Ephemeral bio-engineers or reef-building polychaetes: How stable are aggregations of the tube worm lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766)?

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-250

  Callaway, Ruth ^a   Desroy, Nicolas ^b   Dubois, Stanislas F ^c   Fournier, Jérôme ^d   Frost, Matthew ^e   Godet, Laurent ^d   Hendrick, Vicki J ^f   Rabaut, Marijn ^g  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CRESCO   (France)

^c TECHNOPÔLE BREST IROISE   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOENGINEERING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHAETA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOENGINEERING; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; LONGEVITY; POLYCHAETA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AVES; BIVALVIA; LANICE CONCHILEGA; POLYCHAETA; TUBICOLAE; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) PHILIPPINARUM;

EID: 77954983737     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icq060     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (58)

1. Bendell-Young LI. 2006. Contrasting the community structure and select geochemical characteristics of three intertidal regions in relation to shellfish farming. Environ Conserv 33:21-27
2. Beukema JJ. 1990. Expected effects of changes in winter temperatures on benthic animals living in soft sediments in coastal North Sea areas. In: Beukema JJ, Wolff WJ, et al. editors. Expected effects of climatic change on marine coastal ecosystems. Dordrecht: Kluwer. p. 83-92.
3. Beukema JJ, Debruin W, Jansen JJM. 1978. Biomass and species richness of macrobenthic animals living on tidal flats of the Dutch Wadden Sea - Long-term changes during a period with mild winters. Neth J Sea Res 12:58-77.
4. Blome D, Schleier U, von Bernem KH. 1999. Analysis of the small-scale spatial patterns of free-living marine nematodes from tidal flats in the East Frisian Wadden Sea. Mar Biol 133:717-726
5. Bruschetti M, Bazterrica C, Luppi T, Iribarne O. 2009. An invasive intertidal reef-forming polychaete affect habitat use and feeding behavior of migratory and locals birds in a SW Atlantic coastal lagoon. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 375:76-83.
6. Bruschetti M, Luppi T, Fanjul E, Rosenthal A, Iribarne O. 2008. Grazing effect of the invasive reef-forming polychaete Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel) on phytoplankton biomass in a SW Atlantic coastal lagoon. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 354:212-219
7. Buhr KJ. 1976. Suspension-feeding and assimilation efficiency in Lanice conchilega (Polychaeta). Mar Biol 38:373-383
8. Buhr KJ. 1981. Auswirkungen des kalten Winters 1978/79 auf das Makrobenthos der Lanice-Siedlung im Weser-Aestuar. Veroeff Inst Meeresforsch Bremerh 19:115-131
9. Caline B, Gruet Y, Legendre C, Rhun JL, L'Homer A, Mathieu R, Zbinden R. 1992. The Sabellariid reefs in the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, France. Ecology, Geomorphology, Sedimentology and Geologic Implications. Oceanographic Society, Florida.
10. Callaway R. 2003. Juveniles stick to adults: recruitment of the tube-dwelling polychaete Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766). Hydrobiologia 503:121-130
11. Callaway R. 2006. Tube worms promote community change. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 308:49-60.
12. Callaway R, Engelhard GH, Dann J, Cotter J, Rumohr H. 2007. A century of North Sea epibenthos and trawling: comparison between 1902-1912, 1982-1985 and 2000. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 346:27-43.
13. Carey DA. 1987. Sedimentological effects and palaeoecological implications of the tube-building polychaete Lanice conchilega (Pallas). Sedimentology 34:49-66.
14. Carpenter SR, Folke C. 2006. Ecology for transformation. Trends Ecol Evol 21:309-315
15. Crisp DJ. 1964. The effects of the winter of 1962/1963 on the British marine fauna. Helgol wiss Meer 10:313-327
16. Davenport J, Smith R, Packer M. 2000. Mussels Mytilus edulis: significant consumers and destroyers of mesozooplankton. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 198:131-137
17. Dubois S, Barille L, Cognie B. 2009. Feeding response of the polychaete Sabellaria alveolata (Sabellariidae) to changes in seston concentration. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 376:94-101.
