Rocky intertidal species diversity along the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska: 2003 - 2004
We investigated the relative roles of natural factors and shoreline harvest leading to localized declines of the black leather chiton, Katharina tunicata, on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Field surveys of the significant predictors of K. tunicata across 11 sites suggest that its current spatial varia...
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subsistence marine ecological change shoreline harvest Katharina tunicata Kenai Peninsula Bidarki chiton EVOSTC Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council Oil Spill Exxon Valdez Alaska Benthic Invertebrates and Algae Acmaea mitra Acrosiphonia Alaria marginata Alcyonacean Analipus Aplidium spp Artic Borer Balanus Boreotrophon spp Deep ridged long groove Bossiella Bossiella cretacea Bryozoan Bryozoan Upright Bryozoan Upright Heteropora alaskensis Calliostoma Cancer oregonensis Chelyosoma productum Chthamalus Cladophora Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis Codium Colpomenia peregrina Corallina Coralline crust Costaria costata Cryptochiton Cryptosiphonia Cymathere Dark cuc Encrusting Bryozoan on haptera Endocladia Enteromorpha Intes Epiactus Eudistoma ritteri Eupentacta spp white cuc Evasterias Fauchea laciniata Flustrelldira coniculata Fucus Fusitriton oregonensis Fustraledra Green yellow Halichondria Halichondria Haliclona Halosaccion Hedophyllum Henricia Hildenbrandia Hildenbrandia Ralfsia fleshy crust Idotea Kalina orange sponge yellowy orange very porous with orange squigglies Katharina tunicata Key hole Limpet Lacuna Laminaria bongardiana Laminaria groenlandica Laminaria longipies Laminaria setchellii Lemon dorrid sea slug Lepidozonna mertensii Leptasterias Litorina sp Long skinny black worm Amphiporous Lottiidae Margarites Mastocarpus Mazzaella heterocarpa Melanosiphon intestinalalis Mesophyllum Metridium Microcladia Modiolus modiolus Mopalia spp Mytilus californianus Mytilus trossulus Nemertean Neoptilota Neorhodomela Nucella Lamellosa Nucella canaliculata Ocenebrina Ocinebrina Odonthalia Oedignathus Onchidella Ophiopholis aculeata Brittle Star Ophlitospongia OrANGE pista Orange Aplidium Orange Encrusting Sponge Orange dorrid sea slug Pagurus Palmaria blade complex Palmaria blade complexe Palmaria callophylloides Petrocelis Phidiana crassicornis Phycodrys riggii Pink purple grey Haliclona Pisaster Pista elongata Sandy Squishy tube worms Pododesmus Polyneura latissima Polysiphonia Porphyra Potamilla occelata Pterosiphonia Ptilota Pugettia Pycnopodia Ralfsia Red banded star Crosaster possibly Riterrela like compund ascidian clubs no orange Ritterella like tunicate Rostanga S droebachiensis Scypha Scytosiphon Sea Peach Semibalanus cariosus Serpularella Serraticardia Small smooth cuc Soranthera ulvoidea Sparlingia pertusa Spirorbids Squat mystery snail Stringy fan tuffs Pterosiphonia Styela Stylantheca Hydrocoral Tokidadendron kurilensis Tonicella lineata Tonicella rubra Tonicella undocaerulea Trichotropis cancellata Triopha Ulvoid Urticina bumpy clumps of mystery Red chondracanthus exasperata neorhodomela oregona pink mussel epipytic sea mouse recruit thin red blade Voucher |
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subsistence marine ecological change shoreline harvest Katharina tunicata Kenai Peninsula Bidarki chiton EVOSTC Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council Oil Spill Exxon Valdez Alaska Benthic Invertebrates and Algae Acmaea mitra Acrosiphonia Alaria marginata Alcyonacean Analipus Aplidium spp Artic Borer Balanus Boreotrophon spp Deep ridged long groove Bossiella Bossiella cretacea Bryozoan Bryozoan Upright Bryozoan Upright Heteropora alaskensis Calliostoma Cancer oregonensis Chelyosoma productum Chthamalus Cladophora Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis Codium Colpomenia peregrina Corallina Coralline crust Costaria costata Cryptochiton Cryptosiphonia Cymathere Dark cuc Encrusting Bryozoan on haptera Endocladia Enteromorpha Intes Epiactus Eudistoma ritteri Eupentacta spp white cuc Evasterias Fauchea laciniata Flustrelldira coniculata Fucus Fusitriton oregonensis Fustraledra Green yellow Halichondria Halichondria Haliclona Halosaccion Hedophyllum Henricia