Browsing by Supervisor "Lohrer, Andrew M."
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Changes in benthic ecosystem properties and functions across sedimentary gradients in estuaries
(University of Waikato, 2014)In estuaries, sediment properties dominate the inhabiting flora and fauna and their role in energy flows and nutrient cycling. Whilst sediment transport is a natural, key process, human intervention in estuaries and their ... -
The context-specific roles of a bioturbating crab (Austrohelice crassa) on ecosystem functioning
(University of Waikato, 2011)Bioturbating macrofauna can have major effects on their physical, biological and biogeochemical surroundings, altering ecosystem functioning. Austrohelice crassa (herein Austrohelice) is a burrow building estuarine crab ... -
Cross-boundary detrital subsidies: Detrital export and effects on receiving intertidal soft-sediment ecosystems
(University of Waikato, 2017)Ecosystems are often connected by the transfer of resource ‘subsidies’ across their boundaries. In temperate estuaries, marine macrophyte leaf litter represents an obvious and visible detrital subsidy to nearby intertidal ... -
Do benthic macrofauna functional groups or their key constituent species better predict variation in ecosystem functioning?
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Estuarine ecosystems are important zones for primary productivity and nutrient processing, have rich communities of plants and animals and support important fisheries and are fundamental to food webs. Intertidal habitats ... -
From ecology to the assessment of multiple ecosystem services; a case study of estuarine bivalves
(The University of Waikato, 2021)Estuarine and coastal environments provide a wide range of societal goods and services that need to be strategically managed to ensure sustainable use of resources. Ecosystem service (ES) assessments are transitioning from ... -
Response and resilience of estuarine benthic ecosystems to anthropogenic pressures
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Human activities are altering coastal environments at local and global scales with largely unknown consequences. Catchment land-use changes increase the rates of delivery of fine sediments and nutrients to estuaries, ... -
The influence of interacting stressors on soft sediment ecosystem function
(The University of Waikato, 2021)Soft sediment intertidal habitats provide valuable ecosystem services to millions of people worldwide yet are under intense anthropogenic pressure. In particular, the intensification of land derived sediment and nutrient ...
