Physical effects of an invading reef-building polychaete on an Argentinean estuarine environment

Schwindt, Evangelina; Iribarne, Oscar; Isla, Federico Ignacio

doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2003.06.004

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“…Both F. enigmaticus and F. uschakovi may cause dramatic impacts on benthic communities in the U.S. (e.g., Straughan 1968;Hartmann-Schröder 1971;ten Hove & Weerdenburg 1978;Schwindt et al 2001Schwindt et al , 2004. The ecological and economic effects of most serpulids have not been studied and are unknown.…”

Section: Cryptogenic Speciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This species plays an important ecological role in some localities, because it builds large colonies in some Mediterranean (ten Hove 1974; ten Hove & Weerdenburg 1978;ten Hove & van den Hurk 1993;Fornós et al 1997;Bianchi & Morri 2001) and Patagonian coastal lagoons (Schwindt et al 2001(Schwindt et al , 2004, where it forms reefs or micro-atolls, 2-3 m in diameter (ten Hove & van den Hurk 1993;Schwindt et al 2001Schwindt et al , 2004, and can reach 750 m in length as in Lake Tunis (ten Hove & van den Hurk 1993).…”

Section: Taxonomic Remarksmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The fouling serpulids (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from United States coastal waters: an overview

Bastida-Zavala

McCann

Keppel

et al. 2017

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Serpulids are an important component of fouling communities. This paper provides an overview of the serpulid species found in North America, as part of a broader study of fouling invertebrates focused on NIS (non-indigenous species) in United States coastal ecosystems. Almost 4400 serpulid specimens were examined from selected fouling plates. Fouling plates were deployed in 26 bays and coastal lagoons along the continental coasts of the United States and Hawaiian islands, primarily in bays and lagoons with salinities averaging 20‰ or greater. Twenty-five serpulid species were identified, including four new records for the United States (Ficopomatus uschakovi, Hydroides cf. brachyacantha, H. longispinosa and Protula longiseta), three known NIS, two presumed NIS, three cryptogenic serpulids, and several range extensions. Crucigera websteri extends its northward range from Santa Barbara Island to Humboldt Bay, California; Ficopomatus enigmaticus, first recorded in North America from San Francisco, California in 1920, Rockport, Texas in 1952 and Barnegat Bay, New Jersey in 1980, is now recorded at additional localities on the east coast (Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, Charleston, South Carolina and Indian River, Florida) and the northern Gulf of Mexico (Galveston Bay, Texas); F. miamiensis extends its westward range from Louisiana to Texas; F. uschakovi, an Indo-Pacific and Western African species, was recorded formally for the first time from the northern Gulf of Mexico (Galveston Bay and Corpus Christi, Texas) and the east coast of Florida (Jacksonville). Hydroides cf. brachyacantha extends its northward range from Curaҫao to Pensacola Bay, Florida; H. dirampha from Veracruz, Mexico to Corpus Christi, Texas; H. floridana extends its westward range from Louisiana to Texas; H. gracilis extends its northward range from Pacific Grove to San Francisco, California; Salmacina huxleyi from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to Rhode Island; and Spirobranchus minutus from Veracruz, Mexico to Pensacola Bay, Florida. The following additional species range extensions are provisional in that they represent only one record or were not found in the most recent surveys (e.g., Hydroides elegans - east coast): H. longispinosa from Marshall Islands to Oahu, Hawaii; Protula balboensis from Florida to Texas; P. longiseta from the Mexican Caribbean to the Indian River, Florida; H. elegans from San Francisco to Humboldt Bay, northern California and on the east coast from the Indian River, Florida, to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Among surveyed bays, Biscayne Bay, Florida and Corpus Christi, Texas (northern Gulf of Mexico) had the greatest number of species (14 and 8, respectively); in contrast, almost all sites in Alaska, Washington, Oregon (northwest Pacific), Rhode Island, Virginia and South Carolina (Atlantic) had only one or two species each. Hydroides dianthus was, by far, the most abundant serpulid species on fouling plates in the northern Gulf of Mexico and the east coast, while Pseudochitinopoma occidentalis was the most abundant serpulid detected on the west coast. For each species recorded herein, we include the synonyms and some key references, a material studied section, a diagnosis, and updated distributional information. A checklist and identification key to the known shallow-water serpulids sensu stricto of the United States are included.