18. Dubois S, Commito JA, Olivier F, Retiere C. 2006. Effects of epibionts on Sabellaria alveolata (L.) biogenic reefs and their associated fauna in the Bay of Mont Saint-Michel. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci 68:635-646
19. Dubois S, Comtet T, Retiere C, Thiebaut E. 2007. Distribution and retention of Sabellaria alveolata larvae (Polychaeta: Sabellariidae) in the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, France. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 346:243-254
20. Dubois S, Retiere C, Olivier F. 2002. Biodiversity associated with Sabellaria alveolata (Polychaeta: Sabellariidae) reefs: effects of human disturbances. J Mar Biol Ass UK 82:817-826
21. EC Habitats Directive (Council Directive EEC/92/43 on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora) 1992: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/ LexUriServ/ LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:1992L0043:20070101: EN:PDF.
22. Fornos JJ, Forteza V, MartinezTaberner A. 1997. Modern polychaete reefs in Western Mediterranean lagoons: Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel) in the Albufera of Menorca, Balearic Islands. Palaeogeogr Palaeoclimatol Palaeoecol 128:175-186
23. Frost MT, Leaper R, Mieszowska N, Moschella P, Murua J, Smyth C, Hawkins SJ. 2004. Recovery of a Biodiversity Action Plan Species in Northwest England: possible role of climate change, artificial habitat and water quality amelioration. Report No. 16. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.
24. Godet L, Toupoint N, Fournier J, Le Mao P, Retiere C, Olivier F. 2009. Clam farmers and Oystercatchers: Effects of the degradation of Lanice conchilega beds by shellfish farming on the spatial distribution of shorebirds. Mar Pollut Bull 58:589-595
25. Godet L, Toupoint N, Olivier F, Fournier J, Retiere C. 2008. Considering the functional value of common marine species as a conservation stake: the case of sandmason worm Lanice conchilega (Pallas 1766) (Annelida, Polychaeta) beds. Ambio 37:347-355
26. Grimm V, Bietz H, Guenther CP, Hild A, Villbrandt M, Niesel V, Schleier U, Dittmann S. 1999. Stability properties in the Wadden Sea. In: Dittman S, editor. The Wadden Sea ecosystem: stability properties and mechanism. Berlin Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag. p. 307.
27. Hendrick VJ, Foster-Smith RL. 2006. Sabellaria spinulosa reef: a scoring system for evaluating 'reefiness' in the context of the Habitats Directive. J Mar Biol Ass UK 86:665-677
28. Herlyn M, Millat G, Petersen B. 2008. Documentation of sites of intertidal blue mussel (Mytilus edulis L.) beds of the Lower Saxonian Wadden Sea, southern North Sea (as of 2003) and the role of their structure for spatfall settlement. Helgoland Mar Res 62:177-188
29. Hertweck G. 1995. Verteilung charakteristischer Sedimentkörper und der Benthossiedlungen im Rückseitenwatt der Insel Spiekeroog, südliche Nordsee. 1. Wattkartierung 1988-92. Senck Marit 26:81-94.
30. Heuers J, Jaklin S, Zühlke R, Dittmann S, Guenther CP, Hildebrandt H, Grimm V. 1998. A model on the distribution and abundance of the tube-building polychaete Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766) in the intertidal of the Wadden Sea. Ver Ges Oekol 28:207-215
31. Holt TEI, Rees EI, Hawkins SJ, Seed R. 1998. Biogenic Reefs (volume IX): an overview of dynamic and sensitivity characteristics for conservation management of marine SACs, Oban. Oban: Scottish Association for Marine Science (UK Marine SACs Project). 170 pp.
32. Holthe T. 1978. The zoogeography of the Terebellomorpha (Polychaeta) of the northern European waters. Sarsia 63:19-28
33. Kaiser MJ, Spencer BE. 1996. The effects of beam-trawl disturbance on infaunal communities in different habitats. J Anim Ecol 65:348-358
34. Kessler M. 1963. Die Entwicklung von Lanice conchilega (Pallas) mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Lebensweise. Helgoland Wiss Meer 8:425-476
35. Lehane C, Davenport J. 2002. Ingestion of mesozooplankton by three species of bivalve; Mytilus edulis, Cerastoderma edule and Aequipecten opercularis. J Mar Biol Ass UK 82:615-619
