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Submersed Aquatic Vegetation Enhances Density and Diversity of Epifaunal Invertebrates Compared to Filamentous Mats in the Central Baltic Sea (Page 1)

Submersed Aquatic Vegetation Enhances Density and Diversity of Epifaunal Invertebrates Compared to Filamentous Mats in the Central Baltic Sea

D'Agata C, Staveley TAB, Eklöf JS, Lefcheck JS, Rosenqvist G, and Nordlund LM ·
2025

Submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV) provides essential habitat and food to numerous coastal invertebrate species. In the eu-trophic Baltic Sea, fast-growing drifting algae form extensive mats that can negatively impact SAV. However, these mats alsooffer additional habitat and food to epifauna. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of SAV and filamentous mats onepifaunal communities in shallow soft-bottom habitats around Gotland, Sweden, in the central Baltic Sea.

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