Intertidal mussels as ecosystem engineers: their associated invertebrate biodiversity under contrasting wave exposures

Autores
Arribas, Lorena Pilar; Donnarumma, Luigia; Palomo, Maria Gabriela; Scrosati, Ricardo Augusto
Año de publicación
2014
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Mussels often act as ecosystem engineers in rocky intertidal habitats, favoring the occurrence of many small invertebrates by increasing habitat complexity and improving local environmental conditions. This study tests the hypothesis that invertebrate assemblages from intertidal mussel beds differ between wave-sheltered and wave-exposed habitats. To this aim, we surveyed exposed and sheltered sites spanning 350 km of coastline in Nova Scotia, Canada. We identified all invertebrates and measured their abundance in replicate quadrats that were fully covered by mussels. In total, we found 50 invertebrate taxa living in these mussel beds. Multivariate analyses revealed that the composition of invertebrate assemblages differed significantly between both habitat types. Exposed habitats supported a greater species richness, and the species that mainly explained the compositional difference between both environments were more abundant in exposed ones. Assemblages were taxonomically dominated by arthropods, annelids, and molluscs and numerically dominated by tubificid oligochaetes regardless of exposure. Our results suggest that exposed habitats may favor the occurrence of filter-feeders, such as barnacles, and sheltered habitats the occurrence of predators, such as small crabs and sea stars, in intertidal mussel beds from the NW Atlantic coast.
Fil: Arribas, Lorena Pilar. Saint Francis Xavier University; Canadá. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; Argentina
Fil: Donnarumma, Luigia. Saint Francis Xavier University; Canadá. Seconda Universita Degli Studi Di Napoli; Italia
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: Scrosati, Ricardo Augusto. Saint Francis Xavier University; Canadá
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Intertidal
Mussel
Wave Exposure
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spelling Intertidal mussels as ecosystem engineers: their associated invertebrate biodiversity under contrasting wave exposuresArribas, Lorena PilarDonnarumma, LuigiaPalomo, Maria GabrielaScrosati, Ricardo AugustoBioengineeringIntertidalMusselWave Exposurehttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Mussels often act as ecosystem engineers in rocky intertidal habitats, favoring the occurrence of many small invertebrates by increasing habitat complexity and improving local environmental conditions. This study tests the hypothesis that invertebrate assemblages from intertidal mussel beds differ between wave-sheltered and wave-exposed habitats. To this aim, we surveyed exposed and sheltered sites spanning 350 km of coastline in Nova Scotia, Canada. We identified all invertebrates and measured their abundance in replicate quadrats that were fully covered by mussels. In total, we found 50 invertebrate taxa living in these mussel beds. Multivariate analyses revealed that the composition of invertebrate assemblages differed significantly between both habitat types. Exposed habitats supported a greater species richness, and the species that mainly explained the compositional difference between both environments were more abundant in exposed ones. Assemblages were taxonomically dominated by arthropods, annelids, and molluscs and numerically dominated by tubificid oligochaetes regardless of exposure. Our results suggest that exposed habitats may favor the occurrence of filter-feeders, such as barnacles, and sheltered habitats the occurrence of predators, such as small crabs and sea stars, in intertidal mussel beds from the NW Atlantic coast.Fil: Arribas, Lorena Pilar. Saint Francis Xavier University; Canadá. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; ArgentinaFil: Donnarumma, Luigia. Saint Francis Xavier University; Canadá. Seconda Universita Degli Studi Di Napoli; ItaliaFil: Palomo, Maria Gabriela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; ArgentinaFil: Scrosati, Ricardo Augusto. Saint Francis Xavier University; CanadáSpringer Berlin Heidelberg2014-02info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/29661Arribas, Lorena Pilar; Donnarumma, Luigia; Palomo, Maria Gabriela; Scrosati, Ricardo Augusto; Intertidal mussels as ecosystem engineers: their associated invertebrate biodiversity under contrasting wave exposures ; Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Marine biodiversity; 44; 2; 2-2014; 203-2111867-16161867-1624CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s12526-014-0201-zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12526-014-0201-zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:44:51Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/29661instacron: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 09:44:51.726CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Intertidal mussels as ecosystem engineers: their associated invertebrate biodiversity under contrasting wave exposures
