L. Sanvicente-Añorve, F. Solís-Marín, V. Solís-Weiss, E. Lemus-Santana
{"title":"Population density and spatial arrangement of two holothurian species in a coral reef system: Is clumping behavior an anti-predatory strategy?","authors":"L. Sanvicente-Añorve, F. Solís-Marín, V. Solís-Weiss, E. Lemus-Santana","doi":"10.21411/CBM.A.D6067B64","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.D6067B64","url":null,"abstract":"A first attempt to estimate population densities of Holothuria atra and H. pardalis in relation to the spatial arrangement of individuals was made around Clipperton atoll. Seven sites of 120 m2 each with four transects were examined, counting the individuals per holothurian group: in total 1711 of which 1199 H. atra and 512 H. pardalis. The Morisita index of aggregation was applied to identify the spatial arrangement of individuals: random, uniform or clumped. Holothuria atra was found all around the atoll and densities varied between 0.03 to 4.78 ind m-2. It showed a clumped distribution on the eastern side of the atoll, and random and uniform patterns on the western side. Its broad distribution was attributed to its being a 'habitat generalist species', its tolerance to high temperatures, and its ability reproduce both sexually and asexually. Holothuria pardalis was found in only one site with 4.27 ind m-2 and a clumped distribution. The correlation of the Morisita index and density values of both species revealed that high densities were associated with a high degree of aggregation. This result led us to hypothesize that the clumped distribution of holothurians might provide protection against predators. Other ecological factors causing aggregations are discussed.","PeriodicalId":50716,"journal":{"name":"Cahiers De Biologie Marine","volume":"65 1","pages":"307-315"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89668838","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":"Alien Mollusca in the Levantine Sea: an update. Occurrence of Ervilia scaliola Issel, 1869 along the Levantine coast of Turkey","authors":"A. Zenetos, P. Ovalis","doi":"10.5281/ZENODO.27476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.27476","url":null,"abstract":"The present work updates the number of alien molluscs reported in the eastern Mediterranean since 2012 and brings the total to more than 100 species in the Levantine Turkish Coast. Ervilia scaliola Issel, 1869, widespread in the Red Sea, was collected in August 2013 from Tasucu Harbour, Levantine coast of Turkey. This is the first record of E. scaliola in the Mediterranean Sea. Although shipping appears to be the most probable vector of its introduction, Lessepsian migration cannot be ruled out as a pathway.","PeriodicalId":50716,"journal":{"name":"Cahiers De Biologie Marine","volume":"20 1","pages":"50-510"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2014-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79904748","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}
E. Lemus-Santana, L. Sanvicente-Añorve, M. HERMOSO-SALAZAR, C. Flores-Coto
{"title":"The holoplanktonic Mollusca from the southern Gulf of Mexico. Part 1: heteropods","authors":"E. Lemus-Santana, L. Sanvicente-Añorve, M. HERMOSO-SALAZAR, C. Flores-Coto","doi":"10.21411/CBM.A.97709F44","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.97709F44","url":null,"abstract":"Cette etude documente la distribution verticale et horizontale des Mollusques heteropodes dans la zone epipelagique neritique du sud du Golfe du Mexique. Les echantillons de plancton ont ete preleves a 28 stations au sud du parallele 18°N, la zone la plus meridionale du Golfe du Mexique, durant les mois de mai et novembre 1995. 187 echantillons ont ete recoltes a cinq intervalles de profondeur de la colonne d'eau (0-6, 6-12, 12-18, 45-55 et 95-105 m) avec un filet ouvrant-fermant de 75 cm de diametre et 505 μm de vide de maille. Quatorze especes de Mollusques heteropodes ont ete identifiees ; les especes dominantes, expliquant 97% de l'abondance totale, etaient Atlanta lesueurii (60%), A. gaudichaudi (15%), Firoloida desmarestia (12%) et A. selvagensis (10%). Dans la colonne d'eau, leurs densites plus elevees ont ete enregistrees dans la couche de 0-18 m. Saisonnierement, seule A. gaudichaudi a enregistre son abondance la plus elevee en novembre. Nous suggerons que les variations saisonnieres de dominance des especes d'heteropodes pourraient etre une strategie ecologique permettant d'eviter la competition pour les ressources alimentaires. Le carinariide Carinaria challengeri est signale pour la premiere fois en Atlantique occidental. Nous donnons egalement une documentation detaillee sur la distribution mondiale des 14 especes d'heteropodes identifiees dans cette etude.","PeriodicalId":50716,"journal":{"name":"Cahiers De Biologie Marine","volume":"51 1","pages":"229-239"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85291277","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}
C. Turan, B. Öztürk, M. Caliskan, Ertuğ Düzgüneş, Mevlüt Gürlek, D. Yağlioğlu, D. Hazar, Sibel Sevenler
{"title":"Genetic variation of Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) in the Turkish waters.","authors":"C. Turan, B. Öztürk, M. Caliskan, Ertuğ Düzgüneş, Mevlüt Gürlek, D. Yağlioğlu, D. Hazar, Sibel Sevenler","doi":"10.5072/ZENODO.52736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5072/ZENODO.52736","url":null,"abstract":"Variation genetique du chinchard (Trachurus trachurus) dans les eaux turques. Les variations geographiques de Trachurus trachurus basees sur le gene mitochondrial 16S rDNA a 8 stations, incluant les Mer Noire, Marmara, Egee et le nord-est de la Mer Mediterranee ont ete recherchees. Les analyses RFLP revelent 14 haplotypes chez les 307 individus des differentes populations. La repartition des groupes haplotypiques suit la plupart du temps l'origine geographique des populations. La diversite haplotypique moyenne au sein des populations est elevee (0,7311) et la diversite nucleotidique faible (0,0071). La faible divergence nucleotidique moyenne entre les echantillons est de 0,00271. La plus forte valeur de divergence nucleotidique a ete detectee entre les echantillons de Mer Noire occidentale et orientale (0,01119) et la plus faible (-0,00018) entre les deux echantillons du nord-est de la Mediterranee. Des populations differant par leurs frequences haplotypiques ont ete detectees par la methode de Monte Carlo. La distribution des haplotypes et l'estimation de la divergence nucleotidique met en evidence une forte differenciation de la population de Mer Noire (BS2). Le test de Mantel montre que les differences genetiques entre ces populations ne sont pas correlees a leurs distances geographiques (r = 0,326; P > 0,05).","PeriodicalId":50716,"journal":{"name":"Cahiers De Biologie Marine","volume":"10 1","pages":"207-213"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88341052","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}
