Thriving life beneath: Biodiversity and functioning of macrobenthic communities within two human-shaped European estuaries
• The Loire and Seine estuaries have lost 28 % and 43 % of their surfaces over the last century. • Polyhaline mudflats featured higher production and more diverse macrobenthic communities. • Functional richness was significantly linked to macrobenthic production, suggesting more efficient resource utilization. • High functional originality and specialization highlighted potential vulnerabilities in the event of ecosystem changes.
Authors
- Bastien Chouquet
- Anik Brind’Amour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4072-2588)
- Anne‐Laure Barillé
- Hervé Le Bris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1479-2905)
- Romain Lécuyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1694-5186)
Institutions
- Université Le Havre Normandie (FR)
- Ifremer (FR)
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
- Eau de Paris (France) (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Sea Research
- Published
- 2024-09-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2024.102545
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.48
Funders
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- Agence de l'eau Loire-Bretagne
- Conseil Régional des Pays de la Loire