IMIS

Publicaties | Instituten | Personen | Datasets | Projecten | Kaarten
[ meld een fout in dit record ]mandje (0): toevoegen | toon Print deze pagina

Epizoic bryozoans on predatory pycnogonids from the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica: “if you can’t beat them, join them”
Key Jr., M.M.; Knauff, J.B.; Barnes, D.K.A. (2013). Epizoic bryozoans on predatory pycnogonids from the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica: “if you can’t beat them, join them”, in: Ernst, A. et al. Bryozoan Studies 2010. Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences, 143: pp. 137-153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16411-8_10
In: Ernst, A.; Schäfer, P.; Scholz, J. (Ed.) (2013). Bryozoan Studies 2010. Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences, 143. Springer: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-642-16410-1. viii, 463 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16411-8, meer
In: Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences. Springer: Heidelberg; Berlin. ISSN 2193-8571; e-ISSN 2193-858X, meer

Beschikbaar in  Auteurs 

Trefwoorden
    Ecology
    Interspecific relationships > Epibiosis
    Bryozoa [WoRMS]; Pycnogonidae Wilson, 1878 [WoRMS]
    Antarctica [Marine Regions]
    Marien/Kust

Auteurs  Top 
  • Key Jr., M.M.
  • Knauff, J.B.
  • Barnes, D.K.A.

Abstract
    Antarctic bryozoans are poor spatial competitors compared to many sessile invertebrates. Antarctic bryozoans are frequently destroyed by ice scouring of the substratum during open water periods, and Antarctic bryozoans are specifically preyed upon by pycnogonids. Based on this, it was hypothesized that Antarctic bryozoans should foul pycnogonids more than other motile hosts and other sessile biotic and abiotic substrata. To test these hypotheses, 115 live pycnogonids were collected in the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica. Their carapaces were examined for epizoic bryozoans, and each colony’s size was measured and its location mapped. Nine species of pycnogonids were identified containing 156 bryozoan colonies belonging to seven cheilostome species. Of the 115 pycnogonids, 26% were fouled by bryozoans. The bryozoan species richness on pycnogonids is similar to that on the adjacent boulders. Compared to other motile host animals, the number of bryozoan species per unit host surface area is an order of magnitude higher on pycnogonids. This may be attributed to carapaces of pycnogonids acting as refugia for the bryozoans from competition for space on hard substrata, ice scour, and predation by their host.

Alle informatie in het Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) valt onder het VLIZ Privacy beleid Top | Auteurs