Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective最新文献

{"title":"Reassessment of the olive ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea nesting population at Nancite Beach, Costa Rica","authors":"Luis G. Fonseca,&nbsp;Wilbert N. Villachica,&nbsp;Eduardo Rangel,&nbsp;Eric Palola,&nbsp;Monique Gilbert,&nbsp;Roldán A. Valverde","doi":"10.1111/maec.12761","DOIUrl":"10.1111/maec.12761","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Nancite is a fully protected beach within the Guanacaste Conservation Area, Costa Rica where olive ridley (<i>Lepidochelys olivacea</i>) sea turtles nest in synchronous mass-nesting events known as arribadas. Arribadas decreased in magnitude at this beach by approximately 90% during the period 1971–2007 due to unknown causes. The total count estimate of females nesting in a year also decreased over these decades. In the present study, from August 2009 to February 2021, the trend of arribada nesting female abundance and estimated annual production of hatchlings were assessed and compared with previous trend analyses. A total of 62 mass-nesting events were quantified in the period 2009–2021, with an estimated annual average of 64,694 nesting females. Trend analysis indicated that during our recent study period, the number of females per arribada event increased by an estimated 14% (8%, 20% CI_95%). During this period, a mean hatching rate of 33.4% was estimated, corresponding to an overall estimated production average of 2,165,597 per season, which represented an increase of 82.7% compared with a previous estimate for the period 1980–1984, when the arribadas were larger. We suggest that the growth in hatchling production over the past four decades is at least in part responsible for the slight increase in the estimated size of arribadas since 2009/2010. However, because maximal hatching success did not increase above 60%, the beach may be close to reaching carrying capacity, and it seems that high hatchling production may soon level off or begin to decrease. Thus, it is not clear whether current hatchling production will lead to the recovery of the Nancite population to the historical levels documented in the 1970s and early 1980s.</p>","PeriodicalId":49883,"journal":{"name":"Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective","volume":"44 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49519787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Microplastics in the menu of Mediterranean zooplankton: Insights from the feeding response of the calanoid copepod Centropages typicus","authors":"Claudia Traboni, D. Sarno, M. Ribera d’Alcalá, M. Mazzocchi","doi":"10.1111/maec.12760","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12760","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49883,"journal":{"name":"Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47650477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Handbook of marine model organisms in experimental biology: Established and emerging. By Boutet, A., Schierwater, B. (Eds.), 2022.\u0000 CRC\u0000 Press, Taylor & Francis Group. 487 pp.\u0000 ISBN\u0000 978–0–367‐44,447‐1 (hardcover; $228.16).\u0000 ISBN\u0000 : 978–1–003‐21,750‐3 (ebook).\u0000 ISBN\u0000 : 978–1–032‐10,883‐4 (paperback)","authors":"Dea Putri Andeska, Siti Suleho Batubara","doi":"10.1111/maec.12748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12748","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49883,"journal":{"name":"Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45973975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Plastics and the ocean: Origin, characterization, fate, and impacts. Andrady, A.L. (ed.) 2022. John Wiley & Sons, 484 pp.\u0000 ISBN\u0000 9781119768401 (Hardcover: £148)","authors":"M. Stachowitsch","doi":"10.1111/maec.12749","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12749","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49883,"journal":{"name":"Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41941143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Biophysical predictors of spatial variation in abundance and population dynamics of an invasive decapod","authors":"Christopher P. Bloch,&nbsp;Samantha J. Sawyer,&nbsp;Nicholas B. Hathaway,&nbsp;Kourtnie Bouley,&nbsp;Jocelyn L. Briggs,&nbsp;Victoria Frew,&nbsp;Thilina D. Surasinghe","doi":"10.1111/maec.12732","DOIUrl":"10.1111/maec.12732","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Population dynamics of invasive species and their impacts on native communities vary substantially geographically and in different environmental contexts. Therefore, effective management of invasive species requires understanding how habitat characteristics, anthropogenic effects, or other perturbations can influence their abundance and impacts on native communities at multiple spatial and temporal scales. This is particularly challenging when geographically widespread, long-term data are lacking. The Asian shore crab, <i>Hemigrapsus sanguineus</i>, is a well-studied invader on the Atlantic North American coast. A few studies suggest that its populations may be declining in parts of its introduced range, but spatial variation in its population dynamics is considerable even among geographically proximal habitats. We explore the ability of habitat characteristics and prey availability to predict abundance of the Asian shore crab at 12 rocky intertidal sites in southern New England over 5 years (2014–2018). Overall, abundance of the Asian shore crab increased non-linearly with time, with the rate of increase declining over time, but abundance varied among sites and population dynamics were spatially asynchronous. Aspects of habitat complexity and disturbance strongly contributed to variation in abundance, but the most important predictors reflected complex and non-linear interactions among sea surface temperature, latitude, and prey abundance. The influence of prey abundance and latitude on crab abundance were modulated by the survey years, which underscores the importance of temporal variation in mediating the species–habitat relationship. Uncovering such intricate dynamics warrants long-term data on population trends and impacts of invasive species, geographically replicated at multiple sites to capture regional heterogeneity.