Pedro A. S. Longo, Karine F. R. Mansur, Amanda T. Silva, Flávio D. Passos, Fosca P. P. Leite
{"title":"Species diversity, trophic structure, and taxonomic distinctness of molluscan assemblages associated with Sargassum beds in a historically impacted bay","authors":"Pedro A. S. Longo, Karine F. R. Mansur, Amanda T. Silva, Flávio D. Passos, Fosca P. P. Leite","doi":"10.1111/maec.12769","DOIUrl":"10.1111/maec.12769","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Anthropogenic impacts on coastal habitats can result in alterations of diversity parameters in marine invertebrate assemblages. Macroalgae beds are highly susceptible to human-induced disturbances, supporting a great diversity of molluscan species and being ecologically important for coastal ecosystems. This study investigates the diversity alterations on <i>Sargassum</i>-associated molluscan assemblages from areas with different distances from a main source of pollution within a historically impacted bay in Brazil. In general, sites closer to the pollution source presented lower species diversity, trophic diversity, and taxonomic relatedness among species. Beta diversity among assemblages was highly correlated with environmental differentiations among localities due to heavy metal concentrations in algal tissue. <i>Bittiolum varium</i> was the dominant species and was mainly responsible for differences in community parameters. Several trophic groups were well-represented in <i>Sargassum</i>-associated molluscan fauna, but assemblages were mostly dominated by micrograzers. A seasonal trend was observed in diversity alterations, with lower diversity during warm season at most sites except Santa Rita, possibly because it is the site less affected by human impacts. The importance of other environmental variables, such as hydrodynamism, for molluscan composition is also discussed. Our results highlight the potential of <i>Sargassum</i>-associated molluscan assemblages for the study of impacted areas and reinforce the importance of using multiple community metrics to understand the biodiversity patterns of marine invertebrates under anthropogenic impacts.</p>","PeriodicalId":49883,"journal":{"name":"Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective","volume":"44 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46872947","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 involving a different prey type, microhabitat and location, and long-term anvil use, by the graphic tuskfish Choerodon graphicus (De Vis 1885)","authors":"Kimberley Jane Pryor, Ashley Monique Milton","doi":"10.1111/maec.12768","DOIUrl":"10.1111/maec.12768","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Tool use is a remarkable animal behaviour, and the investigation of this phenomenon in fishes is a relatively new and growing field. The graphic tuskfish <i>Choerodon graphicus</i> (De Vis 1885) has previously been documented using anvils but the extent and variability of this tool-use behaviour remains poorly understood. In this study, we investigated whether <i>C</i>. <i>graphicus</i> breaks open crustaceans and/or sea urchins on anvils in different microhabitats and/or locations. We also inspected two previously identified anvils for evidence of long-term anvil use. Three individual <i>C</i>. <i>graphicus</i> were observed breaking open sea urchins on dead coral anvils in a coral rubble microhabitat at Île aux Canards, New Caledonia. They produced visual and auditory cues while carrying out tool-use behaviour and these cues often attracted attendant fishes. Notably, two anvils appeared to have been used by one or more tool-using <i>C</i>. <i>graphicus</i> for years at Îlot Maître, New Caledonia. These findings suggest that tool-use behaviour is both innate and learned and is a prey-handling method of choice used by individuals that learn to specialise in large prey items from a few underutilised hard-shelled prey species. Furthermore, the findings show that specific anvils can be used long-term and also suggest that individual wrasses may carry out tool-use behaviour long-term. The study provides new insights into the feeding ecology and social behaviour of <i>C</i>. <i>graphicus</i> and underscores the need to further investigate the extent and variability of tool use in fishes.</p>","PeriodicalId":49883,"journal":{"name":"Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective","volume":"44 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41667750","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":"The planktonic food web in the Gulf of Naples based on the analysis of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios","authors":"Louise Merquiol, M. Mazzocchi, I. D’Ambra","doi":"10.1111/maec.12762","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12762","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49883,"journal":{"name":"Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48052286","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":"Ecosystems of the Mediterranean Sea: A photographic dive. Glaeser, G. and , D. 2023. Springer, 200 pp. ISBN 978-3-031-22333-4 (Hardcover: € 36.29), ISBN 978-3-031-22334-1 (eBook: € 26.74). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22334-1","authors":"Michael Stachowitsch","doi":"10.1111/maec.12764","DOIUrl":"10.1111/maec.12764","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49883,"journal":{"name":"Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective","volume":"44 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47195987","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}
Luis G. Fonseca, Wilbert N. Villachica, Eduardo Rangel, Eric Palola, Monique Gilbert, Roldán A. Valverde
{"title":"Reassessment of the olive ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea nesting population at Nancite Beach, Costa Rica","authors":"Luis G. Fonseca, Wilbert N. Villachica, Eduardo Rangel, Eric Palola, Monique Gilbert, 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<sub>95%</sub>). 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}
Claudia Traboni, D. Sarno, M. Ribera d’Alcalá, M. Mazzocchi
{"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}