Differential Colonization of Roots of Rhizophora mangle by the Wood Boring Isopod Sphaeroma terebrans as a Mechanism to Increase Root Density
作者:
Georg Ribi,
期刊:
Marine Ecology
(WILEY Available online 1982)
卷期:
Volume 3,
issue 1
页码: 13-19
ISSN:0173-9565
年代: 1982
DOI:10.1111/j.1439-0485.1982.tb00102.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: Florida;intertidal;isopods;mangroves;parasitism;wood boring organisms
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
Abstract.The frequency of parasitism of free ending prop roots of the red mangrove,Rhizophora mangle,by the wood boring isopodSphaeroma terebrans,increased with increasing distance of the endings to established roots. In a field experiment, in which isolated endings were, surrounded by wooden sticks, the endings were colonized byS. terebransat a lower rate than control endings, thus indicating that the wooden structures in the vicinity of the ending tended to reduce colonization rate byS. terebrans.It is concluded thatS. terebransmay cause mangrove root density to increase by colonizing peripheral endings more readily than endings which are near established roots.
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