Larval settlement and metamorphosis of the musselMytilus coruscusin response to natural biofilms

The effect of carbon nanotubes and titanium dioxide incorporated in PDMS on biofilm community composition and subsequent mussel plantigrade settlement

“…Recently, Ling et al (2014) demonstrated that the surface micro-architecture of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) affected biofilm formation and community composition. There is no clear information on the impact of these biofilms formed on PDMS coatings on the settlement of macrofouling organisms, such as mussels, although previous studies have demonstrated interactions between biofilms and mussel settlement (Satuito et al 1995;Wang et al 2012;Yang et al 2013).…”

Effects of substratum type on bacterial community structure in biofilms in relation to settlement of plantigrades of the mussel Mytilus coruscus

“…Huggett et al (2009) suggested that changes in bacterial community composition might be responsible for higher settlement in H. elegans. Similarly, Wang et al (2012) suggested that the bacterial community in natural biofilms plays an important role in larval settlement of the mussel M. coruscus. Thus, variation in bacterial communities in biofilms developed on different substratum types may lead to the difference in inducing activity of plantigrade settlement in this species.…”

“…Bacterial community in biofilms has been reported to play an important role in larval settlement of marine invertebrates (Webster et al, 2004;Huggett et al, 2009;Chung et al, 2010;Campbell et al, 2011;Wang et al, 2012). A shared tree analysis was used to identify the similarity and differences of the four bacterial community structures (Fig.…”

“…Following the primary settlement, these plantigrades can detach from their byssal threads and resettle to a new location (Bayne, 1964;Kavouras and Maki, 2003;Petrone, 2013). A number of researchers have focused on larval settlement of many species of mussels, such as Mytilus edulis (Dobretsov and Qian, 2003), Mytilus galloprovincialis (Satuito et al, 1995;Bao et al, 2007;Yang et al, 2007Yang et al, , 2011, Mytilus coruscus (Wang et al, 2012;Yang et al, 2013a,b), Perna canaliculus (Ganesan et al, 2010;Young et al, 2011), Aulacomya maoriana . However, the interaction between environmental factors and mussel plantigrade settlement has been little investigated.…”

“…Bacterial community structure has been suggested as an indicator of suitable habitat for invertebrate larvae (Unabia and Hadfield, 1999;Qian et al, 2003;Lau et al, 2005;Chung et al, 2010). The change in bacterial community composition corresponding to biofilm age may explain differences in the age-dependent inducing activities of biofilms (Wang et al, 2012). Marine invertebrates can detect differences among surfaces with different community composition; the specific composition of bacterial species can serve as an important cue for habitat settlement (Patel et al, 2003;Huggett et al, 2006Huggett et al, , 2009.…”