Spatial variability of the infauna adjacent to intertidal rocky shores in a subtropical estuary

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 743, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 53-64

  Gusmao Junior, Joao B L ^a   Lana, Paulo C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Infauna; Macrofauna; Rocky shores; Soft sediments; Tidal flat

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; POLYCHAETE; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TIDAL FLAT;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84912013551     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-014-2004-4     Document Type: Article

References (58)

1. Abelson, A., T. Miloh & Y. Loya, 1993. Flow patterns induced by substrata and body morphologies of benthic organisms, and their roles in determining availability of food particles. Limnology and Oceanography 38: 1116–1124.
2. Alexandre, B., R. Crouzeilles & C. E. V. Grelle, 2010. How can we estimate buffer zones of protected areas? A proposal using biological data. Natureza & Conservação 08: 165–170.
3. Ambrose, R. F. & T. W. Anderson, 1990. Influence of an artificial reef on the surrounding infaunal community. Marine Biology 107: 41–52.
4. Anderson, M. J., 2004. PERMDISP: a FORTRAN computer program for permutational analysis of multivariate dispersions (for any two-factor ANOVA design) using permutation tests. Department of Statistics University of Auckland, Auckland.
5. Anderson, M. J., 2005. PERMANOVA: a FORTRAN computer program for permutational multivariate analysis of variance. Department of Statistics University of Auckland, Auckland.
6. Anderson, M. J., 2008. Animal-sediment relationships re-visited: characterising species’ distributions along an environmental gradient using canonical analysis and quantile regression splines. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 366: 16–27.
7. Arruda, E. P., O. Domaneschi & A. C. Z. Amaral, 2003. Mollusc feeding guilds on sandy beaches in São Paulo State, Brazil. Marine Biology 143: 691–701.
8. Attrill, M. J. & S. D. Rundle, 2002. Ecotone or ecocline: ecological boundaries in estuaries. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 55: 929–936.
9. Barreiros, J. P., A. Bertoncini, L. Machado, M. Hostim-Silva & R. S. Santos, 2004. Diversity and seasonal changes in the ichthyofauna of rocky tidal pools from Praia Vermelha and São Roque, Santa Catarina. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology 47: 291–299.
10. Barros, F., 2005. Evaluating the importance of predation on subtidal benthic assemblages in sandy habitats around rocky reefs. Acta Oecologica 27: 211–223.
11. Barros, F., A. J. Underwood & M. Lindegarth, 2001. The influence of rocky reefs on structure of benthic macrofauna in nearby soft-sediments. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 52: 191–199.
12. Bertasi, F., M. A. Colangelo, M. Abbiati & V. U. Ceccherelli, 2007. Effects of an artificial protection structure on the sandy shore macrofaunal community: the special case of Lido di Dante (Northern Adriatic Sea). Hydrobiologia 586: 277–290.
13. Bolam, S. G. & J. D. Eggleton, 2014. Macrofaunal production and biological traits: spatial relationships along the UK continental shelf. Journal of Sea Research 88: 47–58.
14. Boström, C., S. J. Pittman, C. Simenstad & R. T. Kneib, 2011. Seascape ecology of coastal biogenic habitats: advances, gaps, and challenges. Marine Ecology Progress Series 427: 191–217.
15. Christofoletti, R. A., V. A. Murakami, D. N. Oliveira, R. E. Barreto & A. A. V. Flores, 2010. Foraging by the omnivorous crab Pachygrapsustransversus affects the structure of assemblages on sub-tropical rocky shores. Marine Ecology Progress Series 420: 125–135.
16. Couto, E. C. G. & M. Savian, 1998. Caracterização sedimentológica da planície intertidal da parte sul do Saco do Limoeiro (Ilha do Mel – Paraná – Brasil). I. Implicações Ecológicas. Arquivos de Biologia e Tecnologia 41: 237–246.
