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    Impact of Coastal Defence Structures (Tetrapods) On Demersal Fish and Decapod Crustaceans

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    1) Coastal defence structures like tetrapods are used worldwide to protect coastlines from erosion during storms but their ecological impacts are not well understood. 2) A study was conducted to investigate how experimentally introduced tetrapods in the southern North Sea impacted demersal fish and decapod crustacean communities. 3) The study found that fish abundances were significantly higher near the tetrapods, and young fish in particular increased in the second year. However, the tetrapods did not significantly impact decapod crustacean communities overall, though some species like crabs increased while others like porcelain crabs decreased near the structures.

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    1) Coastal defence structures like tetrapods are used worldwide to protect coastlines from erosion during storms but their ecological impacts are not well understood. 2) A study was conducted to investigate how experimentally introduced tetrapods in the southern North Sea impacted demersal fish and decapod crustacean communities. 3) The study found that fish abundances were significantly higher near the tetrapods, and young fish in particular increased in the second year. However, the tetrapods did not significantly impact decapod crustacean communities overall, though some species like crabs increased while others like porcelain crabs decreased near the structures.

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    1) Coastal defence structures like tetrapods are used worldwide to protect coastlines from erosion during storms but their ecological impacts are not well understood. 2) A study was conducted to investigate how experimentally introduced tetrapods in the southern North Sea impacted demersal fish and decapod crustacean communities. 3) The study found that fish abundances were significantly higher near the tetrapods, and young fish in particular increased in the second year. However, the tetrapods did not significantly impact decapod crustacean communities overall, though some species like crabs increased while others like porcelain crabs decreased near the structures.

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    Impact of coastal defence structures (tetrapods) on demersal fish and decapod crustaceans

    Climate change leads to various changes in the temporal and spatial dynamics in coastal environments. The erosion of natural barriers, the destruction of coastal structures by extreme storm events but also the installation of coastal protection measures along coastlines is assumed to significantly affect the structural integrity of coastal habitats. However, the ecological impacts of such structures on the coastal ecosystem are hardly understood. In our workgroup, we investigated the impact of experimentally introduced Tetrapods (Fig. 1; see also MarGate) on the demersal fish and decapod crustacean community in a hard-bottom area in the southern North Sea.
    Tetrapods are four-footed concrete structures used worldwide as breakwaters. Around the island Helgoland and its corresponding small island Dne, about 10 000 tetrapods protect the coast from erosion and destruction by storm events. (Foto Uwe Nettelmann 2011)

    In our working group, we perform SCUBA supported in situ studies on the temporal and spatial dynamics of the fish and macro-crustacean community. We focus on the effects of artificial defence structures on sublittoral communities in near-shore marine habitats. Our studies show that fish abundances are significantly higher in close vicinity to artificial structures. After the introduction of 6 tetrapod fields off Helgoland (Fig. 2; see also MarGate) a significant migration behaviour of fish was observed towards the artificial structures while a decrease in abundance was observed in the surroundings.. Furthermore, in the second year after the introduction, a distinct increase in young-of-the-year fish (YOY) was observed in the immediate vicinity of the artificial structures. This indicates a distinct and longer lasting influence of such artificial structures on the local fish community. No significant impacts of artificial structures were observed on the decapod crustaceans community in general. Observed changes in abundance and species composition in the area were rather highly species-specific and did not follow a general trend. For the great spider crab (Hyas araneus) and the common lobster (Homarus gammarus) we observed an increase in abundance at the tetrapods, indicating that the tetrapod fields represent an ideal habitat and shelter refuge for these both species. On the other side, a significant decrease in abundance was observed for small and less vagile crab species such as the long-clawed porcelain crab (Pisidia longicornis) and the hairy crab ( Pilumnus hirtellus). However, it is not yet clear if these changes in the macro-crustacean

    This photo represents a storm event during wintertime on Helgoland. Without coastal defence structures such as moles and breakwaters, significant amounts of coastal habitats would be eroded in a longer time scale. (Foto Uwe Nettelmann 2011)

    community are caused by natural fluctuations in the population dynamics of these species or if the introduction of the tetrapods is causal for the observed changes.

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