title Intertidal mussels as ecosystem engineers: their associated invertebrate biodiversity under contrasting wave exposures
spellingShingle Intertidal mussels as ecosystem engineers: their associated invertebrate biodiversity under contrasting wave exposures
Arribas, Lorena Pilar
Bioengineering
Intertidal
Mussel
Wave Exposure
title_short Intertidal mussels as ecosystem engineers: their associated invertebrate biodiversity under contrasting wave exposures
title_full Intertidal mussels as ecosystem engineers: their associated invertebrate biodiversity under contrasting wave exposures
title_fullStr Intertidal mussels as ecosystem engineers: their associated invertebrate biodiversity under contrasting wave exposures
title_full_unstemmed Intertidal mussels as ecosystem engineers: their associated invertebrate biodiversity under contrasting wave exposures
title_sort Intertidal mussels as ecosystem engineers: their associated invertebrate biodiversity under contrasting wave exposures
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Arribas, Lorena Pilar
Donnarumma, Luigia
Palomo, Maria Gabriela
Scrosati, Ricardo Augusto
author Arribas, Lorena Pilar
author_facet Arribas, Lorena Pilar
Donnarumma, Luigia
Palomo, Maria Gabriela
Scrosati, Ricardo Augusto
author_role author
author2 Donnarumma, Luigia
Palomo, Maria Gabriela
Scrosati, Ricardo Augusto
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Bioengineering
Intertidal
Mussel
Wave Exposure
topic Bioengineering
Intertidal
Mussel
Wave Exposure
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Mussels often act as ecosystem engineers in rocky intertidal habitats, favoring the occurrence of many small invertebrates by increasing habitat complexity and improving local environmental conditions. This study tests the hypothesis that invertebrate assemblages from intertidal mussel beds differ between wave-sheltered and wave-exposed habitats. To this aim, we surveyed exposed and sheltered sites spanning 350 km of coastline in Nova Scotia, Canada. We identified all invertebrates and measured their abundance in replicate quadrats that were fully covered by mussels. In total, we found 50 invertebrate taxa living in these mussel beds. Multivariate analyses revealed that the composition of invertebrate assemblages differed significantly between both habitat types. Exposed habitats supported a greater species richness, and the species that mainly explained the compositional difference between both environments were more abundant in exposed ones. Assemblages were taxonomically dominated by arthropods, annelids, and molluscs and numerically dominated by tubificid oligochaetes regardless of exposure. Our results suggest that exposed habitats may favor the occurrence of filter-feeders, such as barnacles, and sheltered habitats the occurrence of predators, such as small crabs and sea stars, in intertidal mussel beds from the NW Atlantic coast.
Fil: Arribas, Lorena Pilar. Saint Francis Xavier University; Canadá. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; Argentina
Fil: Donnarumma, Luigia. Saint Francis Xavier University; Canadá. Seconda Universita Degli Studi Di Napoli; Italia
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: Scrosati, Ricardo Augusto. Saint Francis Xavier University; Canadá
description Mussels often act as ecosystem engineers in rocky intertidal habitats, favoring the occurrence of many small invertebrates by increasing habitat complexity and improving local environmental conditions. This study tests the hypothesis that invertebrate assemblages from intertidal mussel beds differ between wave-sheltered and wave-exposed habitats. To this aim, we surveyed exposed and sheltered sites spanning 350 km of coastline in Nova Scotia, Canada. We identified all invertebrates and measured their abundance in replicate quadrats that were fully covered by mussels. In total, we found 50 invertebrate taxa living in these mussel beds. Multivariate analyses revealed that the composition of invertebrate assemblages differed significantly between both habitat types. Exposed habitats supported a greater species richness, and the species that mainly explained the compositional difference between both environments were more abundant in exposed ones. Assemblages were taxonomically dominated by arthropods, annelids, and molluscs and numerically dominated by tubificid oligochaetes regardless of exposure. Our results suggest that exposed habitats may favor the occurrence of filter-feeders, such as barnacles, and sheltered habitats the occurrence of predators, such as small crabs and sea stars, in intertidal mussel beds from the NW Atlantic coast.
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