Contrasting the community structure and select geochemical characteristics of three intertidal regions in relation to shellfish farming
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Abstract
Little is known about the impacts of intensive shellfish farming on intertidal ecosystems. To assess such impacts, several indices of ecosystem structure and select geochemical characteristics were contrasted among three intertidal regions, which represented a gradient of shellfish farming activities, namely (1) no active aquaculture, (2) actively farmed for three years and (3) actively farmed for five years. All three intertidal regions were located in Baynes Sound (British Columbia, Canada) and were geographically similar. Among the three beaches, species richness, community composition, bivalve abundance, biomass, distribution, and composition and surficial sediment per cent organic matter (carbon) and silt were compared. The intertidal regions that had been used for farming for three and five years had lower species richness, different bivalve composition, abundance and distributions, and a foreshore community dominated by bivalves, as compared to the intertidal region where no active farming occurred. Beaches that were actively farmed also had greater accumulations of organic matter and silt. Simplification of the intertidal benthic community, coupled with accumulations of organic matter and increased siltation, may have altered the ecology of the foreshore region used for intense shellfish harvesting. To access the foreshore for shellfish farming in a sustainable manner, studies are needed to determine the scale to which intensive use of the foreshore for shellfish purposes alone is feasible without undue harm to the environment.
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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