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Reem E, Douek J, Rinkevich B. Historical navigation routes in European waters leave their footprint on the contemporary seascape genetics of a colonial urochordate. Sci Rep 2023; 13:19076. [PMID: 37925572 PMCID: PMC10625628 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-46174-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/28/2023] [Indexed: 11/06/2023] Open
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Humans have intensively sailed the Mediterranean and European Atlantic waters throughout history, from the upper Paleolithic until today and centuries of human seafaring have established complex coastal and cross-seas navigation networks. Historical literature revealed three major long-lasting maritime routes (eastern, western, northern) with four commencing locations (Alexandria, Venice, Genoa, Gibraltar) and a fourth route (circum-Italian) that connected between them. Due to oceangoing and technological constraints, most voyages were coastal, lasted weeks to months, with extended resting periods, allowing the development of fouling organisms on ship hulls. One of the abiding travellers in maritime routes is the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri already known since the eighteenth century in European and Mediterranean ports. This species, was almost certainly one of the common hull fouling travellers in all trade routes for centuries. Employing COI haplotypes (1008 samples) and microsatellite alleles (995 samples) on colonies sampled from 64 pan-European sites, present-day Botryllus populations in the Mediterranean Sea/European Atlantic revealed significant segregation between all four maritime routes with a conspicuous partition of the northern route. These results reveal that past anthropogenic transports of sedentary marine species throughout millennia long seafaring have left their footprint on contemporary seascape genetics of marine organisms.
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- Eitan Reem
- Israel Oceanography and Limnological Research, National Institute of Oceanography, Tel Shikmona, P.O. Box 9753, 3109701, Haifa, Israel.
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- Israel Oceanography and Limnological Research, National Institute of Oceanography, Tel Shikmona, P.O. Box 9753, 3109701, Haifa, Israel
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- Israel Oceanography and Limnological Research, National Institute of Oceanography, Tel Shikmona, P.O. Box 9753, 3109701, Haifa, Israel
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Rech S, Gusmao JB, Kiessling T, Hidalgo-Ruz V, Meerhoff E, Gatta-Rosemary M, Moore C, de Vine R, Thiel M. A desert in the ocean - Depauperate fouling communities on marine litter in the hyper-oligotrophic South Pacific Subtropical Gyre. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 759:143545. [PMID: 33203559 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The hyper-oligotrophic waters of the South Pacific Subtropical Gyre (SPSG) and the productive coastal Humboldt Current System (HCS) constitute an extreme nutrient gradient in the eastern South Pacific Ocean. Rich and dense fouling communities are known from floating objects in the HCS, but they have not been studied in the SPSG and it is not known which factors are influencing their richness and abundance. Here we present the first extensive study of rafting by marine invertebrates on floating anthropogenic debris in the eastern SPSG. We compared the effect of 9 raft-related categorical predictors on epibiont richness and fouling cover. Raft complexity was the most important predictor of richness. Fouling was dominated by thin crusts and biofilms, with more advanced communities only observed on few items. Fouling cover could not be predicted by any of the categorical factors tested. However, when tested as continuous predictors, raft volume and surface area were significantly correlated with both cover and richness. The most frequently encountered epibionts were common pelagic rafters, particularly Lepas spp., Planes spp., and Jellyella spp. Low fouling cover suggests that the SPSG's hyper-oligotrophic conditions strongly limit fouling growth, while the low frequency of coastal taxa points to the HCS/SPSG nutrient gradient acting as a filter for such organisms.
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- Sabine Rech
- Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile; Millennium Nucleus of Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands (ESMOI), Coquimbo, Chile.