Hildenbrandia Hildenbrandia Ralfsia fleshy crust Idotea Kalina orange sponge yellowy orange very porous with orange squigglies Katharina tunicata Key hole Limpet Lacuna Laminaria bongardiana Laminaria groenlandica Laminaria longipies Laminaria setchellii Lemon dorrid sea slug Lepidozonna mertensii Leptasterias Litorina sp Long skinny black worm Amphiporous Lottiidae Margarites Mastocarpus Mazzaella heterocarpa Melanosiphon intestinalalis Mesophyllum Metridium Microcladia Modiolus modiolus Mopalia spp Mytilus californianus Mytilus trossulus Nemertean Neoptilota Neorhodomela Nucella Lamellosa Nucella canaliculata Ocenebrina Ocinebrina Odonthalia Oedignathus Onchidella Ophiopholis aculeata Brittle Star Ophlitospongia OrANGE pista Orange Aplidium Orange Encrusting Sponge Orange dorrid sea slug Pagurus Palmaria blade complex Palmaria blade complexe Palmaria callophylloides Petrocelis Phidiana crassicornis Phycodrys riggii Pink purple grey Haliclona Pisaster Pista elongata Sandy Squishy tube worms Pododesmus Polyneura latissima Polysiphonia Porphyra Potamilla occelata Pterosiphonia Ptilota Pugettia Pycnopodia Ralfsia Red banded star Crosaster possibly Riterrela like compund ascidian clubs no orange Ritterella like tunicate Rostanga S droebachiensis Scypha Scytosiphon Sea Peach Semibalanus cariosus Serpularella Serraticardia Small smooth cuc Soranthera ulvoidea Sparlingia pertusa Spirorbids Squat mystery snail Stringy fan tuffs Pterosiphonia Styela Stylantheca Hydrocoral Tokidadendron kurilensis Tonicella lineata Tonicella rubra Tonicella undocaerulea Trichotropis cancellata Triopha Ulvoid Urticina bumpy clumps of mystery Red chondracanthus exasperata neorhodomela oregona pink mussel epipytic sea mouse recruit thin red blade Voucher Anne Salomon Jennifer Ruesink Rocky intertidal species diversity along the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska: 2003 - 2004 |
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subsistence marine ecological change shoreline harvest Katharina tunicata Kenai Peninsula Bidarki chiton EVOSTC Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council Oil Spill Exxon Valdez Alaska Benthic Invertebrates and Algae Acmaea mitra Acrosiphonia Alaria marginata Alcyonacean Analipus Aplidium spp Artic Borer Balanus Boreotrophon spp Deep ridged long groove Bossiella Bossiella cretacea Bryozoan Bryozoan Upright Bryozoan Upright Heteropora alaskensis Calliostoma Cancer oregonensis Chelyosoma productum Chthamalus Cladophora Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis Codium Colpomenia peregrina Corallina Coralline crust Costaria costata Cryptochiton Cryptosiphonia Cymathere Dark cuc Encrusting Bryozoan on haptera Endocladia Enteromorpha Intes Epiactus Eudistoma ritteri Eupentacta spp white cuc Evasterias Fauchea laciniata Flustrelldira coniculata Fucus Fusitriton oregonensis Fustraledra Green yellow Halichondria Halichondria Haliclona Halosaccion Hedophyllum Henricia Hildenbrandia Hildenbrandia Ralfsia fleshy crust Idotea Kalina orange sponge yellowy orange very porous with orange squigglies Katharina tunicata Key hole Limpet Lacuna Laminaria bongardiana Laminaria groenlandica Laminaria longipies Laminaria setchellii Lemon dorrid sea slug Lepidozonna mertensii Leptasterias Litorina sp Long skinny black worm Amphiporous Lottiidae Margarites Mastocarpus Mazzaella heterocarpa Melanosiphon intestinalalis Mesophyllum Metridium Microcladia Modiolus modiolus Mopalia spp Mytilus californianus Mytilus trossulus Nemertean Neoptilota Neorhodomela Nucella Lamellosa Nucella canaliculata Ocenebrina Ocinebrina Odonthalia Oedignathus Onchidella Ophiopholis aculeata Brittle Star Ophlitospongia OrANGE pista Orange Aplidium Orange Encrusting Sponge Orange dorrid sea slug Pagurus Palmaria blade complex Palmaria blade complexe Palmaria callophylloides Petrocelis Phidiana crassicornis Phycodrys riggii Pink purple grey Haliclona Pisaster Pista elongata Sandy Squishy tube worms Pododesmus Polyneura latissima Polysiphonia Porphyra Potamilla occelata Pterosiphonia Ptilota Pugettia Pycnopodia Ralfsia Red banded star Crosaster possibly Riterrela like compund ascidian clubs no orange Ritterella like tunicate Rostanga S droebachiensis Scypha Scytosiphon Sea Peach Semibalanus cariosus Serpularella Serraticardia Small smooth cuc Soranthera ulvoidea Sparlingia pertusa Spirorbids Squat mystery snail Stringy fan tuffs Pterosiphonia Styela Stylantheca Hydrocoral Tokidadendron kurilensis Tonicella lineata Tonicella rubra Tonicella undocaerulea Trichotropis cancellata Triopha Ulvoid Urticina bumpy clumps of mystery Red chondracanthus exasperata neorhodomela oregona pink mussel epipytic sea mouse recruit thin red blade Voucher |
