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Article: Cypris habitat selection facilitated by microbial films influences the vertical distribution of subtidal barnacle Balanus trigonus

TitleCypris habitat selection facilitated by microbial films influences the vertical distribution of subtidal barnacle Balanus trigonus
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Issue Date2006
PublisherSpringer New York LLC. The Journal's web site is located at http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00248/index.htm
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Microbial Ecology, 2006, v. 51 n. 4, p. 431-440 How to Cite?
AbstractThe potential driving force(s) of the vertical distribution of subtidal barnacle Balanus trigonus Darwin were investigated using both field and laboratory experiments. Early juveniles (∼24 h old) placed in intertidal [∼0.5 m above mean low water level (MLWL)] and subtidal (∼3 m below MLWL) habitats survived equally well, indicating that the intertidal absence of B. trigonus in Hong Kong waters was not determined by differential mortality. However, enhanced attachment of cyprids in subtidal habitats indicated the importance of differential larval choice in determining their vertical distribution. In the laboratory, cyprids preferred to attach in response to subtidal microbial films, which may implicate microbial films as a primary cue in driving the adult vertical distribution. Microbial films developed in these two habitats differed in their biomass (=total organic carbon), abundance of bacteria and diatoms (determined by fluorescence microscopy), and bacterial diversity (determined by DNA fingerprinting analysis). For example, 6-day films in subtidal habitat had a significantly higher biomass than in films from intertidal habitat (P<0.05). There was no difference in the biomass of films from these two habitats in 9-day films (P>0.05); however, bacterial abundance was greater in subtidal films than in intertidal films, irrespective of the age of the film, although there was no difference in diatom abundance in films from these two habitats. Neither the abundance of bacteria and diatoms nor the biomass correlated with the attachment preferences of cyprids. This study has not provided any data to prove the existence of inductive and inhibitive (to cyprid attachment) bacterial species in subtidal and intertidal films, respectively; however, results indicate that bacterial community provided qualitative information that might explain the preferential attachment of B. trigonus cyprids in subtidal habitat. © Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2006.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/178945
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dc.contributor.authorLau, SCKen_US
dc.contributor.authorCheung, SCKen_US
dc.contributor.authorQian, PYen_US
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dc.date.issued2006en_US
dc.identifier.citationMicrobial Ecology, 2006, v. 51 n. 4, p. 431-440en_US
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dc.description.abstractThe potential driving force(s) of the vertical distribution of subtidal barnacle Balanus trigonus Darwin were investigated using both field and laboratory experiments. Early juveniles (∼24 h old) placed in intertidal [∼0.5 m above mean low water level (MLWL)] and subtidal (∼3 m below MLWL) habitats survived equally well, indicating that the intertidal absence of B. trigonus in Hong Kong waters was not determined by differential mortality. However, enhanced attachment of cyprids in subtidal habitats indicated the importance of differential larval choice in determining their vertical distribution. In the laboratory, cyprids preferred to attach in response to subtidal microbial films, which may implicate microbial films as a primary cue in driving the adult vertical distribution. Microbial films developed in these two habitats differed in their biomass (=total organic carbon), abundance of bacteria and diatoms (determined by fluorescence microscopy), and bacterial diversity (determined by DNA fingerprinting analysis). For example, 6-day films in subtidal habitat had a significantly higher biomass than in films from intertidal habitat (P<0.05). There was no difference in the biomass of films from these two habitats in 9-day films (P>0.05); however, bacterial abundance was greater in subtidal films than in intertidal films, irrespective of the age of the film, although there was no difference in diatom abundance in films from these two habitats. Neither the abundance of bacteria and diatoms nor the biomass correlated with the attachment preferences of cyprids. This study has not provided any data to prove the existence of inductive and inhibitive (to cyprid attachment) bacterial species in subtidal and intertidal films, respectively; however, results indicate that bacterial community provided qualitative information that might explain the preferential attachment of B. trigonus cyprids in subtidal habitat. © Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2006.en_US
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dc.relation.ispartofMicrobial Ecologyen_US
dc.subject.meshAnimalsen_US
dc.subject.meshElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gelen_US
dc.subject.meshEnvironmenten_US
dc.subject.meshSpecies Specificityen_US
dc.subject.meshThoracicaen_US
dc.subject.meshWater Microbiologyen_US
dc.titleCypris habitat selection facilitated by microbial films influences the vertical distribution of subtidal barnacle Balanus trigonusen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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