Regular and irregular events in fouling communities in the White Sea

Khalaman, V. V.

doi:10.1007/s10750-012-1432-2

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“…Nonetheless, it is unlikely that the differences in mussel response to S. rustica and H. arctica can be explained only by the differences in substrate mobility. Both Mytilus edulis and S. rustica are dominant competitors in fouling communities characterized by intense interspecific competition (Oshurkov ; Khalaman , , ). In contrast, H. arctica is a subdominant species in both mussel‐ and ascidian‐dominated fouling communities (Khalaman , , ).…”

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“…More or less regular fluctuations in dominance are observed, where populations of S. rustica replace those of M. edulis , and vice versa . The duration of each stage varies from 3 to 15 years (Oshurkov , ; Khalaman , , , ). The alternation of dominant taxa is explained by the fact that both M. edulis and S. rustica lack in‐advance mass recruitment that might replace members of the aging population.…”

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Clumping behavior and byssus production as strategies for substrate competition in Mytilus edulis

Khalaman

Lezin

2015

Invertebrate Biology

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Laboratory experiments showed that the mussel Mytilus edulis aggregated more intensely around living organisms (the bivalve Hiatella arctica and the solitary ascidian Styela rustica, which commonly co-occur with mussels in fouling communities) than around inanimate objects. When exposed to an inanimate object, mussels attached their byssal threads primarily to the substrate, close to the object, but when exposed to a living organism, they attached their byssal threads directly to the organism. The ascidian was more intensely covered with byssal threads than was the bivalve. Mussel attachment to the ascidians was apparently determined by the physical characteristics of the tunic and to a lesser extent by the excretion-secretion products released by S. rustica. This study indicates that mussels can use byssus threads as a means of entrapment of potential competitors for space. It remains unclear why mussels preferentially attached to ascidians compared to the bivalve. This can be explained either by competitive interactions, or by attractiveness of the ascidian tunic as an attachment substratum.

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Clumping behavior and byssus production as strategies for substrate competition in Mytilus edulis

Khalaman

Lezin

2015

Invertebrate Biology

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“…Macoma balthica from the northernmost part of Kandalaksha Bay showed strong inter-annual variation in abundance between the years 1992 and 2012. The alternation between the periods of high and low abundance is typical for many White Sea invertebrates, sticklebacks and seagrasses (Khalaman & Naumov, 2009; Gerasimova & Maximovich, 2013; Khalaman, 2013; Varfolomeeva & Naumov, 2013; Ivanova et al , 2016; Khaitov & Lentsman, 2016). This alternation was found to be regular in mussel beds (Khaitov, 2013) and fouling subtidal communities (Khalaman, 2013), but irregular in soft-shell clams Mya arenaria (Gerasimova & Maximovich, 2013).…”

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“…The dynamics of the White Sea intertidal communities have been studied for almost 30 years (Sergievsky et al , 1997; Sukhotin & Berger, 2013). These studies proposed several causes to describe the changes in species abundances: species interactions (Khalaman, 2013; Naumov et al , 2014), rare weather events (Naumov, 2013) and cyclic character in population recruitment (Khaitov, 2013), although the relationship between abundance and climate oscillations were not discussed.…”

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Trends and drivers of Macoma balthica L. dynamics in Kandalaksha Bay, the White Sea

Genelt-Yanovskiy

Aristov

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J. Mar. Biol. Ass.

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Long-term population dynamics of marine invertebrates can be shaped by environmental conditions as well as biotic factors, including predation, diseases, interspecific or intraspecific competition. Towards the northern edge of species ranges the role of biotic interactions gradually decreases while the impact of climate oscillations becomes more important. This study examined the long-term changes in abundance, individual growth rates and shell shape characteristics of Macoma balthica, one of the dominant species in White Sea soft-bottom intertidal communities. To test the role of predators in changes in clam abundance, we examined the number of moonsnails Amauropsis islandica. Macoma balthica exhibited spatially synchronous population dynamics at six sites in Kandalaksha Bay, where densities of clams varied between 140 and 8500 ind. m−2 during the 21-year period of observations. Statistical modelling using generalized additive models (GAM) shows that a combination of mild winter and warm summer led to an increase in M. balthica density the following year. Predation by A. islandica had no impact on changes in M. balthica density. Growth rates of M. balthica were higher during a cool decade, but clams that lived in a warmer period were characterized by more globose shells. Our results suggest that the climate oscillations can be regarded as the key factor causing the shift in abundance of M. balthica in the White Sea during the last two decades via recruitment and survival.

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“…The composition and quantitative characteristics of the associated fauna are influenced by interannual (Khalaman & Naumov, 2009; Naumov et al ., 2009; Khalaman, 2013) and seasonal (Tokeshi, 1995; Adami et al ., 2004; Costa et al ., 2015; Dias et al ., 2015) fluctuations in the number of species comprising this fauna and by the population state of the engineering species, in particular, the ageing process of the population (Tsuchia & Nishihira, 1985, 1986; Khalaman, 1989; Günther, 1996; Büttger et al ., 2008).…”

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Comparative efficiency of Mytilus edulis as engineering species for shallow-water fouling communities on artificial structures in the White Sea

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Currently, there is little comparative data on ‘efficiency’ of different engineering species, i.e. species richness, density and biomass of the associated organisms that have been supported by engineering species. The use of fouling communities makes it possible to compare the efficiency of different engineering species under the same conditions, which is necessary to obtain correct estimates and difficult to do when studying natural bottom communities. In this study, we have analysed the fouling communities in four different mussel culture farms in the White Sea to test the following hypotheses. (1) Different engineering species (mussel Mytilus edulis, solitary ascidian Styela rustica, sponge Halichondria panicea) have different assemblages of the associated vagile fauna. (2) Mytilus edulis is the most efficient engineering species, i.e. species richness, species diversity, density and biomass of the associated vagile fauna is higher in the mussel communities than in those dominated by Styela rustica or Halichondria panicea. The first hypothesis was confirmed, while the second was rejected. In all the culture farms studied, all parameters of the mussel-associated vagile fauna were not higher and in most cases were even lower than those of the fauna associated with ascidians or sponges. The reason for this seems to be the very dense packing of mussels in patches. Therefore, Mytilus edulis is not the most efficient engineering species among fouling organisms, at least in the conditions of the subarctic White Sea. The data obtained are particularly important in view of the ever-increasing volume of anthropogenic substrate and fouling communities in coastal marine ecosystems.

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Regular and irregular events in fouling communities in the White Sea

Cited by 9 publications

References 61 publications

Clumping behavior and byssus production as strategies for substrate competition in Mytilus edulis

Clumping behavior and byssus production as strategies for substrate competition in Mytilus edulis

Trends and drivers of Macoma balthica L. dynamics in Kandalaksha Bay, the White Sea

Comparative efficiency of Mytilus edulis as engineering species for shallow-water fouling communities on artificial structures in the White Sea

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