Effects of herbivores on a Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadow: Importance of epiphytes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 287, Issue , 2005, Pages 115-125

  Tomas, F ^a   Turon, X ^a   Romero, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthos; Fish grazing; Herbivory; Mediterranean; Paracentrotus lividus; Sarpa salpa; Sea urchin; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

ECHINOIDEA; HALOPHILA; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SALPA; SARPA SALPA; SPARIDAE;

EID: 15944427544     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps287115     Document Type: Article

References (77)

1. Agostini S, Desjobert JM, Pergent G (1998) Distribution of phenolic compounds in the seagrass Posidonia oceanica. Phytochemistry 48:611-617
2. Alcoverro T, Mariani S (2002) Effects of sea urchin grazing on seagrass (Thalassodendron ciliatum) beds of a Kenyan lagoon. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 226:255-263
3. Alcoverro T, Duarte C, Romero J (1995) Annual growth dynamics of Posidonia oceanica: contribution of large-scale versus local factors to seasonality. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 120:203-210
4. Alcoverro T, Duarte C, Romero J (1997) The influence of hervibores on Posidonia oceanica epiphytes. Aquat Bot 56: 93-104
5. Alcoverro T, Manzanera M, Romero J (2000) Nutrient mass balance of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica: the importance of nutrient retranslocation. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 194: 13-21
6. Alcoverro T, Manzanera M, Romero J (2001) Annual metabolic carbon balance of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile: the importance of carbohydrate reserves. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 211:105-116
7. Azzolina JF (1988) Contribution a l'étude de la dynamique des populations de l'oursin comestible Paracentrotus lividus (Lmck). Croissance, Recrutement, Mortalite, Migrations. PhD thesis, University of Aix-Marseille II, Aixen-Provence
8. Ballesteros E (1986) Estructura i dinàmica del poblament algal de les fulles de Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile als herbeis de Tossa de Mar (Girona). Bull Inst Cat Hist Nat 54 (Sec Bot 6):1330
9. Bjorndal KA (1980) Nutrition and grazing behaviour of the green turtle Chelonia mydas. Mar Biol 56:147-154
10. Boudouresque CF, Meinesz A (1982) Découverte de l'herbier de Posidonies. Cah Parc National Port-Cros 4:1-81
11. Boudouresque CF, Verlaque M (2001) Ecology of Paracentrotus lividus. In: Lawrence JM (ed) Edible sea urchins: biology and ecology. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, p 177-216
12. Brönmark C (1985) Interactions between macrophytes, epiphytes and herbivores: an experimental approach. Oikos 45:26-30
13. Camp D, Cobb S, Van Breedfield J (1973) Overgrazing of seagrasses by the regular urchin, Lytechinus variegatus. BioScience 23:37-38
14. Cebrián J, Duarte CM (1998) Patterns in leaf herbivory on seagrasses. Aquat Bot 60:67-82
15. Cebrián J, Duarte CM, Marbà N, Enríquez S, Gallegos M, Olesen B (1996) Herbivory on Posidonia oceanica: magnitude and variability in the Spanish Mediterranean. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 130:147-155
16. Dance C (1987) Patterns of activity of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus in the Bay of Port-Cros (Var, France, Mediterranean). PSZN I: Mar Ecol 8:131-142
17. Duarte CM (1990) Seagrass nutrient content. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 67:201-207
18. Duarte CM (1995) Submerged aquatic vegetation in relation to different nutrient regimes. Ophelia 41:87-112
19. Fenaux L, Etienne M, Quelart G (1987) Suivi ecologique d'un peuplement de Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck) dans la baie de villefranche sur mer. In: Boudouresque CF (ed) Colloque International sur Paracentrotus lividus et les oursims comestibles. GIS Posidonie, Marseille, p 187-197
20. Havelange S, Lepoint G, Dauby P, Bouquegneau JM (1997) Feeding of the sparid fish Sarpa salpa in a seagrass ecosystem: diet and carbon flux. PSZN I: Mar Ecol 18: 289-297
21. Heck KLJ, Valentine JF (1995) Sea urchin herbivory: evidence for long-lasting effects in subtropical seagrass meadows. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 189:205-217
22. Heck KLJ, Pennock JR, Valentine JF, Coen LD, Sklenar SA (2000) Effects of nutrient enrichment and small predator density on seagrass ecosystems: an experimental assessment. Limnol Oceanogr 45:1041-1057
23. Jackson JBC, Kirby MX, Berger WH, Bjorndal KA and 10 others (2001) Historical overfishing and the recent collapse of coastal ecosystems. Science 293:629-638
24. Jador C, Ovidio M, Voss J (2002) Diel activity of Sarpa salpa (Sparidae) by ultrasonic telemetry in a Posidonia oceanica meadow of Corsica (Mediterranean Sea). Aquat Living Resour 150:343-350
25. Keller BD (1983) Coexistence of sea urchins in seagrass meadows: an experimental analysis of competition and predation. Ecology 64:1581-1598