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- Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile; Millennium Nucleus of Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands (ESMOI), Coquimbo, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile; Kiel Science Factory, Kiel University and Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education, Kiel, Germany
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- Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile; Millennium Nucleus of Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands (ESMOI), Coquimbo, Chile; Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), Avenida Ossandón 877, Coquimbo, Chile; Laboratorio de Ciencias del Mar (UNDECIMAR), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile; Kiel Science Factory, Kiel University and Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education, Kiel, Germany
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- Algalita, 148 N. Marina Drive, Long Beach, CA 90803, United States
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- Algalita, 148 N. Marina Drive, Long Beach, CA 90803, United States
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- Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile; Millennium Nucleus of Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands (ESMOI), Coquimbo, Chile; Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), Avenida Ossandón 877, Coquimbo, Chile
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Coolen JWP, Boon AR, Crooijmans R, van Pelt H, Kleissen F, Gerla D, Beermann J, Birchenough SNR, Becking LE, Luttikhuizen PC. Marine stepping-stones: Connectivity of Mytilus edulis populations between offshore energy installations. Mol Ecol 2020; 29:686-703. [PMID: 31989703 PMCID: PMC7065051 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Revised: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Recent papers have suggested that epifaunal organisms use artificial structures as stepping-stones to spread to areas that are too distant to reach in a single generation. With thousands of artificial structures present in the North Sea, we test the hypothesis that these structures are connected by water currents and act as an interconnected reef. Population genetic structure of the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, was expected to follow a pattern predicted by a particle tracking model (PTM). Correlation between population genetic differentiation, based on microsatellite markers, and particle exchange was tested. Specimens of M. edulis were found at each location, although the PTM indicated that locations >85 km offshore were isolated from coastal subpopulations. The fixation coefficient FST correlated with the number of arrivals in the PTM. However, the number of effective migrants per generation as inferred from coalescent simulations did not show a strong correlation with the arriving particles. Isolation by distance analysis showed no increase in isolation with increasing distance and we did not find clear structure among the populations. The marine stepping-stone effect is obviously important for the distribution of M. edulis in the North Sea and it may influence ecologically comparable species in a similar way. In the absence of artificial shallow hard substrates, M. edulis would be unlikely to survive in offshore North Sea waters.
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- Joop W. P. Coolen
- Wageningen Marine ResearchDen HelderThe Netherlands
- Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management GroupWageningen UniversityWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Deltares, Marine and Coastal SystemsDelftThe Netherlands
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics CentreWageningen UniversityWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Deltares, Marine and Coastal SystemsDelftThe Netherlands
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- Wageningen Marine ResearchDen HelderThe Netherlands
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- Department of Functional EcologyAlfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine ResearchBremerhavenGermany
- Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine BiodiversityOldenburgGermany
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- Wageningen Marine ResearchDen HelderThe Netherlands
- Marine Animal Ecology GroupWageningen UniversityWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Coastal SystemsNIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea ResearchUtrecht UniversityDen BurgThe Netherlands
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Gallagher MC, Arnold M, Kadaub E, Culloty S, O'Riordan RM, McAllen R, Rachinskii D. Competing barnacle species with a time dependent reproduction rate. Theor Popul Biol 2019; 131:12-24. [PMID: 31730875 DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2019.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Revised: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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A simple competition model with time varying periodic coefficients, in which two species use different reproduction strategies, is explored in this paper. The two species considered comprise a native species which reproduces once a year over a short time period and an invasive species which is capable of reproducing throughout the entire year. A monotonicity property of the model is instrumental for its analysis. The model reveals that the time difference between the peak of reproduction for the two species is a critical factor in determining the outcome of competition between these species. The impact of climate change and an anthropogenic disturbance, comprising the creation of additional substrate, is also investigated using a modified model. The results of this paper describe how climate change will favour the invasive species by reducing the time period between the reproductive peaks of the two species and how the addition of new substrates is likely to endanger a small population of either of the two species, depending on the timing of the introduction of the substrates.
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- M C Gallagher
- School of BEES & the Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Ireland
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- The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080, United States of America
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- The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080, United States of America
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- School of BEES & the Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Ireland
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- School of BEES & the Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Ireland
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- School of BEES & the Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Ireland
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- The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080, United States of America.
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Ivkić A, Steger J, Galil BS, Albano PG. The potential of large rafting objects to spread Lessepsian invaders: the case of a detached buoy. Biol Invasions 2019; 21:1887-1893. [PMID: 31148942 PMCID: PMC6510832 DOI: 10.1007/s10530-019-01972-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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A diverse and abundant fouling community dominated by Lessepsian non-indigenous species was identified on a 13.5-m-long steel buoy stranded on the Israeli coast but originating from Port Said, at the Mediterranean entrance of the Suez Canal, Egypt. The molluscan community was sampled quantitatively by scraping. Three quarters of the individuals and more than half of the species were non-indigenous. Among the latter, a mytilid bivalve, Gregariella cf. ehrenbergi, was first recorded in the Mediterranean Sea on the basis of these samples, suggesting that the full consideration of all potential vectors can contribute to non-indigenous species detection. Large floating objects in coastal waters, such as buoys, are particularly suitable for colonization by Lessepsian species because hard substrates, and artificial ones in particular, are highly susceptible to the establishment of non-indigenous species. Moreover, their size and persistence enable the development of abundant and mature fouling communities that can disseminate propagules as eggs and larvae over long distances and for extended periods if detached. This report highlights the potential for large rafting debris as a vector of the spread of non-indigenous biota within the Mediterranean Sea.
