CURRENT STUDIES ON SPECIES INTERACTIONS AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY OF MACROBENTHOS IN INTERTIDAL FLATS : A REVIEW

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  • 干潟におけるベントスの種間関係および群集研究の現状
  • ヒガタ ニ オケル ベントス ノ シュカン カンケイ オヨビ グンシュウ ケン

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A bird's-eye review is presented for experimental approaches to species interactions in macrobenthos inhabiting intertidal flats and to the effects of predators on their abundance pattern. Species interactions such as reduced competition through partition of resources, inhibition of larval recruitment by established adults, strong competition between adults, and promotive effects on small-sized organisms by large-sized bioturbating infauna are discussed. In the organization process of intertidal flat community, the importance of predation pressure lowering the density of macrobenthos below the carrying capacity of their habitat and that of adult-larval interactions and bioturbation of sediment are highlighted based on the results of two case studies.

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