Community assembly in marine macrofauna communities

Macroalgal canopy cover and composition Invertebrate abundance and distribution

Community assembly in macrofauna communities developed in artificial kelp holdfasts was monitored at 1-month intervals over a 13 month period using a sampling design that used systematic patterns of temporal overlap and changes in start and collection dates.

The hierarchical nature of the experimental design allowed several different approaches to analysis; by date of deployment and by date of collection of the artificial habitats, which enabled comparison of community assembly with and without the seasonal effects of the date of collection, and by community age to test whether there were alternative end-states to assembly depending on season or recruitment history.

Data and resources

DATA - Assembly data average richness [direct download]

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFO - List of taxa identified [direct download]

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PUBLICATION - Magierowski, R.H. and Johnson, C.R. (2008). Robustness of Surrogates of Biodiversity in Marine Benthic Communities. Ecological Applications 16(6), 2264-2275.

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Location of artificial kelp holdfast experiment

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Additional information

Temporal extent	1997-01-01 – 1999-01-31
Date (creation)	2007-07-06
Status	completed
Update frequency	notPlanned
Metadata language	en
License	Attached data is owned by Regina Magierowski (principal investigator cited in this metadata record). This data remains the Intellectual Property of the original owner (Regina Magierowski) of the data. The data may be downloaded for use in accordance with the Copyright Act 1968.
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Last updated	2026-11-05
Created	2026-11-05
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