Correction: Secondary engineering of rhodolith beds by the sand tilefish Malacanthus plumieri generates distinctive habitats for benthic macroinvertebrates and fish

Biodiversity and Conservation(2024)

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Whilst the importance of foundation species for biodiversity conservation has been largely acknowledged (e.g., coral and bivalve reefs, seagrass, kelp and rhodolith beds), the role of their associated species as secondary habitat engineers has just begun to be appreciated. Here, we evaluated whether secondary engineering of rhodolith beds by the sand tilefish Malacanthus plumieri influences the composition and β-diversity of benthic macroinvertebrates and reef fish assemblages. Our findings indicate that, by selecting, relocating, and rearranging rhodoliths into mounds, M. plumieri creates a distinctive habitat for macroinvertebrates and fishes. M. plumieri mounds increase fish abundance by 57
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Bioturbation,Benthic communities,Reef ecology,Biogenic reef,Coralline algae
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