Recruitment Disruption and the Role of Unaffected Populations for Potential Recovery After the Pinna nobilis Mass Mortality Event

Kersting, Diego K.; Vázquez‐Luis, Maite; Mourre, Baptiste; Belkhamssa, Fatima Zohra; Álvarez, Elvira; Bakran‐Petricioli, Tatjana; Barberá, Carmen; Barrajón, Agustín; Cortés, Emilio; Deudero, Salud; García‐March, José Rafael; Giacobbe, Salvatore; Casalduero, Francisca Giménez; González, Luís Alejandro; Jiménez-Gutiérrez, Santiago V.; Kipson, Silvija; Llorente, J L Arribas; Moreno, Diego; Prado, Patricia; Pujol, Juan A.; Sánchez, Jordi; Spinelli, Andrea; Valencia, José María; Vicente, Nardo; Hendriks, Iris E.

doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.594378

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“…However, as expected, we did not find any P. nobilis individuals during the surveys. Although larval recruitment of this species has been recorded in larval collectors in the Columbretes Islands for several years after the mass mortality event (Kersting et al, 2020), we did not find any P. nobilis juveniles or recruits.…”

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“…This indicated that the P. rudis juveniles might have been recruited around 2017-2018. It must be noted that 2017 was an outstanding year for P. nobilis larval recruitment (Kersting et al, 2020), with García-March et al (2020) reporting the same for P. rudis. Although no smaller juveniles were found in the surveyed circles, exploratory dives during the summer of 2021 showed that another successful recruitment event happened most probably in 2020, since many small juveniles (n > 10, 6-10 cm Carallot 2 (201 m 2 ) 0/0 0/0 0/0 4/2* in total length, i.e., about 1 year in age; Fig.…”

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“…All the individuals found were identified at the species level. It must be noted that P. rudis juveniles are easily distinguishable from P. nobilis juveniles once they reach a certain size (Kersting et al, 2020).…”

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Is the local extinction of Pinna nobilis facilitating Pinna rudis recruitment?

Kersting

Ballesteros

2021

Medit. Mar. Sci.

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Until the late 2010s the spiny fan-mussel Pinna rudis shared habitat in many Mediterranean sites with Mediterranean endemic Pinna nobilis, which dominated in abundance but that has gone locally extinct in most of its distribution area due to a recent widespread disease outbreak. In the Columbretes Islands Marine Reserve (NW Mediterranean) both species coexisted until 2017, when P. nobilis populations completely disappeared. In spring 2021 we revisited 7 permanent plots covering 1,485 m2 that had been previously monitored during the period from 2005 to 2009. We found that although previous studies described P. rudis populations as stable with low recruitment rates, recruitment after 2017 increased in comparison to 2005-2009. At least two cohorts of recruits (~3 and ~1 year in age) were to be found both within the plots as well as in other areas throughout the Columbretes archipelago, colonizing areas previously occupied by P. nobilis. We hypothesize that P. rudis has been benefited by the local extinction of the sibling species P. nobilis, most probably as a result of reduced interspecific competition. The ecological role once played mainly by P. nobilis as the dominant species, might now be taken over by P. rudis, whose populations could grow during the oncoming years.

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Is the local extinction of Pinna nobilis facilitating Pinna rudis recruitment?

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Ballesteros

2021

Medit. Mar. Sci.

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“…Currently, healthy individuals of P. nobilis in the Mediterranean Sea have been confined at some localities: Thau Lagoon (France, Foulquié et al, 2020), Ebro's Delta andMar Menor Lagoon (Spain, Cabanellas-Reboredo et al, 2019;García-March et al, 2020), Venice Lagoon (Italy, Katsanevakis et al, 2021), Kalloni Gulf (Greece, Katsanevakis et al, 2021) and some localities in the Çanakkale Strait (Acarli et al, 2021). These areas not only act as refuges but are also potential larval exporting sites (Kerstling et al, 2020). Surveys to determine the disease mechanism of the pathogens and why some individuals are more resistant to pathogens should be carried out continuously.…”

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The last fortress fell: mass mortality of Pinna nobilis in the Sea of Marmara

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Bilecenoğlu²,

Yokeş³

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Medit. Mar. Sci.

