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March 21, 2023
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Short-term effects of trampling on intertidal Mytilus galloprovincialis beds

Publicated to: MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN. 189 e114800- - 2023-04-01 189(), DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114800

Authors:

Veiga, P; Sampaio, L; Moreira, J; Rubal, M
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CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Ctr Invest Biodivers & Cambio Global CIBC UAM - Author
Univ Porto, Interdisciplinary Ctr Marine & Environm Res CIIMAR - Author
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Author
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Abstract

Human trampling represents one of the main anthropogenic pressures in the rocky intertidal. This habitat includes many ecosystem engineers such as mussels that provide biogenic habitat and multiple services. This research assessed potential impacts of human trampling on beds of the mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis, on NW shores of Portugal. To test for direct effects of trampling on mussels and indirect effects on the associated assemblages, three treatments were applied: control (untouched beds), low and high intensity of trampling. Effects of trampling were dependent on the taxa. Thus, values of shell length of M. galloprovincialis were greater under the highest intensity of trampling while abundances of Arthropoda, Mollusca and Lasaea rubra showed the opposite pattern. Moreover, total number of taxa and abundances of Nematoda and Annelida showed higher values under low trampling intensity. The implications of these results to manage human use in areas with ecosystem engineers are discussed.
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Keywords

atlantic oceanintertidalmacrofaunal assemblagesmytilus galloprovincialisrocky shoresAtlantic oceanIntertidalMacrofaunal assemblagesMytilus galloprovincialisRocky shoresTrampling

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2023, it was in position 5/119, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Marine & Freshwater Biology. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-16:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 15.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 12 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://repositorio.uam.es/handle/10486/707799
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Portugal.

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