Diversity patterns of benthic macrofauna caused by marine fish farming

Sanz Lázaro, Carlos; Marín Atucha, Arnaldo Aitor

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Diversity patterns of benthic macrofauna caused by marine fish farming

dc.contributor.author	Sanz Lázaro, Carlos
dc.contributor.author	Marín Atucha, Arnaldo Aitor
dc.contributor.department	Ecología e Hidrología
dc.date.accessioned	2011-12-19T11:01:02Z
dc.date.available	2011-12-19T11:01:02Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.description.abstract	This paper reviews the patterns observed in the diversity and structure of the macrofauna benthic community under the influence of fish farming. First, we explain the effects of organic enrichment on the sediment and the consequences for the inhabiting communities. We describe the diversity trends in spatial and temporal gradients affected by fish farming and compare them with those described by the Pearson and Rosenberg model. We found that in general terms, the trends of diversity and other community parameters followed the Pearson and Rosenberg model but they can vary to some extent due to sediment local characteristics or to secondary disturbances. We also show the different mechanisms by which wild fish can affect macrofauna diversity patterns under fish farming influence. In addition, we comment the importance of the macrofauna diversity in the ecosystem functions and propose some guidelines to measure functional diversity related to relevant processes at ecosystem level. We propose more research efforts in the main topics commented in this review to improve management strategies to guarantee a good status of the diversity and ecosystem functioning of sediments influenced by fish farming.	es
dc.format	application/pdf	es
dc.format.extent	24	es
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.3390/d3020176
dc.identifier.issn	ISSN 1424-2818
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/25692
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	Basilea: MDPI
dc.relation.ispartof	Diversity 3, 176-199. doi: 10.3390/d3020176	es
dc.relation.replaces	www.mdpi.com/journal/diversity	es
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	es
dc.subject	Aquaculture	es
dc.subject	Organic enrichment	es
dc.subject	Benthic diversity	es
dc.subject	Índice de Shannon Wiener	es
dc.subject.other	CDU::5 - Ciencias puras y naturales::57 - Biología::574 - Ecología general y biodiversidad	es
dc.title	Diversity patterns of benthic macrofauna caused by marine fish farming	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication	es