17. Couto, E. C. G., M. V. O. Almeida & P. C. Lana, 1995. Diversidade e distribuição da macroinfauna bêntica do Saco do Limoeiro – Ilha do Mel, Paraná – outono de 1990. Publicação Especial do Instituto Oceanográfico 11: 239–247.
18. Cusson, M. & E. Bourget, 1997. Influence of topographic heterogeneity and spatial scales on the structure of the neighbouring intertidal endobenthic macrofaunal community. Marine Ecology Progress Series 150: 181–193.
19. Dahlgren, C. P., M. H. Posey & A. W. Hulbert, 1999. The effects of bioturbation on the infaunal community adjacent to an offshore hardbottom reef. Bulletin of Marine Science 64: 21–34.
20. Dangerfield, J. M., A. J. Pik, D. Britton, A. Holmes, M. Gillings, I. Oliver, D. Briscoe & A. J. Beattie, 2003. Patterns of invertebrate biodiversity across a natural edge. Austral Ecology 28: 227–236.
21. Davis, N., G. R. VanBlaricom & P. K. Dayton, 1982. Man-made structures on marine sediments: effects on adjacent benthic communities. Marine Biology 70: 295–303.
22. Erdôs, L., M. Zalatnai, T. Morschhauser, Z. Bátori & L. Körmöczi, 2011. On the terms related to spatial ecological gradients and boundaries. Acta Biologica Szegediensis 55: 279–287.
23. Farina, A., 2010. The Ecotones. In Farina, A. (ed.), Ecology, Cognition and Landscape: Linking Natural and Social Systems. Springer, New York: 161.
24. Fauchald, K. & P. A. Jumars, 1979. The diet of worms: a study of polychaete feeding guilds. Oceanography and Marine Biology Annual Review 17: 193–284.
25. Galván, D. E., A. M. Parma & O. O. Iribarne, 2008. Influence of predatory reef fishes on the spatial distribution of Munidagregaria (=M. subrugosa) (Crustacea; Galatheidae) in shallow Patagonian soft bottoms. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 354: 93–100.
26. Gartner, A., F. Tuya, P. S. Lavery & K. Mcmahon, 2013. Habitat preferences of macroinvertebrate fauna among seagrasses with varying structural forms. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 439: 143–151.
27. Gosz, J. R., 1993. Ecotone hierarchies. Ecological Applications 3: 369–376.
28. Guichard, F. & E. Bourget, 1998. Topographic heterogeneity, hydrodynamics, and benthic community structure: a scale-dependent cascade. Marine Ecology Progress Series 171: 59–70.
29. Gutiérrez, J. & O. Iribarne, 1999. Role of Holocene beds of the stout razor clam Tagelusplebeius in structuring present benthic communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series 185: 213–228.
30. Gutiérrez, J. L., C. G. Jones, D. L. Strayer & O. O. Iribarne, 2003. Mollusks as ecosystem engineers: the role of shell production in aquatic habitats. Oikos 101: 79–90.
31. Hewitt, J. E., S. F. Thrush, J. Halliday & C. Duffy, 2005. The importance of small-scale habitat structure for maintaining beta diversity. Ecology 86: 1619–1626.
32. Jumars, P. A. & A. R. M. Nowell, 1984. Fluid and sediment dynamic effects on marine benthic community structure. American Zoologist 24: 45–55.
33. Kelaher, B. P., M. G. Chapman & A. J. Underwood, 1998. Changes in benthic assemblages near boardwalks in temperate urban mangrove forests. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 228: 291–307.
34. Kim, S., 1992. The role of drift kelp in the population ecology of a Diopatraornata Moore (Polychaeta: Onuphidae) ecotone. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 156: 253–272.
35. Kruitwagen, G., I. Nagelkerken, B. R. Lugendo, Y. D. Mgaya & S. E. Wendelaar Bonga, 2010. Importance of different carbon sources for macroinvertebrates and fishes of an interlinked mangrove–mudflat ecosystem (Tanzania). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 88: 464–472.
36. Langlois, T. J., M. J. Anderson & R. C. Babcock, 2005. Reef-associated predators influence adjacent soft-sediment communities. Ecology 86: 1508–1519.
