TY - DATA T1 - Data presented in the paper "Introduced marine ecosystem engineer indirectly affects parasitism in native mussel hosts" PY - 2020/10/05 AU - Anouk Goedknegt AU - Christian Buschbaum AU - J. (Jaap) van der Meer AU - K Mathias Wegner AU - D.W. (David) Thieltges UR - https://data.4tu.nl/articles/dataset/Data_presented_in_the_paper_Introduced_marine_ecosystem_engineer_indirectly_affects_parasitism_in_native_mussel_hosts_/12826154/1 DO - 10.4121/12826154.v1 KW - Trait-mediated indirect effects KW - invasive species KW - ecosystem engineer KW - parasite-host interaction KW - Renicola roscovita KW - Mytilicola KW - Crassostrea gigas KW - Mytilus edulis N2 -
Research objective:
The alteration of habitat structure by introduced ecosystem engineers imposes direct impacts on native biota but can also exert trait-mediated indirect effects (TMIEs). In this study, we show that the habitat structure provided by invasive Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) can also indirectly affect parasitism in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis).
Type of research, method & collection of data:
We conducted a three-month field experiment, in which uninfected mussels were positioned at the bottom and top of two intertidal oyster reefs in the Wadden Sea.