NDLI: The difference between a rock and a biological hard place: epibionts in the rocky intertidal

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	McGowan, Kerry L. Iyengar, Erika V.
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	In dynamic environments such as the rocky marine intertidal zone, epibiosis may promote the survival of some organisms. We compared the species composition and prevalence of the epibiotic community on different species of molluscan shells to those on neighboring rock at three sites and two tidal heights per site on San Juan Island, Washington (48°N, 123°W; summer 2014). Across all three sites and both tidal heights examined, the algal species dominating the bedrock did not match the dominant epibiotic species. Most epibiotic species were from a subset of the less common bedrock species. Within the lower tidal height, many potential host shells lacked epibionts, but the bedrock was heavily colonized. Our findings suggest that shells do not represent a microhabitat that is more beneficial to settlers than the surrounding bedrock. Epibiosis is unlikely to elevate local species diversity in this ecosystem because the few epibionts were generally from a subset of the species on the bedrock. Smooth-shelled limpets had a significantly greater prevalence of epibiosis in the lower than in the higher tidal height, but the prevalence of epibiosis did not differ significantly between tidal heights for carnivorous, spired-shell species. This variation among basibionts in pattern of prevalence across tidal heights suggests that the carnivorous snails are more likely than the limpets to range across intertidal heights.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	15
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00253162
Journal	Marine Biology
Volume Number	164
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	14321793
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2017-04-18
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Marine & Freshwater Sciences Freshwater & Marine Ecology Oceanography Microbiology Zoology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Aquatic Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Ecological impacts of two non-indigenous macroalgae on an urban rocky intertidal shore

Intertidal invasion patterns in Canadian ports

Plankton supports the majority of fish biomass on temperate rocky reefs

Intraspecific phenotypic variation in two estuarine rhodophytes across their intertidal zonation

What and when to eat? Investigating the feeding habits of an intertidal herbivorous starfish

Thriving of Zostera noltei under intertidal conditions: implications for the modelling of seagrass populations

Outlier SNPs enable food traceability of the southern rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii

Benthic dinoflagellate blooms in tropical intertidal rock pools: elucidation of photoprotection mechanisms

The role of gorgonians on the diversity of vagile benthic fauna in Mediterranean rocky habitats

The difference between a rock and a biological hard place: epibionts in the rocky intertidal

Similar Documents

Ecological impacts of two non-indigenous macroalgae on an urban rocky intertidal shore

Intertidal invasion patterns in Canadian ports

Plankton supports the majority of fish biomass on temperate rocky reefs

Intraspecific phenotypic variation in two estuarine rhodophytes across their intertidal zonation

What and when to eat? Investigating the feeding habits of an intertidal herbivorous starfish

Thriving of Zostera noltei under intertidal conditions: implications for the modelling of seagrass populations

Outlier SNPs enable food traceability of the southern rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii

Benthic dinoflagellate blooms in tropical intertidal rock pools: elucidation of photoprotection mechanisms

The role of gorgonians on the diversity of vagile benthic fauna in Mediterranean rocky habitats

The difference between a rock and a biological hard place: epibionts in the rocky intertidal