Similar effects on sediment structure and infaunal community of two competitive intertidal soft-bottom burrowing crab species

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Martinetto, Paulina Maria del Rosario; Palomo, Maria Gabriela; Bruschetti, Carlos Martin; Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo
Año de publicación
2011
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The intertidal crabs Neohelice granulata and Cyrtograpsus angulatus are common on the south-west Atlantic coast but they rarely share the same microhabitat. They are similar in size and in several life history traits which promote competition. Neohelice granulata is the dominant species in intertidal soft-sediment and salt-marsh areas from southern Brazil to northern Patagonia Argentina, where it forms extensive burrowing beds. Its burrowing activity affects sediment characteristics as well as the infaunal community. When both species coexist N. granulata constrains the distribution and modifies some population characteristics and burrowing behaviour of C. angulatus. However, C. angulatus live in burrows forming dense burrowing beds in soft-bottom intertidal areas where N. granulata is absent. Where both species coexist, C. angulatus rarely constructs burrows and N. granulata clearly dominate soft-sediment areas forming conspicuous burrowing beds. This suggests that these crab species could have similar ecological roles in some effects on sediments related to burrowing activities. In this study, we experimentally compare their effects on sediment characteristics and infaunal community. The results of the experiment showed that C. angulatus modify sediment water and organic matter contents and grain size-frequency distributions similarly to N. granulata. Neither N. granulata nor C. angulatus affected the mean abundance of infaunal organisms during the experiment but their variances showed the same patterns in many cases, indicating similar effects. These results indicate that C. angulatus can modify sediment characteristics similarly to N. granulata, and has similar interactions with infaunal species.
Fil: Martinetto, Paulina Maria del Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Palomo, Maria Gabriela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”; Argentina
Fil: Bruschetti, Carlos Martin. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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Bioturbation
Competition
Cyrtograpsus Angulatus
Functional Redundancy
Neohelice Granulata
Soft-Bottom Intertidal
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spelling Similar effects on sediment structure and infaunal community of two competitive intertidal soft-bottom burrowing crab speciesMartinetto, Paulina Maria del RosarioPalomo, Maria GabrielaBruschetti, Carlos MartinIribarne, Oscar OsvaldoBioturbationCompetitionCyrtograpsus AngulatusFunctional RedundancyNeohelice GranulataSoft-Bottom Intertidalhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The intertidal crabs Neohelice granulata and Cyrtograpsus angulatus are common on the south-west Atlantic coast but they rarely share the same microhabitat. They are similar in size and in several life history traits which promote competition. Neohelice granulata is the dominant species in intertidal soft-sediment and salt-marsh areas from southern Brazil to northern Patagonia Argentina, where it forms extensive burrowing beds. Its burrowing activity affects sediment characteristics as well as the infaunal community. When both species coexist N. granulata constrains the distribution and modifies some population characteristics and burrowing behaviour of C. angulatus. However, C. angulatus live in burrows forming dense burrowing beds in soft-bottom intertidal areas where N. granulata is absent. Where both species coexist, C. angulatus rarely constructs burrows and N. granulata clearly dominate soft-sediment areas forming conspicuous burrowing beds. This suggests that these crab species could have similar ecological roles in some effects on sediments related to burrowing activities. In this study, we experimentally compare their effects on sediment characteristics and infaunal community. The results of the experiment showed that C. angulatus modify sediment water and organic matter contents and grain size-frequency distributions similarly to N. granulata. Neither N. granulata nor C. angulatus affected the mean abundance of infaunal organisms during the experiment but their variances showed the same patterns in many cases, indicating similar effects. These results indicate that C. angulatus can modify sediment characteristics similarly to N. granulata, and has similar interactions with infaunal species.Fil: Martinetto, Paulina Maria del Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Palomo, Maria Gabriela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”; ArgentinaFil: Bruschetti, Carlos Martin. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaCambridge University Press2011-11info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/68996Martinetto, Paulina Maria del Rosario; Palomo, Maria Gabriela; Bruschetti, Carlos Martin; Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo; Similar effects on sediment structure and infaunal community of two competitive intertidal soft-bottom burrowing crab species; Cambridge University Press; Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom; 91; 7; 11-2011; 1385-13930025-3154CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1017/S0025315411000075info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-marine-biological-association-of-the-united-kingdom/article/similar-effects-on-sediment-structure-and-infaunal-community-of-two-competitive-intertidal-softbottom-burrowing-crab-species/383B14BEF1516AA38346D7996BFEB9A3info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T10:11:11Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/68996instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 10:11:11.657CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Similar effects on sediment structure and infaunal community of two competitive intertidal soft-bottom burrowing crab species