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We investigated the relative roles of natural factors and shoreline harvest leading to localized declines of the black leather chiton, Katharina tunicata, on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Field surveys of the significant predictors of K. tunicata across 11 sites suggest that its current spatial variation is significantly related to human exploitation and sea otter predation. Traditional ecological knowledge further revealed that several benthic marine invertebrates (sea urchin, crab and clams) have declined sequentially, with reduced densities of K. tunicata being the most recent. We propose that a restriction in alternative prey species availability has led to recent intensified per capita predator impacts on K. tunicata. Experimental K. tunicata removals in the low intertidal revealed that at high densities, K. tunicata reduced the density of Alaria marginata, by 94% and species richness by 38%, and altered algal and invertebrate community structure. Across site comparisons showed that A. marginata biomass was 7 times greater at exploited versus unexploited sites. Furthermore, community structure differed significantly as a function of predation pressure. These results provide evidence of a trophic cascade and reveal the extent to which fishing and natural predation, via the reduction of a shared keystone resource, indirectly alter a temperate coastal ecosystem. Publications: Salomon, A.K. 2006. Investigating the relative roles of natural factors and shoreline harvest in altering the community structure, dynamics and diversity of the Kenai Peninsula's rocky intertidal, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Gulf Ecosystem Monitoring and Research Project Final Report (GEM Project 030647), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. |
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Rocky intertidal species diversity along the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska: 2003 - 2004 |
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Rocky intertidal species diversity along the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska: 2003 - 2004 |
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Rocky intertidal species diversity along the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska: 2003 - 2004 |
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Rocky intertidal species diversity along the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska: 2003 - 2004 |
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Rocky intertidal species diversity along the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska: 2003 - 2004 |
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rocky intertidal species diversity along the kenai peninsula, alaska: 2003 - 2004 |
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dataone:doi:10.5063/F1B8562K 2024-06-03T18:46:58+00:00 Rocky intertidal species diversity along the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska: 2003 - 2004 Anne Salomon Jennifer Ruesink Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA ENVELOPE(-152.125,-151.0,59.625,58.625) BEGINDATE: 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z ENDDATE: 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-12-19T23:52:39.865Z https://doi.org/10.5063/F1B8562K unknown Gulf of Alaska Data Portal subsistence marine ecological change shoreline harvest Katharina tunicata Kenai Peninsula Bidarki chiton EVOSTC Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council Oil Spill Exxon Valdez Alaska Benthic Invertebrates and Algae Acmaea mitra Acrosiphonia Alaria marginata Alcyonacean Analipus Aplidium spp Artic Borer Balanus Boreotrophon spp Deep ridged long groove Bossiella Bossiella cretacea Bryozoan Bryozoan Upright Bryozoan Upright Heteropora alaskensis Calliostoma Cancer oregonensis