26. Kempf M (1962) Recherches d'ecologie comparée sur Paracentrotus lividus (Lmk) et Arbacia lixula (L.) I. Recl Trav Stn Mar Endome 25:47-116
27. Kirsch KD, Valentine J, Heck KLJ (2002) Parrotfish grazing on turtlegrass Thalassia testudinum: evidence for the importance of seagrass consumption in food web dynamics of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 227:71-85
28. Lawrence J (1975) On the relationship between marine plants and sea urchins. Oceanogr Mar Biol Annu Rev 13:213-286
29. Lepoint G, Havelange S, Gobert S, Bouquegneau JM (1999) Fauna vs flora contribution to the leaf epiphytes biomass in a Posidonia oceanica seagrass bed (Revellata Bay, Corsica). Hydrobiologia 394:63-67
30. Macíe S (2000) The effects of sea urchin grazing and drift algal blooms on a subtropical seagrass bed community. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 246:53-67
31. Macía S, Lirman D (1999) Destruction of Florida Bay seagrasses by a grazing front of sea urchins. Bull Mar Sci 65: 593-601
32. Manzanera M, Alcoverro T, Romero J (1998) The role of the remnant leaf sheaths (scales) attached to the Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile rhizomes. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 223: 257-270
33. Mariani S, Alcoverro T (1999) A multiple-choice feeding-preference experiment utilising seagrasses with a natural population of herbivorous fishes. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 189: 295-299
34. Mateo MA, Romero J (1997) Detritus dynamics in the seagrass Posidonia oceanica: elements for an ecosystem carbon and nutrient budget. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 151:45-53
35. Mazzella L, Ott J (1984) Seasonal changes in some features of Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile leaves and epiphytes at different depths. In: Boudouresque CF, Grissac AJd, Olivier J (eds) International workshop on Posidonia oceanica beds. GIS Posidonie, Marseilles, p 119-127
36. McGlathery KJ (1995) Nutrient and grazing influences on a subtropical seagrass community. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 122: 239-252
37. McMillan C, Zapata O, Escobar L (1980) Sulphated phenolic compounds in seagrasses. Aquat Bot 8:267-278
38. Mukai H, Ijima A (1995) Grazing effects of a gammaridean Amphipodam Amphitoe sp., on the seagrass Syringodium isoetifolium, and epiphytes in a tropical seagrass bed of Fiji. Ecol Res 10:243-257
39. Neckles H, Wetzel RL, Orth JR (1993) Relative effects of nutrient enrichment and grazing on epiphyte-macrophyte (Zostera marina L.) dynamics. Oecologia 93:285-295
40. Nédelec H, Verlaque M (1984) Alimentation de l'oursin Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck) dans un herbier à Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile en Corse (Mediterranée, France). In: Boudouresque CF, Jeudy de Grissac A, Olivier J (eds) International workshop on Posidonia oceanica beds. GIS Posidonie, Marseille, p 349-364
41. Nienhuis PH, Groenendijk AM (1986) Consumption of eelgrass (Zostera marina) by birds and invertebrates: an annual budget. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 29:29-35
42. Odgen JC, Brown RA, Salesky N (1973) Grazing by the echinoid Diadema antillarum Philippi: formation of halos around wet Indian patch reefs. Science 182:715-716
43. Orth JR, van Montfrans J (1984) Epiphyte-seagrass relationships with an emphasis on the role of micrograzing: a review. Aquat Bot 18:43-69
44. Ott J, Maurer L (1976) Strategies of energy transfer from marine macrophytes to consumer levels: the Posidonia oceanica example. In: Keegan BF, O' Ceidigh P, Boaden PJS (eds) Biology of benthic organisms. 11th European Symposium on Marine Biology. Pergamon Press, Oxford, p 493-502
45. Palacín C, Turon X, Ballesteros M, Giribert G, López S (1998) Stock evaluation of three littoral echinoid species on the Catalan coast (North-Western Mediterranean). PSZN I: Mar Ecol 19:163-177
46. Quinn GP, Keough MJ (2002) Experimental design and data analysis for biologists. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
47. Romero J (1989a) Epífitos de las hojas de Posidonia oceanica: variaciones estacionales y batimétricas de biomasa en la pradera de las Islas Medes (Girona). Oecol Aquat 9:19-25
48. Romero J (1989b) Seasonal pattern of Posidonia oceanica production: growth, age and renewal of leaves. In: Boudouresque CF, Meinesz A, Fresi E, Gravez V (eds) International workshop on Posidonia beds. GIS Posidonie, Marseille, p 63-68
49. Romero J, Pérez M, Renom P, Invers O, Mateo MA, Tomas F, Manzanera M, dePedro X (1999) Seguimiento de la pradera de Posidonia oceanica de las Islas Medes. Ejercicio de 1999. In: Zabala M (ed) Seguiment Temporal de les Illes Medes. Departament de Medi Ambient, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona
50. Rose CD, Sharp WC, Kenworthy WJ, Hunt JH and 6 others (1999) Overgrazing of a large seagrass bed by the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus in Outer Florida Bay. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 190:211-222