37. Langlois, T. J., M. J. Anderson & R. C. Babcock, 2006a. Inconsistent effects of reefs on different size classes of macrofauna in adjacent sand habitats. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 334: 269–282.
38. Langlois, T. J., M. J. Anderson, R. C. Babcock & S. Kato, 2006b. Marine reserves demonstrate trophic interactions across habitats. Oecologia 147: 134–140.
39. Marone, E. & D. Jamiyanaa, 1997. Tidal characteristics and a numerical model for the M2 tide at the estuarine complex of the Bay of Paranaguá, Paraná, Brazil. Nerítica 11: 95–107.
40. Morales, M., 2012. Package ‘sciplot’ [http://www.r-project.org] Retrieved 10 Jan 2014.
41. Morrison, M. A., M. P. Francis, B. W. Hartill & D. M. Parkinson, 2002. Diurnal and tidal variation in the abundance of the fish fauna of a temperate tidal mudflat. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 54: 793–807.
42. Nowell, A. & P. Jumars, 1984. Flow environments of aquatic benthos. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 15: 303–328.
43. Ogden, J. C., R. A. Brown & N. Salesky, 1973. Grazing by the echinoid Diademaantillarum Philippi: formation of halos around West Indian Patch Reefs. Science 182: 715–717.
44. Oksanen, J., R. Kindt, P. Legendre, B. O’Hara, G. L. Simpson, P. Solymos, M. Henry, H. Stevens & H. Wagner, 2009. vegan: Community Ecology Package [http://www.r-project.org] Retrieved 10 Jan 2014.
45. Pagliosa, P. R., M. Cantor, F. Scherner, M. B. P. Otegui, A. L. Lemes-Silva, C. D. L. Martins, G. F. Alves, A. Fonseca & P. A. Horta Jr, 2012. Influence of piers on functional groups of benthic primary producers and consumers in the channel of a subtropical coastal lagoon. Brazilian Journal of Oceanography 60: 65–73.
46. Posey, M. H., F. E. Vose & W. J. Lindberg, 1992. Short-term responses of benthic infauna to the establishment of an artificial reef. In L. Cahoon (ed.), Diving for Science 1992, Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences 12th Annual Scientific Diving Symposium. American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS): 125–131.
47. Posey, M. H. & W. G. Ambrose Jr, 1994. Effects of proximity to an offshore hard-bottom reef on infaunal abundances. Marine Biology 118: 745–753.
48. Qian, P. Y., 1999. Larval settlement of polychaetes. Hydrobiologia 402: 239–253.
49. R Development Core Team, 2009. R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria [http://www.r-project.org] Retrieved 10 Jan 2014.
50. Raffaelli, D. & S. Hawkins, 1999. Intertidal Ecology. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell: 356 pp.
51. Reise, K., 2002. Sediment mediated species interactions in coastal waters. Journal of Sea Research 48: 127–141.
52. Rosa, L. C. & C. A. Borzone, 2008. Uma abordagem morfodinâmica na caracterização fisica das praias estuarinas da Baia de Paranaguá, sul do Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Geociências 38: 237–245.
53. Rosenberg, R., 2001. Marine benthic faunal successional stages and related sedimentary activity. Scientia Marina 65: 107–119.
54. Sandrini-Neto, L. & M. G. Camargo, 2010. GAD: an R package for ANOVA designs from general principles [http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/GAD] Retrieved 10 Jan 2014.
55. Strayer, D. L., M. E. Power, W. F. Fagan, S. T. A. Pickett & J. Belnap, 2003. A classification of ecological boundaries. BioScience 53: 723–729.
56. Summerson, H. C. & C. H. Peterson, 1984. Role of predation in organizing benthic communities of a temperate-zone seagrass bed. Marine Ecology Progress Series 15: 63–77.
57. Sweatman, H. & D. R. Robertson, 1994. Grazing halos and predation on juvenile Caribbean surgeonfishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 111: 1–6.
58. Wilson Jr, W. H., 1991. The foraging ecology of migratory shorebirds in marine soft-sediment communities: the effects of episodic predation on prey populations. American Zoologist 31: 840–848.