Modeling Benthic Community Settlement and Recruitment on Living Dock Restoration Mats
Modeling Benthic Community Settlement and Recruitment on Living Dock Restoration Mats
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在生活码头恢复垫上模拟海底群落定居和招募
DOI：
10.3390/environments10080138
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发表时间：
2023
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Robert J. Weaver
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作者：
Sandra Rech;K. Hunsucker;Robert J. Weaver
印度河泻湖沿岸人口的增加导致富营养化、水质下降和整体退化。 Living Docks 计划是佛罗里达理工学院发起的一项公民科学倡议，旨在修复泻湖。公共和私人码头自愿成为生活码头，牡蛎垫附着在码头桩上，为底栖生物生长提供天然基质。牡蛎垫上的群落发展促进了水过滤，从而改善整体水质并对抗人为对泻湖的影响。该项目的目的是模拟四个研究地点具有特定环境因素（例如温度、盐度、浊度和 pH 值）的 Living Dock 牡蛎垫上的底栖沉降和重要生物的补充。针对观察到的五种更占优势的生物体创建了招募和定居的 Beta 回归模型：牡蛎、藤壶、海绵、管虫和结壳苔藓虫。模拟结果表明，沉降受pH、盐度、码头位置和浊度的影响，而补充则受pH、盐度、码头位置和浸泡时间的影响。该项目深入了解生活码头周围的泻湖条件如何影响海底生长，并有助于 IRL 恢复。
An increase in population along the Indian River Lagoon has led to eutrophication, a decline in water quality, and overall degradation. The Living Docks program is a citizen–science initiative started at the Florida Institute of Technology for lagoon restoration. Public and private docks are volunteered to become Living Docks, where oyster mats are attached to dock pilings to provide a natural substrate for benthic organism growth. The community development on the oyster mats boosts water filtration to improve overall water quality and combat anthropogenic effects on the lagoon. The purpose of this project was to model benthic settlement and recruitment of prominent organisms on the Living Dock oyster mats at four research sites with specific environmental factors (e.g., temperature, salinity, turbidity, and pH). Beta regression models for recruitment and settlement were created for five of the more dominant organisms observed: oyster, barnacle, sponge, tubeworm, and encrusting bryozoan. The results of the modeling indicated that the settlement was influenced by pH, salinity, dock location, and turbidity, while recruitment was influenced by pH, salinity, dock location, and immersion time. This project provides insight into how lagoon conditions surrounding the Living Docks impact benthic growth and can aid in IRL restoration.