36. Ludwig JL, Reynolds JF. 1988. Statistical ecology: a primer on methods and computing. New York, NY, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
37. Murray JMH, Meadows A, Meadows PS. 2002. Biogeomorphological implications of microscale interactions between sediment geotechnics and marine benthos: a review. Geomorphology 47:15-30.
38. Nicolaidou A. 2003. Observations on the re-establishment and tube construction by adults of the polychaete Lanice conchilega. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 83:1223-1224
39. OSPAR Commission. Case Reports for the initial list of threatened and/or declining species and habitats in the OSPAR Maritime Area. Report No. 276.
40. Poloczanska ES, Hughes DJ, Burrows MT. 2004. Underwater television observations of Serpula vermicularis (L.) reefs and associated mobile fauna in Loch Creran, Scotland. Estuar Coast Shelf S 61:425-435
41. Rabaut M, Braeckman U, Hendrickx F, Vincx M, Degraer S. 2008. Experimental beam-trawling in Lanice conchilega reefs: Impact on the associated fauna. Fish Res 90:209-216
42. Rabaut M, Guilini K, Van Hoey G, Magda V, Degraer S. 2007. A bio-engineered soft-bottom environment: The impact of Lanice conchilega on the benthic species-specific densities and community structure. Estuar Coastal Shelf S 75:525-536
43. Rabaut M, Moortel LVD, Vinx M, Degraer S. 2010. Biogenic reefs as structuring factor in Pleuronectes platessa (Plaice) nursery. J Sea Res (In press).
44. Rabaut M, Vincx M, Degraer S. 2009. Do Lanice conchilega (sandmason) aggregations classify as reefs? Quantifying habitat modifying effects. Helgol Mar Res 63:37-46.
45. Reiss H, Greenstreet SPR, Sieben K, Ehrich S, Piet GJ, Quirijns F, Robinson L, Wolff WJ, Kröncke I. 2009. Effects of fishing disturbance on benthic communities and secondary production within an intensively fished area. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 394:201-213
46. Ropert M. 1999. Caracterisation et determinisme du developpement d'une population de l'annelide tubicole Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766) (Polychete Terebellidae) associe a la conchyliculture en Baie des Veys (Baie de Seine Occidentale). Thése, pour l'obtention du grade de docteur du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.
47. Ropert M, Dauvin JC. 2000. Renewal and accumulation of a Lanice conchilega (Pallas) population in the bale des Veys, western Bay of Seine. Oceanol Acta 23:529-546
48. Schwindt E, Iribarne OO. 2000. Settlement sites, survival and effects on benthos of an introduced reef-building polychaete in a SW Atlantic coastal lagoon. B Mar Sci 67:73-82.
49. Strasser M, Pieloth U. 2001. Recolonization pattern of the polychaete Lanice conchilega on an intertidal sand flat following the severe winter of 1995/96. Helgol Mar Res 55:176-181
50. Thrush SF, Dayton PK. 2002. Disturbance to marine benthic habitats by trawling and dredging: Implications for marine biodiversity. Annu Rev Ecol Syst 33:449-473
51. Toupoint N, Godet L, Fournier J, Retiere C, Olivier F. 2008. Does Manila clam cultivation affect habitats of the engineer species Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766)? Mar Poll Bull 56:1429-1438
52. Van Hoey G, Guilini K, Rabaut M, Vincx M, Degraer S. 2008. Ecological implications of the presence of the tube-building polychaete Lanice conchilega on soft-bottom benthic ecosystems. Mar Biol 154:1009-1019
53. Vanaverbeke J, et al. 2009. Understanding benthic, pelagic and air-borne ecosystem interactions in shallow coastal seas, West Banks. Brussels: Belgian Science Policy (Belspo).
54. Wilson DP. 1971. Sabellaria colonies at Duckpool, North Cornwall, 1961-1970. J Mar Biol Ass UK 51:509-580
55. Witt J, Schroeder A, Knust R, Arntz WE. 2004. The impact of harbour sludge disposal on benthic macrofauna communities in the Weser estuary. Helgol Mar Res 58:117-128
56. Ziegelmeier E. 1952. Beobachtungen ueber den Röhrenbau von Lanice conchilega (Pallas) im Experiment und am natürlichen Standort. Helgol Wiss Meer, BdIV H2 4/2:107-129
57. Zühlke R. 2001. Polychaete tubes create ephemeral community patterns: Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766 associations studied over six years. J Sea Res 46:261-72.
58. Zühlke R, Reise K. 1994. Response of macrofauna to drifting tidal sediments. Helgol Meer 48:277-289