Structures and functions of coralline algal ecosystems as settlement and nursery habitats for rocky reef resource organisms

研究了甲壳和铰接珊瑚藻类床底栖动物群落、食物网结构和优势动物种群动态的变化。鲍鱼幼体选择性地栖息在硬壳珊瑚藻床上，而日本头巾螺幼虫则优先栖息在铰接式藻床上。研究了幼鲍、幼螺与其他底栖动物在其育苗微生境中的种间相互作用。讨论了幼鲍和斑头螺选择性定居的生态意义。

Changes in benthic animal communities, food-web structures and population dynamics of dominated animal species on crustose and articulated coralline algal beds, were investigated. Larvae of abalone species selectively settle on crustose coralline algal beds, while larvae of Japanese turban snail preferentially settle on articulated ones. Interspecific interactions between juvenile abalone or juvenile turban snail and other benthic animals in their nursery microhabitats were examined. Ecological implications of selective settlement of larval abalone and turban snail were discussed.