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Título: | Shells of Patella aspera as 'islands' for epibionts |
Autor: | Martins, Gustavo M. Faria, João Furtado, Miguel Neto, Ana I. |
Palavras-chave: | Epibiosis Limpet Species Richness Spatial Scales Azores |
Data: | 2014 |
Editora: | Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom |
Citação: | Martins GM, Faria J, Furtado M, Neto AI (2014). Shells of Patella aspera as 'islands' for epibionts. Journal of the Marine Biological Association UK, 94(5): 1027-1032, DOI 10.1017/S0025315414000447. |
Resumo: | In this study we examined the epibiont assemblage on shells of the living limpet Patella aspera. Limpets were collected at two sites at each of the nine islands of the Azores, totalling 707 individuals examined. Shells were measured and all the epibiota identified to the lowest taxonomic resolution possible. 190 taxa were recorded, of which 97% were algae, including 17 new records for the Azores. Only five shells were devoid of fouling organisms. The assemblage was dominated by a few algal taxa, whereas the majority of species occurred on less than 10% of the shells. A significant and positive relationship was generally found between basibiont size (shell length) and epibiota richness. The strength (slope) of the relationship, however, varied between islands and sites. These results suggest that a range of processes operating at multiple spatial scales influenced epibiont assemblages. Many features identified in these assemblages resemble, in many ways, those examined in island biogeography, suggesting that basibionts may be considered as 'islands' and may provide a suitable model system to test ecological hypotheses about ecosystems that are not so amenable to experimentation. |
Descrição: | Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2014. |
Peer review: | yes |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/3126 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315414000447 |
ISSN: | 0025-3154 (Print) 1469-7769 (Online) |
Aparece nas colecções: | DBIO - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais / Articles in International Journals |
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