Chelyosoma productum Chthamalus Cladophora Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis Codium Colpomenia peregrina Corallina Coralline crust Costaria costata Cryptochiton Cryptosiphonia Cymathere Dark cuc Encrusting Bryozoan on haptera Endocladia Enteromorpha Intes Epiactus Eudistoma ritteri Eupentacta spp white cuc Evasterias Fauchea laciniata Flustrelldira coniculata Fucus Fusitriton oregonensis Fustraledra Green yellow Halichondria Halichondria Haliclona Halosaccion Hedophyllum Henricia Hildenbrandia Hildenbrandia Ralfsia fleshy crust Idotea Kalina orange sponge yellowy orange very porous with orange squigglies Katharina tunicata Key hole Limpet Lacuna Laminaria bongardiana Laminaria groenlandica Laminaria longipies Laminaria setchellii Lemon dorrid sea slug Lepidozonna mertensii Leptasterias Litorina sp Long skinny black worm Amphiporous Lottiidae Margarites Mastocarpus Mazzaella heterocarpa Melanosiphon intestinalalis Mesophyllum Metridium Microcladia Modiolus modiolus Mopalia spp Mytilus californianus Mytilus trossulus Nemertean Neoptilota Neorhodomela Nucella Lamellosa Nucella canaliculata Ocenebrina Ocinebrina Odonthalia Oedignathus Onchidella Ophiopholis aculeata Brittle Star Ophlitospongia OrANGE pista Orange Aplidium Orange Encrusting Sponge Orange dorrid sea slug Pagurus Palmaria blade complex Palmaria blade complexe Palmaria callophylloides Petrocelis Phidiana crassicornis Phycodrys riggii Pink purple grey Haliclona Pisaster Pista elongata Sandy Squishy tube worms Pododesmus Polyneura latissima Polysiphonia Porphyra Potamilla occelata Pterosiphonia Ptilota Pugettia Pycnopodia Ralfsia Red banded star Crosaster possibly Riterrela like compund ascidian clubs no orange Ritterella like tunicate Rostanga S droebachiensis Scypha Scytosiphon Sea Peach Semibalanus cariosus Serpularella Serraticardia Small smooth cuc Soranthera ulvoidea Sparlingia pertusa Spirorbids Squat mystery snail Stringy fan tuffs Pterosiphonia Styela Stylantheca Hydrocoral Tokidadendron kurilensis Tonicella lineata Tonicella rubra Tonicella undocaerulea Trichotropis cancellata Triopha Ulvoid Urticina bumpy clumps of mystery Red chondracanthus exasperata neorhodomela oregona pink mussel epipytic sea mouse recruit thin red blade Voucher Dataset dataone:urn:node:GOA https://doi.org/10.5063/F1B8562K 2024-06-03T18:06:32Z We investigated the relative roles of natural factors and shoreline harvest leading to localized declines of the black leather chiton, Katharina tunicata, on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Field surveys of the significant predictors of K. tunicata across 11 sites suggest that its current spatial variation is significantly related to human exploitation and sea otter predation. Traditional ecological knowledge further revealed that several benthic marine invertebrates (sea urchin, crab and clams) have declined sequentially, with reduced densities of K. tunicata being the most recent. We propose that a restriction in alternative prey species availability has led to recent intensified per capita predator impacts on K. tunicata. Experimental K. tunicata removals in the low intertidal revealed that at high densities, K. tunicata reduced the density of Alaria marginata, by 94% and species richness by 38%, and altered algal and invertebrate community structure. Across site comparisons showed that A. marginata biomass was 7 times greater at exploited versus unexploited sites. Furthermore, community structure differed significantly as a function of predation pressure. These results provide evidence of a trophic cascade and reveal the extent to which fishing and natural predation, via the reduction of a shared keystone resource, indirectly alter a temperate coastal ecosystem. Publications: Salomon, A.K. 2006. Investigating the relative roles of natural factors and shoreline harvest in altering the community structure, dynamics and diversity of the Kenai Peninsula's rocky intertidal, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Gulf Ecosystem Monitoring and Research Project Final Report (GEM Project 030647), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Dataset Modiolus modiolus Alaska Gulf of Alaska Data Portal (via DataONE) Mitra ENVELOPE(11.333,11.333,79.150,79.150) ENVELOPE(-152.125,-151.0,59.625,58.625) |