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- Angelina Ivkić
- 1Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria.,2Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 8a, 3584 CB Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- 1Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- 3The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel
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- 1Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Anthropogenic marine litter composition in coastal areas may be a predictor of potentially invasive rafting fauna. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0191859. [PMID: 29385195 PMCID: PMC5792010 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Anthropogenic plastic pollution is a global problem. In the marine environment, one of its less studied effects is the transport of attached biota, which might lead to introductions of non-native species in new areas or aid in habitat expansions of invasive species. The goal of the present work was to assess if the material composition of beached anthropogenic litter is indicative of the rafting fauna in a coastal area and could thus be used as a simple and cost-efficient tool for risk assessment in the future. Beached anthropogenic litter and attached biota along the 200 km coastline of Asturias, central Bay of Biscay, Spain, were analysed. The macrobiotic community attached to fouled litter items was identified using genetic barcoding combined with visual taxonomic analysis, and compared between hard plastics, foams, other plastics and non-plastic items. On the other hand, the material composition of beached litter was analysed in a standardized area on each beach. From these two datasets, the expected frequency of several rafting taxa was calculated for the coastal area and compared to the actually observed frequencies. The results showed that plastics were the most abundant type of beached litter. Litter accumulation was likely driven by coastal sources (industry, ports) and river/sewage inputs and transported by near-shore currents. Rafting vectors were almost exclusively made up of plastics and could mainly be attributed to fishing activity and leisure/ household. We identified a variety of rafting biota, including species of goose barnacles, acorn barnacles, bivalves, gastropods, polychaetes and bryozoan, and hydrozoan colonies attached to stranded litter. Several of these species were non-native and invasive, such as the giant Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) and the Australian barnacle (Austrominius modestus). The composition of attached fauna varied strongly between litter items of different materials. Plastics, except for foam, had a much more diverse attached community than non-plastic materials. The predicted frequency of several taxa attached to beached litter significantly correlated with the actually observed frequencies. Therefore we suggest that the composition of stranded litter on a beach or an area could allow for predictions about the corresponding attached biotic community, including invasive species.
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Biccard A, Griffiths CL. Additions to the barnacle (Crustacea: Cirripedia) fauna of South Africa. AFRICAN ZOOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2016.1196610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Aiden Biccard
- Centre for Invasion Biology and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Centre for Invasion Biology and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Gallagher MC, Culloty S, McAllen R, O’Riordan R. Room for one more? Coexistence of native and non-indigenous barnacle species. Biol Invasions 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-016-1198-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Tetranucleotide microsatellites for the barnacle Megabalanus coccopoma (Darwin, 1854). BIOCHEM SYST ECOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2015.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Does climatic warming explain why an introduced barnacle finally takes over after a lag of more than 50 years? Biol Invasions 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9752-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Yamaguchi T, Prabowo RE, Ohshiro Y, Shimono T, Jones D, Kawai H, Otani M, Oshino A, Inagawa S, Akaya T, Tamura I. The introduction to Japan of the Titan barnacle, Megabalanus coccopoma (Darwin, 1854) (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha) and the role of shipping in its translocation. BIOFOULING 2009; 25:325-333. [PMID: 19219673 DOI: 10.1080/08927010902738048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The Titan Acorn barnacle, Megabalanus coccopoma, a native of the tropical eastern Pacific, has become established in the western Atlantic (Brazil and the northern Gulf of Mexico to the Carolinas), northwestern Europe and the western Indian Ocean (Mauritius), and therefore its dispersal capabilities are well known. This study reports its introduction to Japan and confirms its occurrence in Australia. In an attempt to determine the source of this introduction, phylogeographic techniques, involving cytochrome c oxidase I sequences of various widely separate populations of M. rosa and M. volcano, were utilized. No significant genetic differentiation or haplotype patterns between widely separated populations of each of the three species were found. Lack of such differentiation indicates recent geographical isolation and thus negates a null hypothesis predicting that the occurrence of one of more of these species in Australia was natural.
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- Toshiyuki Yamaguchi
- Department of Earth Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
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