Pioneer settlement of the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus (Esper, 1794) on plastic
| Autor: | Erik Caroselli, Alexander N. Semenov, Elisa Bergami, Ilaria Corsi, Lisa Vaccari, Armando Macali |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Bergami E., Caroselli E., Vaccari L., Corsi I., Semenov A., Macali A. |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0106 biological sciences
Coral media_common.quotation_subject Scleractinian coral Plastic bottle Aquatic Science Biology 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Competition (biology) boats Mediterranean sea Plastic debri Mediterranean Sea media_common Ecology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Dianthus fungi Plastic debris Scleractinian coral Mediterranean Sea Encrustation pattern Substrate competition Interspecific competition Substrate (biology) boats.hull_material biology.organism_classification Plastic debris Benthic zone Substrate competition Encrustation pattern |
| Zdroj: | Coral Reefs. 40:1355-1360 |
| ISSN: | 1432-0975 0722-4028 |
| Popis: | Larval settlement is a critical step for sessile benthic species such as corals, whose ability to thrive on diverse natural and anthropogenic substrates may lead to a competitive advantage in the colonization of new environments with respect to a narrow tolerance for a specific kind of substratum. Plastic debris, widespread in marine waters, provides a large, motile, and solid substratum supporting a highly diverse biological community. Here we present the first observation of a floating plastic bottle colonized by the deep-sea coral Desmophyllum dianthus. The density pattern and co-occurring species composition suggest a pioneer behavior of this coral species, whose peculiar morphologic plasticity response when interacting with the plastic substrate (i.e., low density polyethylene) has not been observed before. The tolerance of D. dianthus for such plastic substrate may affect ecological processes in deep water environments, disrupting interspecific substrate competition in the benthic community. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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