Long term effects of transplanted limpets on an experimental marine biofouling community
作者:
UrielN Safriel,
Neta Erez,
Tamar Keasar,
期刊:
Biofouling
(Taylor Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 6,
issue 3
页码: 261-278
ISSN:0892-7014
年代: 1993
DOI:10.1080/08927019309386228
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: limpet;barnacle;biofouling;biological control;community structure
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The long‐term effects of limpets on a marine biofouling community were studied. Each of six 20 cm2shipping‐steel panels was artificially colonized by 15Patella caerulealimpets transplanted from intertidal rocks. Six other panels served as controls. The panels were hung at 1 m and 5·5 m depth from a pier in an Israeli port, and fouling was allowed to occur for 8 months. During winter, when fouling recruitment was low, the limpets reduced the 84%‐90% cover of biofouling to 1 %‐3%, and barnacle density from 2·6–3·8 to 0·7–0·8 individuals·cm−2. With the commencement of the spring surge of fouling recruitment, the controlling effects of the limpets steadily declined, but they continued to check the development of the high‐mass bryozoan cover. The decline was due to a feed‐back loop; heavy settlement of barnacles brought about an initial reduction in control that resulted in increased barnacle sizes and density. This also induced accelerated mortality among limpets, bringing about a further increase in barnacle density.
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