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 - <p></p><p><u>Research objective: </u></p> <p>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 (<i>Crassostrea gigas</i>) can also indirectly affect parasitism in blue mussels (<i>Mytilus edulis</i>).</p> <p> </p> <p><u>Type of research, method & collection of data:</u></p> <p>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.</p><br><p></p> ER -