Antarctic shallow suhtidal echinoderms: is the ecological success of broadcasters related to ice disturbance?
One characteristic pattern found in the marine Antarctic shallow environments is the unusually high proportion of species with protected and pelagic lecitotrophic development modes. However, species with planktotrophic development generally appear as the most conspicuous types of organisms in these...
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ftunivchile:oai:repositorio.uchile.cl:2250/119982 2023-05-15T13:41:32+02:00 Antarctic shallow suhtidal echinoderms: is the ecological success of broadcasters related to ice disturbance? Palma, Alvaro T. Poulin, Elie Silva, Marcelo G. San Martín, Roberto B. Muñoz, Carlos Díaz, Angie 2007-02 application/pdf https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/119982 en eng SPRINGER POLAR BIOLOGY Volume: 30 Issue: 3 Pages: 343-350 Published: FEB 2007 0722-4060 https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/119982 KING-GEORGE ISLAND Artículo de revista 2007 ftunivchile 2023-03-05T00:51:54Z One characteristic pattern found in the marine Antarctic shallow environments is the unusually high proportion of species with protected and pelagic lecitotrophic development modes. However, species with planktotrophic development generally appear as the most conspicuous types of organisms in these environments. The Antarctic shallow benthos is considered as one of the most disturbed in the world, mainly due to the action of ice, thus one could hypothesize that such an environment should favor organisms with high dispersal capability. In order to test this general hypothesis, for two consecutive summers (2004-2005) and at two locations, we quantified the abundance and size distribution of most echinoderms present along bathymetric transects. Our results show the predominance of broadcasters (i.e., Sterechinus neumayeri and Odontaster validus) at a location where disturbances are common, while brooders (e.g., Abatus agassizii) only occurred at shallower depths of the least disturbed location. These results not only corroborate the hypothesis that local disturbance is an important factor generating these ecological patterns, but also suggest how ice-related disturbances could represent a major selecting agent behind the patterns of species diversity at an evolutionary scale in Antarctica. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica King George Island Polar Biology Universidad de Chile: Repositorio académico Antarctic The Antarctic King George Island |
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One characteristic pattern found in the marine Antarctic shallow environments is the unusually high proportion of species with protected and pelagic lecitotrophic development modes. However, species with planktotrophic development generally appear as the most conspicuous types of organisms in these environments. The Antarctic shallow benthos is considered as one of the most disturbed in the world, mainly due to the action of ice, thus one could hypothesize that such an environment should favor organisms with high dispersal capability. In order to test this general hypothesis, for two consecutive summers (2004-2005) and at two locations, we quantified the abundance and size distribution of most echinoderms present along bathymetric transects. Our results show the predominance of broadcasters (i.e., Sterechinus neumayeri and Odontaster validus) at a location where disturbances are common, while brooders (e.g., Abatus agassizii) only occurred at shallower depths of the least disturbed location. These results not only corroborate the hypothesis that local disturbance is an important factor generating these ecological patterns, but also suggest how ice-related disturbances could represent a major selecting agent behind the patterns of species diversity at an evolutionary scale in Antarctica. |
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Palma, Alvaro T. Poulin, Elie Silva, Marcelo G. San Martín, Roberto B. Muñoz, Carlos Díaz, Angie |
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Palma, Alvaro T. Poulin, Elie Silva, Marcelo G. San Martín, Roberto B. Muñoz, Carlos Díaz, Angie |
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Palma, Alvaro T. |
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Antarctic shallow suhtidal echinoderms: is the ecological success of broadcasters related to ice disturbance? |
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Antarctic shallow suhtidal echinoderms: is the ecological success of broadcasters related to ice disturbance? |
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Antarctic shallow suhtidal echinoderms: is the ecological success of broadcasters related to ice disturbance? |
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POLAR BIOLOGY Volume: 30 Issue: 3 Pages: 343-350 Published: FEB 2007 0722-4060 https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/119982 |
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