title Similar effects on sediment structure and infaunal community of two competitive intertidal soft-bottom burrowing crab species
spellingShingle Similar effects on sediment structure and infaunal community of two competitive intertidal soft-bottom burrowing crab species
Martinetto, Paulina Maria del Rosario
Bioturbation
Competition
Cyrtograpsus Angulatus
Functional Redundancy
Neohelice Granulata
Soft-Bottom Intertidal
title_short Similar effects on sediment structure and infaunal community of two competitive intertidal soft-bottom burrowing crab species
title_full Similar effects on sediment structure and infaunal community of two competitive intertidal soft-bottom burrowing crab species
title_fullStr Similar effects on sediment structure and infaunal community of two competitive intertidal soft-bottom burrowing crab species
title_full_unstemmed Similar effects on sediment structure and infaunal community of two competitive intertidal soft-bottom burrowing crab species
title_sort Similar effects on sediment structure and infaunal community of two competitive intertidal soft-bottom burrowing crab species
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Martinetto, Paulina Maria del Rosario
Palomo, Maria Gabriela
Bruschetti, Carlos Martin
Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo
author Martinetto, Paulina Maria del Rosario
author_facet Martinetto, Paulina Maria del Rosario
Palomo, Maria Gabriela
Bruschetti, Carlos Martin
Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo
author_role author
author2 Palomo, Maria Gabriela
Bruschetti, Carlos Martin
Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Bioturbation
Competition
Cyrtograpsus Angulatus
Functional Redundancy
Neohelice Granulata
Soft-Bottom Intertidal
topic Bioturbation
Competition
Cyrtograpsus Angulatus
Functional Redundancy
Neohelice Granulata
Soft-Bottom Intertidal
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The intertidal crabs Neohelice granulata and Cyrtograpsus angulatus are common on the south-west Atlantic coast but they rarely share the same microhabitat. They are similar in size and in several life history traits which promote competition. Neohelice granulata is the dominant species in intertidal soft-sediment and salt-marsh areas from southern Brazil to northern Patagonia Argentina, where it forms extensive burrowing beds. Its burrowing activity affects sediment characteristics as well as the infaunal community. When both species coexist N. granulata constrains the distribution and modifies some population characteristics and burrowing behaviour of C. angulatus. However, C. angulatus live in burrows forming dense burrowing beds in soft-bottom intertidal areas where N. granulata is absent. Where both species coexist, C. angulatus rarely constructs burrows and N. granulata clearly dominate soft-sediment areas forming conspicuous burrowing beds. This suggests that these crab species could have similar ecological roles in some effects on sediments related to burrowing activities. In this study, we experimentally compare their effects on sediment characteristics and infaunal community. The results of the experiment showed that C. angulatus modify sediment water and organic matter contents and grain size-frequency distributions similarly to N. granulata. Neither N. granulata nor C. angulatus affected the mean abundance of infaunal organisms during the experiment but their variances showed the same patterns in many cases, indicating similar effects. These results indicate that C. angulatus can modify sediment characteristics similarly to N. granulata, and has similar interactions with infaunal species.
Fil: Martinetto, Paulina Maria del Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Palomo, Maria Gabriela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”; Argentina
Fil: Bruschetti, Carlos Martin. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description The intertidal crabs Neohelice granulata and Cyrtograpsus angulatus are common on the south-west Atlantic coast but they rarely share the same microhabitat. They are similar in size and in several life history traits which promote competition. Neohelice granulata is the dominant species in intertidal soft-sediment and salt-marsh areas from southern Brazil to northern Patagonia Argentina, where it forms extensive burrowing beds. Its burrowing activity affects sediment characteristics as well as the infaunal community. When both species coexist N. granulata constrains the distribution and modifies some population characteristics and burrowing behaviour of C. angulatus. However, C. angulatus live in burrows forming dense burrowing beds in soft-bottom intertidal areas where N. granulata is absent. Where both species coexist, C. angulatus rarely constructs burrows and N. granulata clearly dominate soft-sediment areas forming conspicuous burrowing beds. This suggests that these crab species could have similar ecological roles in some effects on sediments related to burrowing activities. In this study, we experimentally compare their effects on sediment characteristics and infaunal community. The results of the experiment showed that C. angulatus modify sediment water and organic matter contents and grain size-frequency distributions similarly to N. granulata. Neither N. granulata nor C. angulatus affected the mean abundance of infaunal organisms during the experiment but their variances showed the same patterns in many cases, indicating similar effects. These results indicate that C. angulatus can modify sediment characteristics similarly to N. granulata, and has similar interactions with infaunal species.
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