51. Ruiz JM (2000) Respuesta de la fanerógama marina Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile a perturbaciones antrópicas. PhD thesis, University of Murcia, Murcia
52. Ruiz JM, Romero J (2001) Effects of in situ experimental shading on the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 215:107-120
53. Ruiz JM, Pérez M, Romero J (2001) Effects of fish farm loading on seagrass (Posidonia oceanica). Distribution, growth and photosynthesis. Mar Pollut Bull 42:749-760
54. Sala E, Zabala M (1996) Fish predation and the structure of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus populations in the NW Mediterranean. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 140:71-81
55. Sala E, Ribes M, Hereu B, Zabala M, Alvà V, Coma R, Garrabou J (1998) Temporal variability in abundance of the sea urchins Paracentrotus lividus and Arbacia lixula in the northwestern Mediterranean: comparison between a marine reserve and an unprotected area. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 168:135-145
56. Shepherd SA (1987) Grazing by the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus in Posidonia beds at Banyuls, France. In: Boudouresque CF (ed) Colloque International sur Paracentrotus lividus et les oursims comestibles. GIS Posidonie, Marseille, p 83-96
57. Thayer GW, Bjorndal KA, Odgen JC, Williams SL, Zieman JC (1984) Role of larger herbivores in seagrass communities. Estuaries 7:351-376
58. Tomas F (2004) Herbivory in seagrass ecosystems: population dynamics and trophic relations in a Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile meadow. PhD thesis, University of Barcelona, Barcelona
59. Tomas F, Romero J, Turon X (2004) Settlement and recruitment of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus in two contrasting habitats in the Mediterranean. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 282:173-184
60. Traer K (1980) The consumption of Posidonia oceanica Delile by echinoids at the isle of Ischia. In: Jangoux M (ed) European Colloquium Echinoderms 'Echinoderms: Present and Past'. Balkema, Rotterdam, p 241-242
61. Valentine J, Heck KLJ (1991) The role of sea urchin grazing in regulating subtropical seagrass meadows: evidence from field manipulations in the northen Gulf of Mexico. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 154:215-230
62. Valentine JF, Heck KLJ (1999) Seagrass herbivory: evidence for the continued grazing of marine grasses. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 176:291-302
63. Valentine J, Heck KLJ (2001) The role of leaf nitrogen content in determining turtlegrass (Thalassia testudinum) grazing by a generalized herbivore in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 258:65-86
64. Valentine JF, Heck KLJ, Busby J, Webb D (1997) Experimental evidence that herbivory increases shoot density and productivity in a subtropical turtlegrass (Thalassia testudinum) meadow. Oecologia 112:193-200
65. Valentine JF, Heck KLJ, Kirsch KD, Webb D (2000) Role of sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus grazing in regulating subtropical turtlegrass Thalassia testudinum meadows in the Florida Keys (USA). Mar Ecol Prog Ser 200:213-228
66. Valiela I (1995) Marine ecological processes. Springer-Verlag, New York
67. Velimirov B (1984) Grazing of Salpa salpa L. on Posidonia oceanica and utilization of soluble compounds. In: Boudouresque CF, Jeudy de Grissac A, Olivier J (eds) International workshop on Posidonia oceanica beds. GIS Posidonie, Marseille, p 381-387
68. Verlaque M (1981) Preliminary data on some Posidonia feeders. Rapp Comm Int Mer Médit 27:201-202
69. Verlaque M (1985) Note preliminaire sur le comportement alimentaire de Sarpa salpa (L.) (Sparidae) en Mediterranée. Rapp Comm Int Mer Médit 29(5):193-196
70. Verlaque M (1990) Relations entre Sarpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758) (Téléostéein, Sparidae), les autres poissons broteurs et le phytobenthos algal méditerranéen. Oceanol Acta 13:373-388
71. Verlaque M, Nédelec H (1983) Note préliminaire sur les relations biotiques Paracentrotus lividus (LMK.) et herbier de Posidonies. Rapp Comm Int Mer Médit 28: 157-158
72. Williams SL, Heck KLJ (2001) Seagrass community ecology. In: Bertness MD, Gaines SD, Hay ME (eds) Marine community ecology. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA, p 317-337
73. Williams SL, Ruckelhaus MH (1993) Effects on nitrogen availability and herbivory on eelgrass (Zostera marina) and epiphytes. Ecology 74(3):904-918
74. Winer BJ, Brown DR, Michels KM (1991) Statistical principles in experimental design. McGraw-Hill, New York
75. Zapata O, McMillan C (1979) Phenolic acids in seagrasses. Aquat Bot 7:307-317
76. Zar JH (1989) Biostatistical analysis. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
77. Zimmerman R, Kohrs D, Alberte R (1996) Top-down impact through a bottom-up mechanism: the effect of limpet grazing on growth, productivity and carbon allocation of Zostera marina L. (eelgrass). Oecologia 107:560-567