H. Legrand, Olivier Herlory, J. Guarini, G. Blanchard, P. Richard
{"title":"Inhibition of microphytobenthic photosynthesis by the herbicides atrazine and diuron","authors":"H. Legrand, Olivier Herlory, J. Guarini, G. Blanchard, P. Richard","doi":"10.21411/CBM.A.B8DBA507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.B8DBA507","url":null,"abstract":"Les herbicides atrazine et diuron sont retrouves en concentrations non negligeables dans les sediments des vasieres littorales des Pertuis Charentais, sur la cote atlantique. Ils ont donc potentiellement un effet toxique sur le microphytobenthos, le compartiment primaire le plus productif de ces milieux intertidaux, par l'action directe qu'ils ont sur les processus meme de la photosynthese. Cet effet a ete etudie par fluorimetrie PAM sur des communautes naturelles, extraites du sediment et soumises a des concentrations d'herbicides de 0,1 μg, L -1 a 10 mg L -1 . Les variations du rendement effectif Φ PSII du photosysteme II en fonction du temps d'exposition aux concentrations indiquees permettent de quantifier l'effet relatif des herbicides sur l'activite photosynthetique. Cet effet est tres rapide puisqu'il s'exprime en moins de 15 minutes. L'exposition a des concentrations de 0,1 μg L-' d'atrazine ou de diuron n'indique aucune reduction significative du rendement photosynthetique. Au-dela de cette concentration, Φ PSII diminue progressivement jusqu'a une inhibition totale du processus photosynthetique pour des valeurs de 100 μg L -1 pour le diuron, et 10 mg L -1 pour l'atrazine. Le diuron apparait donc comme un inhibiteur plus fort que l'atrazine. Seuls les melanges des plus faibles concentrations d'herbicides montrent un effet synergique.","PeriodicalId":50716,"journal":{"name":"Cahiers De Biologie Marine","volume":"97 1","pages":"39-45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74741017","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":"Contribution to a synopsis of marine species richness in the Pertuis Charentais Sea with new insights in soft-bottom macrofauna of the Marennes-Oléron Bay","authors":"X. Montaudouin, P. Sauriau","doi":"10.21411/CBM.A.2E300127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.2E300127","url":null,"abstract":"The catalogue of soft-bottom macrofauna in the Marennes-Oleron Bay (French Atlantic coast) has been updated from a benthic survey conducted in April-May 1995. 262 stations were selected using a stratified random strategy based on sediment types and bathymetric levels. 231 soft-bottom macrofauna species were identified. A synopsis of all available literature since the first local marine study published in 1710 by Antoine Ferchauld de Reaumur indicated that 60 benthic species were reported in the Marennes-Oleron Bay for the first time. The sampling effort, i.e. more than 1 station per km(2) and size of the sieving square mesh (1 mm), can partially explain these results. Most of the new recorded species were crustaceans (28 species) and polychaete annelids (25 species) for only five molluscs. First report of Ocinebrellus inornatus, Mollusca Gastropoda, should be noted for the European Atlantic coasts. Additionally, alteration of subtidal habitats, colonized by Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus (Mollusca, Gastropoda) since the 1970's, may also have facilitated the recruitment and spread of some annelid polychaetes which were not previously reported in the Marennes-Oleron Bay. The total number of macrofauna species in the Pertuis Charentais Sea is 858.","PeriodicalId":50716,"journal":{"name":"Cahiers De Biologie Marine","volume":"24 1","pages":"181-222"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2000-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76810920","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":"Organisation and seasonal progression within the epifaunal communities of coastal macroalgae","authors":"R. Oswald, R. Seed","doi":"10.1016/0198-0254(87)90355-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0198-0254(87)90355-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50716,"journal":{"name":"Cahiers De Biologie Marine","volume":"168 1","pages":"29-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73943170","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":"Copepods associated with th Scleractinian coral Porites in French Polynesia","authors":"A. G. Humes","doi":"10.1016/0198-0254(85)92957-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0198-0254(85)92957-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50716,"journal":{"name":"Cahiers De Biologie Marine","volume":"13 1","pages":"181-195"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86860027","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":"Intertidal zonation on sandy beaches of the West coast of South Africa","authors":"R. Bally","doi":"10.1016/0198-0254(83)96559-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0198-0254(83)96559-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50716,"journal":{"name":"Cahiers De Biologie Marine","volume":"16 11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"1983-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88096782","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}