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Article: Anthropogenic structures as a spatial refuge from predation for the invasive bryozoan bugula neritina

TitleAnthropogenic structures as a spatial refuge from predation for the invasive bryozoan bugula neritina
Authors
KeywordsArtificial habitat
Fouling
Invasive species
Predation
Rock shrimp
Sea urchin
Issue Date2011
PublisherInter-Research. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.int-res.com/journals/meps/index.html
Citation
Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2011, v. 427, p. 95-103 How to Cite?
AbstractAnthropogenic structures may play an important role in the marine invasion process by providing novel artificial habitats, often out of the reach of common benthic predators. A survey of piers in northern-central Chile revealed a change in the epibenthic assemblage on pilings at different distances from a rocky shore with abundant grazers and predators. Pilings on soft sediment, away from the rocky shore, were heavily colonized by the invasive bryozoan Bugula neritina. We therefore hypothesized that benthic predators may forage on pilings located on rocky bottom whereas pilings on soft sediment benefit from the absence of generalist benthic predators which do not occur on soft sediment. We examined piling communities using cages directly attached to pilings, where we included or excluded the sea urchin Tetrapygus niger and the rock shrimp Rhyncocinetes typus. Resultant communities differed substantially; a high percentage of bare space occurred in the presence of sea urchins, while turf algae dominated in the presence of shrimp. Both sea urchins and shrimp suppressed the colonization of the invasive B. neritina and, when acting together, totally prevented its recruitment. In contrast, invasive bryozoans colonized 95% of the available substratum in cages where predators were excluded. Our results show the important role of benthic generalist predators in limiting the establishment and spread of non-native species on anthropogenic structures. Further, this study highlights the unprecedented role of shrimp grazing in structuring hard-bottom communities. © Inter-Research 2011.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/140934
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 2.2
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.802
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Funding AgencyGrant Number
Fondecyt3030007
Programa Bicentenario de Ciencia y Tecnologia
Funding Information:

Financial support for this study was provided by Fulbright to L. G. H. a Fondecyt 3030007 grant to C. F. G. and a Programa Bicentenario de Ciencia y Tecnologia grant to CEAZA. We thank J. Barrios, who helped with diving activities, and M. Thiel and 3 reviewers for providing critical comments on this manuscript.

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dc.contributor.authorDumont, CPen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHarris, LGen_HK
dc.contributor.authorGaymer, CFen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-23T06:22:04Z-
dc.date.available2011-09-23T06:22:04Z-
dc.date.issued2011en_HK
dc.identifier.citationMarine Ecology Progress Series, 2011, v. 427, p. 95-103en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0171-8630en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/140934-
dc.description.abstractAnthropogenic structures may play an important role in the marine invasion process by providing novel artificial habitats, often out of the reach of common benthic predators. A survey of piers in northern-central Chile revealed a change in the epibenthic assemblage on pilings at different distances from a rocky shore with abundant grazers and predators. Pilings on soft sediment, away from the rocky shore, were heavily colonized by the invasive bryozoan Bugula neritina. We therefore hypothesized that benthic predators may forage on pilings located on rocky bottom whereas pilings on soft sediment benefit from the absence of generalist benthic predators which do not occur on soft sediment. We examined piling communities using cages directly attached to pilings, where we included or excluded the sea urchin Tetrapygus niger and the rock shrimp Rhyncocinetes typus. Resultant communities differed substantially; a high percentage of bare space occurred in the presence of sea urchins, while turf algae dominated in the presence of shrimp. Both sea urchins and shrimp suppressed the colonization of the invasive B. neritina and, when acting together, totally prevented its recruitment. In contrast, invasive bryozoans colonized 95% of the available substratum in cages where predators were excluded. Our results show the important role of benthic generalist predators in limiting the establishment and spread of non-native species on anthropogenic structures. Further, this study highlights the unprecedented role of shrimp grazing in structuring hard-bottom communities. © Inter-Research 2011.en_HK
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherInter-Research. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.int-res.com/journals/meps/index.htmlen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofMarine Ecology Progress Seriesen_HK
dc.rightsMarine Ecology - Progress Series. Copyright © Inter-Research.-
dc.subjectArtificial habitaten_HK
dc.subjectFoulingen_HK
dc.subjectInvasive speciesen_HK
dc.subjectPredationen_HK
dc.subjectRock shrimpen_HK
dc.subjectSea urchinen_HK
dc.titleAnthropogenic structures as a spatial refuge from predation for the invasive bryozoan bugula neritinaen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.emailDumont, CP: dumont.clement@gmail.comen_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.3354/meps09040en_HK
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dc.identifier.volume427en_HK
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