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Table 1 Is a list of components that will be investigated for the review questions

From: How strong is the effect of invasive ecosystem engineers on the distribution patterns of local species, the local and regional biodiversity and ecosystem functions?

Population

Exposure

Outcomes (response variables)

Comparators

Marine and brackish (e.g., estuarine) assemblages including both native and other invasive species

Introduction, establishment and spread of exotic ecosystem engineers

Species richness, species evenness, total community cover, total community biomass, single species abundance (cover, count), single species biomass, individual growth of native species, individual size of native species, community productivity, nutrient cycling, metabolism, decomposition, carbon flux, respiration, sediment stabilisation, sediment mixing, resilience, temporal stability, resistance, invasibility

Invaded vs non-invaded plots

Invaded plots vs Invader removal plots

Control plots (no Invader) vs Invader transplanted plot