Changes in rainfall pattern affect crab herbivory rates in a SW Atlantic salt marsh

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 353, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 126-133

  Alberti, Juan ^a,b   Montemayor, Diana ^a,b   Álvarez, Fernanda ^a,b   Méndez Casariego, Agustina ^a,b   Luppi, Tomás ^a,b   Canepuccia, Alejandro ^a   Isacch, Juan Pablo ^a,b   Iribarne, Oscar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cascade of interactions; Climate change; Crab herbivory; Neohelice granulata; Spartina densiflora marsh

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL LAGOON; CRAB; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HERBIVORY; MORTALITY; RAINFALL; SALTMARSH; SURVIVAL;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; MAR CHIQUITA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SPARTINA DENSIFLORA;

EID: 35748966170     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Alberti, J., Escapa, M., Daleo, P., Iribarne, O., Silliman, B., Bertness, M., in press. Local and geographic variation in grazing intensity by herbivorous crabs in SW Atlantic salt marshes. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.
2. Berbery E.H., Doyle M., and Barros V. Regional precipitation trends. In: Barros V., Clarke R., and Silva Días P. (Eds). Climate Change in the La Plata Basin. CIMA-CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2006) 61-73
3. Bodmer R.E. Responses of ungulates to seasonal inundations in the Amazon floodplain. J. Trop. Ecol. 6 (1990) 191-201
4. Bortolus A., and Iribarne O.O. The effect of the southwestern Atlantic burrowing crab Chasmagnathus granulata on a Spartina salt-marsh. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 178 (1999) 79-88
5. Bortolus A., Laterra P., and Iribarne O. Crab-mediated phenotypic changes in Spartina densiflora Brong. Estuar., Coast. Shelf Sci. 59 (2004) 97-107
6. Botto F., Valiela I., Iribarne O., Martinetto P., and Alberti J. Impact of burrowing crabs on C and N sources, control, and transformation in sediments and food webs of SW Atlantic estuaries. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 293 (2005) 155-164
7. Canepuccia, A.D., Isacch, J.P., Gagliardini, D.A., Escalante, A.H., Iribarne, O.O., in press. Waterbirds responses to changes in habitat diversity generated by rainfall in a SW Atlantic Coastal Lagoon. Waterbirds.
8. Carpenter S.R., Fisher S.G., Grimm N.B., and Kitchell J.F. Global change and freshwater ecosystems. Ann. Rev. Ecolog. Syst. 23 (1992) 119-139
9. Castillo J.M., Fernández-Baco L., Castellanos E.M., Luque C.J., Figueroa M.E., and Davy A.J. Lower limits of Spartina densiflora and S. maritima in a Mediterranean salt marsh determined by different ecophysiological tolerances. J. Ecol. 88 (2000) 801-812
10. Collischonn W., Tucci C.E.M., and Clarke R.T. Further evidence of changes in the hydrological regime of the River Paraguay: part of a wider phenomenon of climate change?. J. Hydrol. 245 (2001) 218-238
11. Connell J.H. Community interactions on marine rocky intertidal shores. Ann. Rev. Ecolog. Syst. 3 (1972) 169-192
12. Conover W.J. Practical Nonparametric Statistics (1980), Wiley, New York
13. Cornelissen J.H.C., Callaghan T.V., Alatalo J.M., Michelsen A., Graglia E., Hartley A.E., Hik D.S., Hobbie S.E., Press M.C., Robinson C.H., Henry G.H.R., Shaver G.R., Phoenix G.K., Gwynn Jones D., Jonasson S., Chapin III F.S., Molau U., Neill C., Lee J.A., Melillo J.M., Sveinbjörnsson B., and Aerts R. Global change and arctic ecosystems: is lichen decline a function of increases in vascular plant biomass?. J. Ecol. 89 (2001) 984-994
