Artículo
Facilitation of macrofaunal assemblages in marinas by the habitat-forming invader Amathia verticillata (Bryozoa: Gymnolaemata) across a spatiotemporal scale
Autor/es | Guerra García, José Manuel
Ruiz Velasco, Sofía Navarro Barranco, Carlos Moreira, Juan Angulo, G. García Domínguez, R. Sáenz Arias, Pablo López-Fé de la Cuadra, Carlos María Ros Clemente, Macarena |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Zoología |
Fecha de publicación | 2023-11-24 |
Fecha de depósito | 2024-05-24 |
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Resumen | Widespread habitat-forming invaders inhabiting marinas, such as the spaghetti bryozoan Amathia verticillata, allow exploring facilitation processes across spatiotemporal contexts. Here we investigate the role of this ... Widespread habitat-forming invaders inhabiting marinas, such as the spaghetti bryozoan Amathia verticillata, allow exploring facilitation processes across spatiotemporal contexts. Here we investigate the role of this bryozoan as habitat for native and exotic macrofaunal assemblages across different ecoregions of Western Mediterranean and East Atlantic coasts, and a monthly variation over a year. While only 7 (all peracarid crustaceans) of the 54 associated species were NIS, they dominated macrofaunal assemblages in terms of abundance, raising the potential for invasional meltdown. NIS richness and community structure differed among marinas but not among ecoregions, highlighting the importance of marina singularities in modulating facilitation at spatial scale. Despite facilitation did not depend on bryozoan abundance fluctuations, it was affected by its deciduous pattern, peaking in summer and disappearing in late winter. Monitoring A. verticillata in marinas, especially in summer periods, may improve the detection and management of multiple associated NIS. |
Agencias financiadoras | Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICIN). España European Commission (EC). Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) |
Identificador del proyecto | CGL 2017-82739-P |
Cita | Guerra García, J.M., Ruiz Velasco, S., Navarro Barranco, C., Moreira, J., Angulo, G., García Domínguez, R.,...,Ros Clemente, M. (2023). Facilitation of macrofaunal assemblages in marinas by the habitat-forming invader Amathia verticillata (Bryozoa: Gymnolaemata) across a spatiotemporal scale. Marine Environmental Research, 193, 106256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106256. |
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