FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Disentangling ecosystem engineering from short-term biotic effects of a strong invader on a native foundation species BT AF Proença, Barbara Romuald, Marine Auby, Isabelle Ganthy, Florian Sottolichio, Aldo Michalet, Richard AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;4:2;5:1;6:1; FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERAR;4:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERAR;5:;6:; C1 University of Bordeaux, U.M.R. 5805 EPOC, 33405 Talence cedex, France IFREMER Arcachon, 33120 Arcachon, France C2 UNIV BORDEAUX, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI ARCACHON SE PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERAR IN WOS Ifremer UPR copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 2.326 TC 2 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00507/61875/67507.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Biological invasion;Competition;Ecosystem engineer;Spartina anglica;Zostera noltei AB Ecosystem engineering effects of dominant species on habitats and consequently on other species are likely to propagate through time at longer distance than the close neighbourhood. Such effects are important to disentangle from short-term biotic effects, especially in biological invasions, as engineering can explain changes in invasion rates over the course of the invasion. We assessed the contribution and spatial dynamics of ecosystem engineering effects of a strong invader, the cordgrass Spartina anglica, on Zostera noltei, a foundation seagrass species of muddy intertidal systems in Europe. Z. noltei transplants were grown at different positions along transects crossing intact S. anglica patches, cut patches and nearby bare sediment on tidal flats in the Bay of Arcachon (France), in order to separate ecosystem engineering effects from short-term biotic effects and evaluate their likely spatial propagation. Bed altimetry, sediment redox potential and granulometry were measured in all treatments. Within Spartina patches, we found strong negative ecosystem engineering effects of the cordgrass on the seagrass associated with increased sediment elevation and relative fine sediment content. Up to 2 m outside the patch, we found significant negative ecosystem engineering effects and positive short-term biotic effects, but they were weak and counterbalanced each other. We conclude that S. anglica can transform a marine muddy intertidal habitat into a drier and more oxidized terrestrial habitat, no longer suitable for the seagrass. Although these effects may propagate at several metres from a patch, they appeared to be too weak to likely affect the seagrass at the scale of a whole bay. PY 2019 PD JUN SO Marine Ecology Progress Series SN 0171-8630 PU Inter-Research Science Center VL 621 UT 000485734200005 BP 69 EP 81 DI 10.3354/meps12999 ID 61875 ER EF