</p>","PeriodicalId":49883,"journal":{"name":"Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective","volume":"43 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47049962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Disruptive coloration and behavior facilitate camouflage of blue-spotted cornetfish against complex coral reef bottoms","authors":"María Alejandra Castillo,&nbsp;Jose Tavera","doi":"10.1111/maec.12731","DOIUrl":"10.1111/maec.12731","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Avoiding recognition involves the use of extraordinary strategies, among which camouflage is the most common. Crypsis, a usual form of camouflage, involves, among many other strategies, disruptive coloration that uses marks that disguise the contours of creatures to hide it. Fish that live on coral reefs have developed several cryptic strategies to avoid the risk of detection. The blue-spotted cornetfish, <i>Fistularia commersonii</i>, presents a pattern of dark bands that give the perception of disruptive coloration; however, this strategy has not been characterized for this fish. This study was conducted on the eastern coral reefs of Gorgona Island National Natural Park (Colombia). To confirm whether <i>F. commersonii</i> presents a disruptive pattern, photographs, and videos in situ of the individuals were taken, in addition to recording aspects of their behavior during changes in coloration. After strict selection, different images were processed and evaluated using three different visual systems (potential predator, potential prey, and human) to calculate the GabRat metric, that is detect consistent to inconsistent edges of a pattern. The images analysed and the observations indicate that this species displays a disruptive pattern that is used more frequently in the reef flat and during alert states, either in the presence of a possible predator or during the search for food.</p>","PeriodicalId":49883,"journal":{"name":"Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective","volume":"43 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49622396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tool use by the orange wrasse Pseudolabrus luculentus and doubleheader Coris bulbifrons","authors":"Kimberley Jane Pryor","doi":"10.1111/maec.12727","DOIUrl":"10.1111/maec.12727","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The present study investigated whether temperate wrasses in a geographical location in the southern hemisphere break open crab prey on anvils. Here, tool-use behaviour is reported in two temperate wrasses, the orange wrasse <i>Pseudolabrus luculentus</i> and the doubleheader <i>Coris bulbifrons</i>, at Lord Howe Island, Australia. In addition to the previous observations of this behaviour, these findings suggest that tool use is common and may be ubiquitous, in medium-sized carnivorous wrasses that are undergoing an ontogenetic shift from soft-bodied to hard-shelled prey.</p>","PeriodicalId":49883,"journal":{"name":"Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective","volume":"43 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49615442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Core microbiome of corals Pocillopora damicornis and Pocillopora verrucosa in the northeastern tropical Pacific","authors":"Martha L. Ostria-Hernández,&nbsp;Joicye Hernández-Zulueta,&nbsp;Ofelia Vargas-Ponce,&nbsp;Leopoldo Díaz-Pérez,&nbsp;Rubén Araya,&nbsp;Alma P. Rodríguez-Troncoso,&nbsp;Eduardo Ríos-Jara,&nbsp;Fabián A. Rodríguez-Zaragoza","doi":"10.1111/maec.12729","DOIUrl":"10.1111/maec.12729","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Identifying the core microbiome structure of a metaorganism can be used to monitor the impact of a perturbation against it and the changes in its stability (i.e., dysbiosis), resistance, and resilience. The core-microbiome interaction regulates holobiont health and homeostasis and is an indicator of the resilience of the whole community. This study determined the exclusive and shared core microbiome taxa of two reef-building coral species (<i>Pocillopora damicornis</i> and <i>P. verrucosa</i>), as well as the surrounding seawater and sediment, in six coral communities along the Northeastern tropical Pacific region. We also analysed the putative metabolic functions of the most abundant OTUs of these core microbiomes and evaluated the influence of anthropogenic stressors (i.e., tourism, fishery, eutrophication, among others) on core microbiome composition. Bacterial diversity was assessed by sequencing the V4 region of the 16S rRNA. The bacterial families Planctomycetaceae, Oceanospirillaceae, and Moraxellaceae presented the highest relative abundances in corals samples, while Flavobacteriaceae and Rhodobacteraceae dominated in seawater samples. In the sediment samples, Pseudoalteromonadaceae, Oxalobacteraceae, Moraxellaceae, and Pseudonocardiaceae