Positive interactions of the mooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora on the mud snail Heleobia australis, in southwestern Atlantic salt marshes

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Canepuccia, Alejandro Daniel; Escapa, Carlos Mauricio; Daleo, Pedro; Alberti, Juan; Botto, Florencia; Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo
Año de publicación
2007
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The role of positive interactions is often crucial in communities with intense abiotic stress such as intertidal environments. Grasses acting as ecosystem engineers, for example, may ameliorate intertidal harsh physical conditions and modify the community structure. The mud snails Heleobia australis d'Orbigny frequently inhabit the SW Atlantic marshes, mainly associated to intertidal marsh plants (mainly the smooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora Loisel) probably due to the plant indirect effects. The purpose of this work was to investigate the magnitude of these association and the processes that generate the pattern. Samples of the snail abundance in six SW Atlantic coastal marshes show that H. australis is associated to coastal areas of low energy and low or none freshwater input. This result is important because this species is being used as bioindicator of coastal estuarine systems during the Holocene. Thus the paleontological interpretation based on this species should be revised. Within the studied areas, snails are associated to intertidal marsh plants. However, stable isotope analysis shows that neither plant nor their epiphytes are their main food sources. Field experiments show that snails actively select areas with plants, although tethering experiments show that plants do not provide shelter from predators. However, plants do buffer physical stress factors such as temperature, which generate important mortality outside plants covered areas. These positive interactions have large effects on H. australis distributions in marsh communities; increasing the habitats available for colonization and affecting their local distribution.
Fil: Canepuccia, Alejandro Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Ecología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Escapa, Carlos Mauricio. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Ecología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Daleo, Pedro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Ecología; Argentina
Fil: Alberti, Juan. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Ecología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Botto, Florencia. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Ecología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Ecología; Argentina
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spelling Positive interactions of the mooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora on the mud snail Heleobia australis, in southwestern Atlantic salt marshesCanepuccia, Alejandro DanielEscapa, Carlos MauricioDaleo, PedroAlberti, JuanBotto, FlorenciaIribarne, Oscar OsvaldoSaltmarshPositive InteractionMud Snailhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The role of positive interactions is often crucial in communities with intense abiotic stress such as intertidal environments. Grasses acting as ecosystem engineers, for example, may ameliorate intertidal harsh physical conditions and modify the community structure. The mud snails Heleobia australis d'Orbigny frequently inhabit the SW Atlantic marshes, mainly associated to intertidal marsh plants (mainly the smooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora Loisel) probably due to the plant indirect effects. The purpose of this work was to investigate the magnitude of these association and the processes that generate the pattern. Samples of the snail abundance in six SW Atlantic coastal marshes show that H. australis is associated to coastal areas of low energy and low or none freshwater input. This result is important because this species is being used as bioindicator of coastal estuarine systems during the Holocene. Thus the paleontological interpretation based on this species should be revised. Within the studied areas, snails are associated to intertidal marsh plants. However, stable isotope analysis shows that neither plant nor their epiphytes are their main food sources. Field experiments show that snails actively select areas with plants, although tethering experiments show that plants do not provide shelter from predators. However, plants do buffer physical stress factors such as temperature, which generate important mortality outside plants covered areas. These positive interactions have large effects on H. australis distributions in marsh communities; increasing the habitats available for colonization and affecting their local distribution.Fil: Canepuccia, Alejandro Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Ecología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; ArgentinaFil: Escapa, Carlos Mauricio. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Ecología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; ArgentinaFil: Daleo, Pedro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Ecología; ArgentinaFil: Alberti, Juan. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Ecología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; ArgentinaFil: Botto, Florencia. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Ecología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; ArgentinaFil: Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Ecología; ArgentinaElsevier Science2007-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/30620Canepuccia, Alejandro Daniel; Escapa, Carlos Mauricio; Daleo, Pedro; Alberti, Juan; Botto, Florencia; et al.; Positive interactions of the mooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora on the mud snail Heleobia australis, in southwestern Atlantic salt marshes; Elsevier Science; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology; 353; 12-2007; 180-1900022-0981CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:22:07Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/30620instacron: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:34982025-09-29 10:22:08.129CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Positive interactions of the mooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora on the mud snail Heleobia australis, in southwestern Atlantic salt marshes
title Positive interactions of the mooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora on the mud snail Heleobia australis, in southwestern Atlantic salt marshes
spellingShingle Positive interactions of the mooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora on the mud snail Heleobia australis, in southwestern Atlantic salt marshes
Canepuccia, Alejandro Daniel
Saltmarsh
Positive Interaction
Mud Snail
title_short Positive interactions of the mooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora on the mud snail Heleobia australis, in southwestern Atlantic salt marshes
title_full Positive interactions of the mooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora on the mud snail Heleobia australis, in southwestern Atlantic salt marshes
title_fullStr Positive interactions of the mooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora on the mud snail Heleobia australis, in southwestern Atlantic salt marshes
title_full_unstemmed Positive interactions of the mooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora on the mud snail Heleobia australis, in southwestern Atlantic salt marshes
title_sort Positive interactions of the mooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora on the mud snail Heleobia australis, in southwestern Atlantic salt marshes
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Canepuccia, Alejandro Daniel
Escapa, Carlos Mauricio
Daleo, Pedro
Alberti, Juan
Botto, Florencia
Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo
author Canepuccia, Alejandro Daniel
author_facet Canepuccia, Alejandro Daniel
Escapa, Carlos Mauricio
Daleo, Pedro
Alberti, Juan
Botto, Florencia
Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo
author_role author
author2 Escapa, Carlos Mauricio
Daleo, Pedro
Alberti, Juan
Botto, Florencia
Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Saltmarsh
Positive Interaction
Mud Snail
topic Saltmarsh
Positive Interaction
Mud Snail
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 role of positive interactions is often crucial in communities with intense abiotic stress such as intertidal environments. Grasses acting as ecosystem engineers, for example, may ameliorate intertidal harsh physical conditions and modify the community structure. The mud snails Heleobia australis d'Orbigny frequently inhabit the SW Atlantic marshes, mainly associated to intertidal marsh plants (mainly the smooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora Loisel) probably due to the plant indirect effects. The purpose of this work was to investigate the magnitude of these association and the processes that generate the pattern. Samples of the snail abundance in six SW Atlantic coastal marshes show that H. australis is associated to coastal areas of low energy and low or none freshwater input. This result is important because this species is being used as bioindicator of coastal estuarine systems during the Holocene. Thus the paleontological interpretation based on this species should be revised. Within the studied areas, snails are associated to intertidal marsh plants. However, stable isotope analysis shows that neither plant nor their epiphytes are their main food sources. Field experiments show that snails actively select areas with plants, although tethering experiments show that plants do not provide shelter from predators. However, plants do buffer physical stress factors such as temperature, which generate important mortality outside plants covered areas. These positive interactions have large effects on H. australis distributions in marsh communities; increasing the habitats available for colonization and affecting their local distribution.
Fil: Canepuccia, Alejandro Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Ecología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Escapa, Carlos Mauricio. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Ecología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Daleo, Pedro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Ecología; Argentina
Fil: Alberti, Juan. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Ecología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Botto, Florencia. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Ecología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Ecología; Argentina
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