Life after death: shallow‐water Mediterranean invertebrate communities associated with mammal bones
Abstract Invertebrate and microbial marine communities associated with mammal bones are interesting and poorly understood habitats, mainly known from studies on deep‐water whale remains. In order to characterize these communities in the shallow‐water Mediterranean, we present here the results of a p...
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crwiley:10.1111/maec.12257 2023-12-03T10:25:49+01:00 Life after death: shallow‐water Mediterranean invertebrate communities associated with mammal bones Taboada, Sergi Bas, Maria Leiva, Carlos Garriga, Mariona Sardá, Rafael Avila, Conxita Spanish Government 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maec.12257 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fmaec.12257 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/maec.12257 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Marine Ecology volume 37, issue 1, page 164-178 ISSN 0173-9565 1439-0485 Ecology Aquatic Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 2015 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12257 2023-11-09T14:36:49Z Abstract Invertebrate and microbial marine communities associated with mammal bones are interesting and poorly understood habitats, mainly known from studies on deep‐water whale remains. In order to characterize these communities in the shallow‐water Mediterranean, we present here the results of a pioneering experiment using mammal bones. Minke whale, pig and cow bones were experimentally deployed on three different background communities: rocky substrate, soft‐bottom and a Posidonia oceanica meadow. Bones were deployed for a year at about 20 m depth and collected every 3 months, and the invertebrate fauna colonizing the bones was identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level. As expected, mammal bones showed remarkable differences when compared with background communities. Within bones, four different clusters could be identified, primarily on the basis of the polychaete fauna, the most abundant and diverse group in the survey. Clusters A1–A3 corresponded to high to moderately altered successional stages composed by a fauna closer to that of anthropogenically enriched shallow‐water environments. These clusters were characterized by the occurrence of the opportunist polychaetes Ophryotrocha puerilis , Neanthes caudata (Cluster A1), Protodorvillea kefersteini (Cluster A2) and Ophryotrocha alborana (Cluster A3). Cluster B was characterized by the presence of the polychaete Oxydromus pallidus together with typical invertebrate background fauna, which suggests that this community, after a year of deployment, was closer to that found in natural conditions. As opposed to similar shallow‐water studies in other geographic areas, no occurrence of the polychaete Osedax (commonly known as bone‐eating worms) was reported from our experiments. Apart from the study on the invertebrate communities, insights about the population dynamics of three of the most abundant species ( O. puerilis , O. alborana , N. caudata ) are given as well as remarks on a hypothetical trophic network based on fecal pellet analysis. Article in Journal/Newspaper minke whale Wiley Online Library (via Crossref) Marine Ecology 37 1 164 178 |
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Abstract Invertebrate and microbial marine communities associated with mammal bones are interesting and poorly understood habitats, mainly known from studies on deep‐water whale remains. In order to characterize these communities in the shallow‐water Mediterranean, we present here the results of a pioneering experiment using mammal bones. Minke whale, pig and cow bones were experimentally deployed on three different background communities: rocky substrate, soft‐bottom and a Posidonia oceanica meadow. Bones were deployed for a year at about 20 m depth and collected every 3 months, and the invertebrate fauna colonizing the bones was identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level. As expected, mammal bones showed remarkable differences when compared with background communities. Within bones, four different clusters could be identified, primarily on the basis of the polychaete fauna, the most abundant and diverse group in the survey. Clusters A1–A3 corresponded to high to moderately altered successional stages composed by a fauna closer to that of anthropogenically enriched shallow‐water environments. These clusters were characterized by the occurrence of the opportunist polychaetes Ophryotrocha puerilis , Neanthes caudata (Cluster A1), Protodorvillea kefersteini (Cluster A2) and Ophryotrocha alborana (Cluster A3). Cluster B was characterized by the presence of the polychaete Oxydromus pallidus together with typical invertebrate background fauna, which suggests that this community, after a year of deployment, was closer to that found in natural conditions. As opposed to similar shallow‐water studies in other geographic areas, no occurrence of the polychaete Osedax (commonly known as bone‐eating worms) was reported from our experiments. Apart from the study on the invertebrate communities, insights about the population dynamics of three of the most abundant species ( O. puerilis , O. alborana , N. caudata ) are given as well as remarks on a hypothetical trophic network based on fecal pellet analysis. |
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Life after death: shallow‐water Mediterranean invertebrate communities associated with mammal bones |
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Life after death: shallow‐water Mediterranean invertebrate communities associated with mammal bones |
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Life after death: shallow‐water Mediterranean invertebrate communities associated with mammal bones |
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