had the highest representation. The core microbiomes of the two coral species, seawater, and sediment, shared 571 OTUs. The <i>P. damicornis</i> core microbiome varied between sites with low and moderately-high anthropogenic stressors. The core microbiomes of both coral species showed an increase in the relative abundance of the families Planctomycetaceae and Pseudomonadaceae in the sites with moderate-high anthropogenic stressors, associated with higher values of ammonium, chlorophyll <i>a</i>, and extinction coefficient. In contrast, the core microbiome of <i>P. verrucosa</i>, seawater, and sediments did not vary between sites with different anthropogenic stress conditions. Aerobic chemoheterotrophy was the metabolic function with the highest occurrence in all substrates' core microbiomes, followed by ureolysis and photoautotrophy.</p>","PeriodicalId":49883,"journal":{"name":"Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective","volume":"43 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43173835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Feeding guilds among batoids in the northwest coast of the Baja California Sur, Mexico","authors":"Henrry Reyes-Ramírez,&nbsp;Arturo Tripp-Valdez,&nbsp;Fernando R. Elorriaga-Verplancken,&nbsp;Alejandra Piñón-Gimate,&nbsp;Manuel J. Zetina Rejón,&nbsp;Felipe Galván-Magaña","doi":"10.1111/maec.12728","DOIUrl":"10.1111/maec.12728","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Research on the feeding habits of batoids provides information of intra and interspecific interactions of this taxon in marine ecosystems. We analyzed 832 stomachs of nine ray species collected from the artisanal fishery on the Northwest coast of Baja California Sur (NBCS). We identified 79 prey items assembled in five trophic groups (crustaceans, fish, mollusks, polychaetes, and sipunculidae). Results indicated that the red crab <i>Pleuroncodes planipes</i> was the most important prey in the diet of the seven batoid species. A low dietary similarity of the rays was observed, which evidenced different feeding strategies. In this regard, we identified four well-separated trophic guilds. Each guild was characterized by the consumption of specific prey: (1) <i>Hypanus dipterurus</i> and <i>Narcine entemedor</i> that fed mostly on polychaetes; (2) <i>Rostroraja velezi</i> and <i>Gymnura marmorata</i> fed mostly on fishes (Clupeidae and Batrachoididae); (3) <i>Hypanus longus</i>, <i>Myliobatis californica</i>, and <i>Platyrhinoidis triseriata</i> fed on crustaceans (Munnidae) and Sipunculus worms; and (4) <i>Pseudobatos productus</i> and <i>Zapteryx exasperata</i> fed on crustaceans (Portunidae) and fishes (Synodontidae and Batrachoididae). We concluded that batoids off the NBCS show prey sharing between the different species.</p>","PeriodicalId":49883,"journal":{"name":"Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective","volume":"43 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41888192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Spatial distribution and density of the invasive sea urchin Diadema setosum in Turkey (eastern Mediterranean)","authors":"Fikret Öndes,&nbsp;Vahit Alan,&nbsp;Michel J. Kaiser,&nbsp;Harun Güçlüsoy","doi":"10.1111/maec.12724","DOIUrl":"10.1111/maec.12724","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The sea urchin, <i>Diadema setosum</i>, is a poisonous species that originates in the Indo-Pacific and the Red Sea. Although this species has been recorded in several areas in the Mediterranean Sea, its habitat selection, density, distribution and ecological impacts have not been comprehensively documented to date. This study combined the diving observations (<i>n</i> = 53 sites) and local ecological knowledge (LEK) of SCUBA divers (<i>n</i> = 100) to provide information on the distribution and density of this invasive sea urchin on the Aegean and Levantine coasts of Turkey between September and October 2020. The results indicated that <i>D</i>. <i>setosum</i> was more prevalent along the southern coast of Turkey compared with the western coast, where it is colder. The highest densities of <i>D</i>. <i>setosum</i> were observed in rocky habitats at a depth range of 0–5 m. Moreover, the densities increased with increasing bottom temperatures (up to 150 ind./100 m²). Recent reports from the Levantine and south Aegean coasts highlighted that the densities of <i>D</i>. <i>setosum</i> increased dramatically during the past year. The results of the present study suggested that <i>D</i>. <i>setosum</i> provides shelter for a total of four fish species, including <i>Chromis chromis</i>, <i>Gobius</i> sp., <i>Cheilodipterus novemstriatus</i> and <i>Thalassoma pavo</i>. This species of urchin poses a threat due to its potential grazing and bioerosion effects in the Mediterranean. Thus, future studies should focus on the feeding ecology of <i>D</i>. <i>setosum</i> and the competition with native species that share the same habitat to obtain an improved understanding of the ecological impacts of this invasive species. Although the present study provides the first comprehensive dataset on the density and distribution of this invasive sea urchin for Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean region, we suggest that its population should be monitored for long periods using direct observations, LEK and citizen science.</p>","PeriodicalId":49883,"journal":{"name":"Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective","volume":"43 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48892928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}