Combined engineering effects of clams and crabs on infaunal assemblages and food availability in intertidal systems

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Alvarez, María Fernanda; Addino, Mariana del Sol; Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo; Botto, Florencia
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In soft sediments, ecosystem engineers (EEs) may play key roles in modifying habitats and therefore affecting bottom-assemblage species. In the southwestern Atlantic mud flats, 2 EEs coexist: the stout razor clam Tagelus plebeius and the burrowing crab Neohelice (Chas - magnathus) granulata. Clams create small depressions (i.e. millimeters), while crabs build large burrows (i.e. centimeters) generating crab beds covering many hectares. We hypothesized that these differences in the bioturbation scale may have different consequences for infaunal assemblages. We found that (1) microscale sediment-surface heterogeneities created by clams (e.g. holes and surrounding depressions) were related to higher organic-matter content and micro - phytobenthic biomass (measured as chlorophyll a), (2) abundances of meiofaunal groups (copepods, ostracods, and nematodes) were higher in clam holes than outside at all tidal levels, and (3) habitats with a more heterogeneous structure-such as clam holes inside a crab bed-had a higher food availability and an abundance of several meiofaunal groups (e.g. ostracods, and principally nematodes). Large-scale bioturbation (crab-bed formation) also affected primary producers, infaunal assemblages, and clam distribution, because at the highest intertidal levels clams were absent outside the crab beds. Our results thus demonstrate the differential effects of 2 contrasting EEs on the organization of soft-bottom communities and the key role of microheterogeneities in adding specific structures to already modified systems on a larger scale.
Fil: Alvarez, María Fernanda. 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. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Limnología "Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet". Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Instituto de Limnología; Argentina
Fil: Addino, Mariana del Sol. 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
Fil: Botto, Florencia. 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
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Clams
Crabs
Ecosystem Engineers
Habitat Structure
Infaunal Assemblages
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spelling Combined engineering effects of clams and crabs on infaunal assemblages and food availability in intertidal systemsAlvarez, María FernandaAddino, Mariana del SolIribarne, Oscar OsvaldoBotto, FlorenciaClamsCrabsEcosystem EngineersHabitat StructureInfaunal Assemblageshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1In soft sediments, ecosystem engineers (EEs) may play key roles in modifying habitats and therefore affecting bottom-assemblage species. In the southwestern Atlantic mud flats, 2 EEs coexist: the stout razor clam Tagelus plebeius and the burrowing crab Neohelice (Chas - magnathus) granulata. Clams create small depressions (i.e. millimeters), while crabs build large burrows (i.e. centimeters) generating crab beds covering many hectares. We hypothesized that these differences in the bioturbation scale may have different consequences for infaunal assemblages. We found that (1) microscale sediment-surface heterogeneities created by clams (e.g. holes and surrounding depressions) were related to higher organic-matter content and micro - phytobenthic biomass (measured as chlorophyll a), (2) abundances of meiofaunal groups (copepods, ostracods, and nematodes) were higher in clam holes than outside at all tidal levels, and (3) habitats with a more heterogeneous structure-such as clam holes inside a crab bed-had a higher food availability and an abundance of several meiofaunal groups (e.g. ostracods, and principally nematodes). Large-scale bioturbation (crab-bed formation) also affected primary producers, infaunal assemblages, and clam distribution, because at the highest intertidal levels clams were absent outside the crab beds. Our results thus demonstrate the differential effects of 2 contrasting EEs on the organization of soft-bottom communities and the key role of microheterogeneities in adding specific structures to already modified systems on a larger scale.Fil: Alvarez, María Fernanda. 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. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Limnología "Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet". Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Instituto de Limnología; ArgentinaFil: Addino, Mariana del Sol. 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; ArgentinaFil: Botto, Florencia. 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; ArgentinaInter-Research2015-11info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/51208Alvarez, María Fernanda; Addino, Mariana del Sol; Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo; Botto, Florencia; Combined engineering effects of clams and crabs on infaunal assemblages and food availability in intertidal systems; Inter-Research; Marine Ecology Progress Series; 540; 11-2015; 57-710171-8630CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3354/meps11478info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v540/p57-71/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:09:29Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/51208instacron: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 10:09:29.712CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Combined engineering effects of clams and crabs on infaunal assemblages and food availability in intertidal systems