14. de Luís M., Raventós J., González-Hidalgo J.C., Sánchez J.R., and Cortina J. Spatial analysis of rainfall trends in the region of Valencia (east Spain). Int. J. Climatol. 20 (2000) 1451-1469
15. Dunson W.A., and Travis J. The role of abiotic factors in community organization. Am. Nat. 138 (1991) 1067-1091
16. Fritz H., de Garine-Wichatitsky M., and Letessier G. Habitat use by sympatric wild and domestic herbivores in an African savanna woodland: the influence of cattle spatial behaviour. J. Appl. Ecol. 33 (1996) 589-598
17. Garcia A.M., Vieira J.P., and Winemiller K.O. Dynamics of the shallow-water fish assemblage of the Patos Lagoon estuary (Brazil) during cold and warm ENSO episodes. J. Fish Biol. 59 (2001) 1218-1238
18. Garner P., Clough S., Griffiths S.W., Deans D., and Ibbotson A. Use of shallow marginal habitat by Phoxinus phoxinus: a trade-off between temperature and food?. J. Fish Biol. 52 (1998) 600-609
19. Gasith A., and Resh V.H. Streams in Mediterranean climate regions: abiotic influences and biotic responses to predictable seasonal events. Ann. Rev. Ecolog. Syst. 30 (1999) 51-81
20. Golladay S.W., Taylor B.W., and Palik B.J. Invertebrate communities of forested limesink wetlands in southwest Georgia, USA: habitat use and influence of extended inundation. Wetlands 17 (1997) 383-393
21. Harte J., and Shaw R. Shifting dominance within a montane vegetation community: results of a climate-warming experiment. Science 267 (1995) 876-880
22. Hulbert S.H. Pseudoreplication and the design of ecological field experiments. Ecol. Monogr. 54 (1984) 187-211
23. Iribarne O., Bortolus A., and Botto F. Between-habitat differences in burrow characteristics and trophic modes in the southwestern Atlantic burrowing crab Chasmagnathus granulata. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 155 (1997) 137-145
24. Iribarne O., Martinetto P., Schwindt E., Botto F., Bortolus A., and Garcia Borboroglu P. Evidences of habitat displacement between two common soft-bottom SW Atlantic intertidal crabs. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 296 (2003) 167-182
25. Iribarne O., Bruschetti M., Escapa M., Bava J., Botto F., Gutiérrez J., Palomo G., Delhey K., Petracci P., and Gagliardini A. Small- and large-scale effect of the SW Atlantic burrowing crab Chasmagnathus granulatus on habitat use by migratory shorebirds. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 315 (2005) 87-101
26. Isacch J.P., Costa C.S.B., Rodríguez-Gallego L., Conde D., Escapa M., Gagliardini D.A., and Iribarne O.O. Distribution of salt marsh plant communities associated with environmental factors along a latitudinal gradient on the south-west Atlantic coast. J. Biogeogr. 33 (2006) 888-900
27. Karr J.R., and Freemark K.E. Habitat selection and environmental gradients: dynamics in the "stable" tropics. Ecology 64 (1983) 1481-1494
28. Klanderud K. Climate change effects on species interactions in an alpine plant community. J. Ecol. 93 (2005) 127-137
29. Leidy R.A., Fiedler P.L., and Micheli E.R. Is wetter better?. Bioscience 42 (1992) 58-61+65
30. Lenssen J.P.M., and de Kroon H. Abiotic constraints at the upper boundaries of two Rumex species on a freshwater flooding gradient. J. Ecol. 93 (2005) 138-147
31. Lima M., Stenseth N.C., and Jaksic F.M. Food web structure and climate effects on the dynamics of small mammals and owls in semi-arid Chile. Ecol. Lett. 5 (2002) 273-284
32. Martin T.E. Abiotic vs. biotic influences on habitat selection of coexisting species: climate change impacts?. Ecology 82 (2001) 175-188
