E., Thrush, S. F.

“…Estuaries are some of the most dynamic of Earth's ecosystems and are also some of the most heavily impacted by anthropogenic activities. Coastal nutrient…”
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Trophic structure of coastal Antarctic food webs associated with changes in sea ice and food supply by Norkko, A., Thrush, S. F., Cummings, V. J., Gibbs, M. M., Andrew, N. L., Norkko, J., Schwarz, A.-M.

“…Predicting the dynamics of ecosystems requires an understanding of how trophic interactions respond to environmental change. In Antarctic marine ecosystems,…”
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Simplifying the complex: an ‘Ecosystem Principles Approach’ to goods and services management in marine coastal ecosystems by Townsend, M., Thrush, S. F., Carbines, M. J.

“…The ability to manage complex systems effectively must stem from simplifications of ecological knowledge. We present a technique called the ‘Ecosystem…”
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Muddy Waters: Elevating Sediment Input to Coastal and Estuarine Habitats by Thrush, S. F., Hewitt, J. E., Cummings, V. J., Ellis, J. I., Hatton, C., Lohrer, A., Norkko, A.

“…Changes in land use and the development of coastal regions around the world have markedly increased rates of sediment input into estuarine and coastal…”
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Effects of food availability and hypoxia on bivalves: the value of using multiple parameters to measure bivalve condition in environmental studies by Norkko, J., Pilditch, C. A., Thrush, S. F., Wells, R. M. G.

“…Suspension-feeding bivalves are often included in environmental monitoring because of their trophic position, widespread occurrence and sensitivity to a wide…”
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Ecophysiology in environmental impact assessment: implications of spatial differences in seasonal variability of bivalve condition by Norkko, J., Thrush, S. F.

“…Nucleic acid ratios (RNA:DNA, RNA:protein or total RNA content) have been successfully used as indirect measures of short-term growth in a range of marine…”
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Assessing and Monitoring Ecological Community Health in Marine Systems by Hewitt, J. E., Anderson, M. J., Thrush, S. F.

“…The increased potential for long-term degradative change associated with large-scale diffuse impacts in urban marine environments highlights the need to…”
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Conditional responses to increasing scales of disturbance, and potential implications for threshold dynamics in soft-sediment communities by Norkko, Joanna, Norkko, Alf, Thrush, Simon F., Valanko, Sebastian, Suurkuukka, Heli

“…Disturbance-recovery experiments conducted across environmental gradients can reveal the relative importance of processes, feedbacks and threshold conditions…”
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Ecogeochemistry and Denitrification in Non-eutrophic Coastal Sediments by Vieillard, A. M., Thrush, S. F.

“…Coastal nutrient pollution is an ever-present threat to estuaries worldwide. Benthic denitrification has been identified as a crucial ecosystem service to help…”
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Habitat dependence in the functional traits of Austrohelice crassa, a key bioturbating species by Needham, HR, Pilditch, CA, Lohrer, AM, Thrush, SF

“…Bioturbating macrofauna can have major effects on their physical, biological and biogeochemical surroundings, altering ecosystem functioning. Burrow builders…”
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Habitat change in estuaries: predicting broad-scale responses of intertidal macrofauna to sediment mud content by Thrush, Simon F., Hewitt, Judi E., Norkko, Alf, Nicholls, Pip E., Funnell, Greig A., Ellis, Joanne I.

“…There is a growing threat of habitat change in estuarine and coastal regions, yet there are few models that enable ecologists and resource managers to forecast…”
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Effective Long-term Ecological Monitoring Using Spatially and Temporally Nested Sampling by Hewitt, J. E, Thrush, S. F

“…Effective environmental management requires documentation of ecosystem status and changes to that status. Without long-term data, short-term natural…”
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Effects of increased sedimentation on the physiology of two estuarine soft-sediment bivalves, Austrovenus stutchburyi and Paphies australis by Norkko, J., Hewitt, J.E., Thrush, S.F.

“…In a combination of laboratory, transplant and manipulative field experiments covering a range of temporal scales, the effects of different aspects of…”
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Benthic-Pelagic Coupling and Suspension-Feeding Bivalves: Linking Site-Specific Sediment Flux and Biodeposition to Benthic Community Structure by Norkko, Alf, Hewitt, Judi E., Thrush, Simon F., Funnell, Greig A.

“…Suspension-feeding bivalves play an important role in coastal ecosystems by affecting near-bed hydrodynamics and, subsequently, rates of biodeposition. We…”
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Integrating heterogeneity across spatial scales: interactions between Atrina zelandica and benthic macrofauna by HEWITT, J. E, THRUSH, S. F, LEGENDRE, P, CUMMINGS, V. J, NORKKO, A

“…Techniques are needed to extend the generality of detailed experimental field studies. Multi-resolution sampling designs nest fine-scale sampling within…”
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Scale‐Dependent Recolonization: The Role of Sediment Stability in a Dynamic Sandflat Habitat by Thrush, S. F., Whitlatch, R. B., Pridmore, R. D., Hewitt, J. E., Cummings, V. J., Wilkinson, M. R.

“…An important ecological issue is developing an understanding of how patterns and processes vary with scale. We designed a field experiment to test how…”
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