Prey-capture rates in four Mediterranean cold water corals
Little is known about the basic biology of deep-water coral species. In this study, we experimentally assessed the rates of ingestion of Artemia salina adults and nauplii by the 4 Mediterranean cold water coral species Dendrophyllia cornigera, Desmophyllum cristagalli, Madrepora oculata, and Lopheli...
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ftieo:oai:repositorio.ieo.es:10508/7991 2023-05-15T17:08:43+02:00 Prey-capture rates in four Mediterranean cold water corals Tsounis, G. (Georgios) Orejas, C. (Covadonga) Reynaud, S. (Stéphanie) Gili, J.M. (Josep María) Allemand, D. (Denis) Ferrier-Pagès, C. (Christine) Mediterranean Sea 2010 http://hdl.handle.net/10508/7991 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08312 eng eng Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v398/p149-155/ http://hdl.handle.net/10508/7991 Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 398. 2010: 149-155 doi:10.3354/meps08312 Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ openAccess CC-BY-NC-ND Cold water corals Grazing rates Colony size Trophic ecology Benthic-pelagic coupling article 2010 ftieo https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08312 2022-08-30T23:47:13Z Little is known about the basic biology of deep-water coral species. In this study, we experimentally assessed the rates of ingestion of Artemia salina adults and nauplii by the 4 Mediterranean cold water coral species Dendrophyllia cornigera, Desmophyllum cristagalli, Madrepora oculata, and Lophelia pertusa. All species ingested A. salina in adult and nauplii forms. L. pertusa showed the highest grazing rate for both prey types, whereas M. oculata showed the lowest capture rates among the 4 species, and was practically unable to ingest adult prey. Capture rates of the 4 coral species ranged between 5 and 8 adult A. salina, and 50 and 280 nauplii polyp–1 h–1. Surprisingly, both capture rates and carbon uptake (adult Artemia ingestion: 994 to 3542 µg C polyp–1 h–1; nauplii ingestion: 78.1 to 462 µg C polyp–1 h–1) were within the range of values found in some tropical corals (which often ingest 0.004 to 3600 prey items polyp–1 h–1). The results show that the capture rates and energy input of the studied cold water coral species appear to be on a level that is comparable to that of other corals, even tropical zooxanthellate species 2 Article in Journal/Newspaper Lophelia pertusa Instituto Español de Oceanografía: e-IEO Marine Ecology Progress Series 398 149 155 |
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Little is known about the basic biology of deep-water coral species. In this study, we experimentally assessed the rates of ingestion of Artemia salina adults and nauplii by the 4 Mediterranean cold water coral species Dendrophyllia cornigera, Desmophyllum cristagalli, Madrepora oculata, and Lophelia pertusa. All species ingested A. salina in adult and nauplii forms. L. pertusa showed the highest grazing rate for both prey types, whereas M. oculata showed the lowest capture rates among the 4 species, and was practically unable to ingest adult prey. Capture rates of the 4 coral species ranged between 5 and 8 adult A. salina, and 50 and 280 nauplii polyp–1 h–1. Surprisingly, both capture rates and carbon uptake (adult Artemia ingestion: 994 to 3542 µg C polyp–1 h–1; nauplii ingestion: 78.1 to 462 µg C polyp–1 h–1) were within the range of values found in some tropical corals (which often ingest 0.004 to 3600 prey items polyp–1 h–1). The results show that the capture rates and energy input of the studied cold water coral species appear to be on a level that is comparable to that of other corals, even tropical zooxanthellate species 2 |
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Tsounis, G. (Georgios) Orejas, C. (Covadonga) Reynaud, S. (Stéphanie) Gili, J.M. (Josep María) Allemand, D. (Denis) Ferrier-Pagès, C. (Christine) |
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Tsounis, G. (Georgios) Orejas, C. (Covadonga) Reynaud, S. (Stéphanie) Gili, J.M. (Josep María) Allemand, D. (Denis) Ferrier-Pagès, C. (Christine) |
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Prey-capture rates in four Mediterranean cold water corals |
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Prey-capture rates in four Mediterranean cold water corals |
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Prey-capture rates in four Mediterranean cold water corals |
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Prey-capture rates in four Mediterranean cold water corals |
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Prey-capture rates in four Mediterranean cold water corals |
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prey-capture rates in four mediterranean cold water corals |
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