title Combined engineering effects of clams and crabs on infaunal assemblages and food availability in intertidal systems
spellingShingle Combined engineering effects of clams and crabs on infaunal assemblages and food availability in intertidal systems
Alvarez, María Fernanda
Clams
Crabs
Ecosystem Engineers
Habitat Structure
Infaunal Assemblages
title_short Combined engineering effects of clams and crabs on infaunal assemblages and food availability in intertidal systems
title_full Combined engineering effects of clams and crabs on infaunal assemblages and food availability in intertidal systems
title_fullStr Combined engineering effects of clams and crabs on infaunal assemblages and food availability in intertidal systems
title_full_unstemmed Combined engineering effects of clams and crabs on infaunal assemblages and food availability in intertidal systems
title_sort Combined engineering effects of clams and crabs on infaunal assemblages and food availability in intertidal systems
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alvarez, María Fernanda
Addino, Mariana del Sol
Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo
Botto, Florencia
author Alvarez, María Fernanda
author_facet Alvarez, María Fernanda
Addino, Mariana del Sol
Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo
Botto, Florencia
author_role author
author2 Addino, Mariana del Sol
Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo
Botto, Florencia
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Clams
Crabs
Ecosystem Engineers
Habitat Structure
Infaunal Assemblages
topic Clams
Crabs
Ecosystem Engineers
Habitat Structure
Infaunal Assemblages
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In soft sediments, ecosystem engineers (EEs) may play key roles in modifying habitats and therefore affecting bottom-assemblage species. In the southwestern Atlantic mud flats, 2 EEs coexist: the stout razor clam Tagelus plebeius and the burrowing crab Neohelice (Chas - magnathus) granulata. Clams create small depressions (i.e. millimeters), while crabs build large burrows (i.e. centimeters) generating crab beds covering many hectares. We hypothesized that these differences in the bioturbation scale may have different consequences for infaunal assemblages. We found that (1) microscale sediment-surface heterogeneities created by clams (e.g. holes and surrounding depressions) were related to higher organic-matter content and micro - phytobenthic biomass (measured as chlorophyll a), (2) abundances of meiofaunal groups (copepods, ostracods, and nematodes) were higher in clam holes than outside at all tidal levels, and (3) habitats with a more heterogeneous structure-such as clam holes inside a crab bed-had a higher food availability and an abundance of several meiofaunal groups (e.g. ostracods, and principally nematodes). Large-scale bioturbation (crab-bed formation) also affected primary producers, infaunal assemblages, and clam distribution, because at the highest intertidal levels clams were absent outside the crab beds. Our results thus demonstrate the differential effects of 2 contrasting EEs on the organization of soft-bottom communities and the key role of microheterogeneities in adding specific structures to already modified systems on a larger scale.
Fil: Alvarez, María Fernanda. 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. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Limnología "Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet". Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Instituto de Limnología; Argentina
Fil: Addino, Mariana del Sol. 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
Fil: Botto, Florencia. 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
description In soft sediments, ecosystem engineers (EEs) may play key roles in modifying habitats and therefore affecting bottom-assemblage species. In the southwestern Atlantic mud flats, 2 EEs coexist: the stout razor clam Tagelus plebeius and the burrowing crab Neohelice (Chas - magnathus) granulata. Clams create small depressions (i.e. millimeters), while crabs build large burrows (i.e. centimeters) generating crab beds covering many hectares. We hypothesized that these differences in the bioturbation scale may have different consequences for infaunal assemblages. We found that (1) microscale sediment-surface heterogeneities created by clams (e.g. holes and surrounding depressions) were related to higher organic-matter content and micro - phytobenthic biomass (measured as chlorophyll a), (2) abundances of meiofaunal groups (copepods, ostracods, and nematodes) were higher in clam holes than outside at all tidal levels, and (3) habitats with a more heterogeneous structure-such as clam holes inside a crab bed-had a higher food availability and an abundance of several meiofaunal groups (e.g. ostracods, and principally nematodes). Large-scale bioturbation (crab-bed formation) also affected primary producers, infaunal assemblages, and clam distribution, because at the highest intertidal levels clams were absent outside the crab beds. Our results thus demonstrate the differential effects of 2 contrasting EEs on the organization of soft-bottom communities and the key role of microheterogeneities in adding specific structures to already modified systems on a larger scale.
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