The Influence of Texture and Composition of Surface on the Attachment of Sedentary Marine Organisms

Pomerat, C. M.; Weiss, Charles M.

doi:10.2307/1538033

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“…This issue needs to be added to the long list of considerations for studies involving settlement panels, such as the size (Jackson 1977, Osman 1977, Keough 1984, Butler 1991 and surface characteristics of the panels (e.g. texture: Pomerat & Weiss 1946, Crisp & Ryland 1960, complexity: Bourget et al 1994, Walters & Wethey 1996, composition: Raimondi 1988, McGuinness 1989, Anderson & Underwood 1994.…”

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Development of sessile marine assemblages on fixed versus moving substrata

Glasby¹

2001

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Epibiotic assemblages have been shown previously to differ between pontoons and rocky reefs. This may occur for a variety of reasons, one of which is that pontoons move, whereas reefs do not. Effects of movement of the substratum are particularly pertinent to studies involving settlement panels because these experimental units are often suspended from pontoons such that they can move up and down, or attached to ropes such that they can rotate. The development of epibiotic assemblages on panels that were fixed, moved up and down, or rotated, was studied to test hypotheses about the effects of movement on sessile organisms. The covers of barnacles, sponges and ascidians increased greatly with increasing movement and/or rotation of the substratum, whereas species of red and brown foliose algae and tubiculous polychaetes generally decreased with increasing movement and/or rotation of the substratum. In general, assemblages on panels that moved up and down were most similar to those on rotating panels. One of the most obvious differences was the 2 to 3-fold greater biomass on rotating panels compared to fixed panels, which was attributed to the greater abundance of barnacles. It was concluded that, although movement of a surface can influence the composition of assemblages, this factor on its own may explain only some of the differences reported between pontoons and reefs. Furthermore, the method of deployment of settlement panels was shown to have great effects on the types of assemblages that develop. Differences in water flow were proposed to explain some of the observed patterns, but this idea needs to be investigated further.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Development of sessile marine assemblages on fixed versus moving substrata

Glasby¹

2001

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…Conflictingly, Raimondi (1988) found differences in the recruitment levels of Chthamalus anispoma barnacles on granite and basaltic rocks, attributing these differences to post-settlement mortality. Other authors, using a variety of natural and artificial substrata have all found differences in the settlement density of barnacles in situ on silanes, bakélite, glass, asbestos, Perspex, PVC, metals, ceramics, slate, Tufnol, wood and beeswax (Pomerat & Reiner, 1942;Pomerat & Weiss, 1946;Gregg, 1948;Pyefinch, 1948;Crisp & Barnes, 1954;Meadows, 1969 andWalker, 1987).…”

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The effect of rock‐type on the settlement ofbalanus balanoides(L.) cyprids

Holmes¹,

Sturgess

Davies

1997

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The nature of surfaces has been shown to have significant effects on the settlement of marine organisms. However, the few studies on the effect of natural rock surfaces on barnacle settlement have produced conflicting results. Here the settlement of Balanus balanoides (L.) cyprids on a variety of natural rock-types is investigated in situ in the absence of strong colour cues. The potential effect of surface texture was minimised as only 5 of the 15 examined rocks showed significant differences in surface rugosity. Significant differences in settlement preferences between rock types were observed independent of any potential effect of surface rugosity or colour cues which were found to have no effect on settlement. Slate was the most attractive rock-type followed by quartz and marble. Millstone grit sandstone and granitic gneiss were the least attractive and showed significant differences from slate, quartz and marble but not from all other rock-types. It is proposed that these differences are due either individually or in combination to the ability of a particular rock-type to sequest/partition solutes, and the scale of the physio-chemical heterogeneity of the rock type.

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“…Such a surface affordsa better key for settlement (see Barnes, Crisp & Powell, 1951), and also is less easily desiccated (see Pomerat & Reiner, 1942;Pomerat & Weiss, 1946;Barnes & Crisp, 1953).…”

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The Growth Of Balanus Balanoides (L.) and B. Crenatus Brug. Under Varying Conditions Of Submersion

Barnes¹,

Powell²

1953

J. Mar. Biol. Ass.

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The length, breadth, and in part the height, of individual Balanus balanoides and B. crenatus have been measured over several seasons, and the mean specific growth-rates calculated. The B. balanoides had settled at various known intertidal levels, and both species under conditions of permanent submersion.Under all conditions, except on the highest intertidal panels, length increases rapidly subsequent to settlement and during the early summer. B. crenatus can reach its virtual maximum size (20–25 nun. rostro-carinal length) in a single growing season, under the conditions studied. Late-settled B. crenatus continue to grow further into the autumn, and begin to grow again early in the spring of the second season at the end of which the virtual maximum size is reached. The seasonal growth of both intertidal and submerged B. balanoides is similar, but the growth-rate is a function of submersion, which is, of course, dependent upon the tidal level. However, maximum growth is not reached in the first season and there is consequently relatively more growth in the second season than in B. crenatus.The mean specific growth-rates in both species decrease with increasing size and, with permanently submerged B. crenatus, there is no suggestion that during the first spring and early summer any change in the environmental factors was effective. On the intertidal panels, the mean specific growth-rates at a given size vary with the tidal level, and this effect is most marked in the smaller barnacles.

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The Influence of Texture and Composition of Surface on the Attachment of Sedentary Marine Organisms

Cited by 74 publications

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Development of sessile marine assemblages on fixed versus moving substrata

Development of sessile marine assemblages on fixed versus moving substrata

The effect of rock‐type on the settlement ofbalanus balanoides(L.) cyprids

The Growth Of Balanus Balanoides (L.) and B. Crenatus Brug. Under Varying Conditions Of Submersion

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