33. Plummer N., Salinger M.J., Nicholls N., Suppiah R., Hennessy K.J., Leighton R.M., Trewin B., Page C.M., and Lough J.M. Changes in climate extremes over the Australian region and New Zealand during the twentieth century. Clim. Change 42 (1999) 183-202
34. Rand T.A. Effects of environmental context on the susceptibility of Atriplex patula to attack by herbivorous beetles. Oecologia 121 (1999) 39-46
35. Rand T.A. Variation in insect herbivory across a salt marsh tidal gradient influences plant survival and distribution. Oecologia 132 (2002) 549-558
36. Rand T.A. Competition, facilitation, and compensation for insect herbivory in an annual salt marsh forb. Ecology 85 (2004) 2046-2052
37. Reta R., Martos P., Perillo G.M.E., Piccolo M.C., and Ferrante A. Características hidrográficas del estuario de la laguna de Mar Chiquita. In: Iribarne O. (Ed). Reserva de biosfera Mar Chiquita: características físicas, biológicas y ecológicas (2001), Editorial Martín, Mar del Plata, Argentina 31-52
38. Robertson D.R., and Gaines S.D. Interference competition structures habitat use in a local assemblage of coral reef surgeonfishes. Ecology 67 (1986) 1372-1383
39. Root T.L., and Schneider S.H. Ecology and climate: research strategies and implications. Science 269 (1995) 334-341
40. Roshier D.A., Whetton P.H., Allan R.J., and Robertson A.I. Distribution and persistence of temporary wetland habitats in arid Australia in relation to climate. Aust. Ecol. 26 (2001) 371-384
41. Sakai K., Türkay M., and Yang S.-L. Revision of the Helice/Chasmagnathus complex (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 565 (2006) 1-76
42. Spivak E., Anger K., Luppi T., Bas C., and Ismael D. Distribution and habitat preferences of two grapsid crab species in Mar Chiquita coastal lagoon (Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina). Helgol. Meeresunters. 48 (1994) 59-78
43. Stenseth N.C., Mysterud A., Ottersen G., Hurrell J.W., Chan K.S., and Lima M. Ecological effects of climate fluctuations. Science 297 (2002) 1292-1296
44. Suppiah R., and Hennessy K.J. Trends in total rainfall, heavy rain events and number of dry days in Australia, 1910-1990. Int. J. Climatol. 10 (1998) 1141-1164
45. Terborgh J., Lopez L., Nuñez P., Rao M., Shahabuddin G., Orihuela G., Riveros M., Ascanio R., Adler G.H., Lambert T.D., and Balbas L. Ecological meltdown in predator-free forest fragments. Science 294 (2001) 1923-1926
46. Terborgh J., Feeley K., Silman M., Nuñez P., and Balukjian B. Vegetation dynamics of predator-free land-bridge islands. J. Ecol. 94 (2006) 253-263
47. Vickery W.L., and Rivest D. The influence of weather on habitat use by small mammals. Ecography 15 (1992) 205-211
48. Viglizzo E.F., Roberto Z.E., Filippin M.C., and Pordomingo A.J. Climate variability and agroecological change in the Central Pampas of Argentina. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 55 (1995) 7-16
49. Viles H.A., and Goudie A.S. Interannual, decadal and multidecadal scale climatic variability and geomorphology. Earth-Sci. Rev. 61 (2003) 105-131
50. Werner E.E., Gilliam J.F., Hall D.J., and Mittlebach G.G. An experimental test of the effects of predation risk on habitat use in fish. Ecology 64 (1983) 1540-1548
51. White T.C.R. Flooded forests: death by drowning, not herbivory. J. Veg. Sci. 18 (2007) 147-148
52. Wootton J.T. Indirect effects and habitat use in an intertidal community: interaction chains and interaction modifications. Am. Nat. 141 (1993) 71-89
53. Zar J.H. Biostatistical Analysis (1999), Prentice-Hall, Inc, Upper Saddle River