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A spring 2021 cruise to the south Marmara Islands revealed a mass mortality event of Pinna nobilis, which were reported to be healthy just seven months ago. The cause of death might be associated with the epidemic infection or a catastrophic mucilage event seen after November 2020 in the Sea of Marmara. A total of 191 Pinna nobilis individuals were found at seven stations out of 10, of which 88% were dead. In the present study, the population density (dead and alive individuals) of P. nobilis was found to be between 0.3 ind.100 m-2 and 12 ind.100 m-2 in the area. A total of three live and four dead juvenile individuals were observed in the area, indicating low recent recruitment. The highest number of dead Pinna nobilis individuals (92 specimens) was encountered in shallow-waters (0-4 m depth). A total of 34 species belonging to six taxonomic groups (Sipuncula, Oligochaeta, Polychaeta, Crustacea, Mollusca, and Pisces) were found within the dead shells of four P. nobilis individuals. The mass mortality of Pinna nobilis in the Sea of Marmara, the last remaining disease-free sea, indicates the necessity of establishing and implementing emergency action plans for this species, including ex-situ conservation.

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“…The WMOP prediction system includes assimilation of satellite sea level and sea surface temperature measurements, as well as Argo temperature and salinity profiles and Ibiza Channel High-Frequency radar velocities, using the Ensemble Optimal Interpolation method described in Hernandez-Lasheras and Mourre (2018). The model was successfully used in a number of recent applications including the analysis of larval drift (Calò et al, 2018;Kersting et al, 2020), plastics or parasite dispersion (Cabanellas-Reboredo et al, 2019;Ruiz-Orejón et al, 2019;Compa et al, 2020), simulation of high-resolution observations (Fablet et al, 2018;Gómez-Navarro et al, 2018) or for dedicated products designed for instance for beach lifeguards or sustainable marine resources managers (Heslop et al, 2019 Three CMEMS models (GLO, MED, and IBI) cover the area that was most damaged by the Storm Gloria. This area of study is delimited by the Iberian Mediterranean coast and the Strait of Gibraltar to the west, the Gulf of Lions to the north, Corsica and Sardinia to the east and the North African coastline to the south.…”

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Evaluation of the Operational CMEMS and Coastal Downstream Ocean Forecasting Services During the Storm Gloria (January 2020)

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Storm Gloria was the 10th named storm in Europe for the 2019–2020 winter season, and it severely affected Spain and France. This powerful storm represents an excellent study case to analyze the capabilities of the different ocean model systems available in the Spanish Mediterranean coasts to simulate extreme events, as well as to assess their suitability to enhance preparedness in maritime disasters with high impacts on coastal areas. Five different operational ocean forecasting services able to predict the storm-induced ocean circulation are evaluated. Three of the systems are delivered by the Copernicus Marine Service (hereafter CMEMS): the CMEMS global scale solution (GLO-1/12°), the specific Mediterranean basin scale one (MED-1/24°), and the regional solution for the Atlantic façade (IBI-1/36°), which includes also part of the western Mediterranean. These CMEMS core products are complemented with two higher resolution models focused on more limited areas, which provide operational forecasts for coastal applications: the WMOP system developed at the Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB) with a horizontal resolution of roughly 2 km and the Puertos del Estado (PdE) SAMOA systems with a 350-m resolution that cover the coastal domains of the Spanish Port Authorities of Barcelona, Tarragona, Castellón and Almeria. Both the WMOP and SAMOA models are nested in CMEMS regional systems (MED and IBI, respectively) and constitute good examples of coastal-scale-oriented CMEMS downstream services. The skill of these five ocean models in reproducing the surface dynamics in the area during Gloria is evaluated using met-ocean in situ measurements from numerous buoys (moored in coastal and open waters) and coastal meteorological stations as a reference to track the effects of the storm in essential ocean variables such as surface current, water temperature, and salinity throughout January 2020. Furthermore, modeled surface dynamics are validated against hourly surface current fields from the two high-frequency radar systems available in the zone (the SOCIB HF-Radar system covering the eastern part of the Ibiza Channel and the PdE one at Tarragona, which covers the Ebro Delta, one of the coastal areas most impacted by Gloria). The results assess the performance of the dynamical downscaling at two different levels: first, within the own CMEMS service (with their regional products, as enhanced solutions with respect to the global one) and second in the coastal down-streaming service side (with very high-resolution models reaching coastal scales). This multi-model study case focused on Storm Gloria has allowed to identify some strengths and limitations of the systems currently in operations, and it can help outlining future model service upgrades aimed at better forecasting extreme coastal events.

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Recruitment Disruption and the Role of Unaffected Populations for Potential Recovery After the Pinna nobilis Mass Mortality Event

Cited by 35 publications

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Is the local extinction of Pinna nobilis facilitating Pinna rudis recruitment?

Is the local extinction of Pinna nobilis facilitating Pinna rudis recruitment?

The last fortress fell: mass mortality of Pinna nobilis in the Sea of Marmara

Evaluation of the Operational CMEMS and Coastal Downstream Ocean Forecasting Services During the Storm Gloria (January 2020)

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