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Section: Cryptogenic Speciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Taxonomic Remarksmentioning

confidence: 99%

The fouling serpulids (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from United States coastal waters: an overview

Bastida-Zavala

McCann

Keppel

et al. 2017

EJT

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“…An example of this is the polychaete Ficopomatus enigmaticus, an exotic and ecosystem engineer reef-building species in the Mar Chiquita coastal lagoon, Argentina (Schwindt et al, 2001). Studies focused on this species suggest that the polychaete plays an important role in the hydrodynamics of the Mar Chiquita coastal lagoon by affecting the bedload transport and deposition of the sediment entering the system (Schwindt et al, 2004). Another widespread example is the occurrence of tilapias (Tilapia spp.…”

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Neotropical coastal lagoons: an appraisal of their biodiversity, functioning, threats and conservation management

et al. 2008

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Neotropical coastal lagoons (NCL) are human-dominated ecosystems. Their distribution along densely populated coastal areas of developing countries makes these systems among the most threatened in the world. Here, we summarize some aspects of the causes and consequences of NCL biodiversity, their functioning, their importance to the surrounding populations, their fragility, and their responses to local and global anthropogenic impacts and the challenges that Neotropical countries face in conserving these systems. Although still scarce and geographically concentrated, a growing body of studies has shown that NCLs are physiographically diversified systems, which harbor a considerable and particular proportion of the Neotropical inland aquatic biodiversity. Despite the fact that coastal lagoons are ecotones that are intricately connected to surrounding environments, they develop mechanisms for structural and functional regulation, which confer to these systems higher productivity and carrying capacities than surrounding ecosystems. Such traits attract residential developments and subsidize local traditional populations with important economic and aesthetic ecosystem revenues such as fisheries and scenic beauty. However, the disorganized human occupation around NCLs are causing profound impacts such as eutrophication, salinization, exotic species introduction, as well as other effects, which are ultimately imposing major habitat degradations and biodiversity extirpations in NCLs. We argue that interdisciplinary conservation strategies, which integrate scientific expertise, government officials, private companies and the general public, are the most likely to overcome the geographic and economic obstacles to NCL conservation.Keywords: coastal ecosystems, ecosystem management, shallow lakes, human impacts, tropical limnology.Lagoas costeiras neotropicais: Uma apreciação sobre sua biodiversidade, funcionamento, principais ameaças e estratégias de conservação ResumoAs lagoas costeiras neotropicais (LCN) estão inseridas em um ambiente antropogênico. Sua localização em regiões costeiras densamente povoadas de países em desenvolvimento coloca estes ecossistemas entre os mais impactados do mundo. Neste trabalho, resumimos vários aspectos relacionados às causas e conseqüências da sua biodiversidade, seu funcionamento e os bens proporcionados à população do seu entorno. Sua fragilidade e as respostas a impactos humanos locais e globais, assim como os desafios para a sua conservação por países neotropicais, também são abordados. Apesar de escassos e geograficamente concentrados, um número crescente de estudos tem mostrado que as LCN são sistemas fisiograficamente diversificados, abrigando uma proporção considerável da biodiversidade dos ambientes aquáticos continentais neotropicais. Apesar de as lagoas costeiras representarem ecótonos bastante conectados ao ambiente adjacente, elas desenvolveram mecanismos próprios de regulação funcional e estrutural, conferindo uma maior produtividade e capacidade de suporte em relação...

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“…For example, Huisman et al (2008) recorded 60 introduced marine species in Western Australia, but only three are on the national list of target species (NIMPCG 2006). A minority of the introduced species become pests that cause disease in native species and even humans, interfere with fisheries and aquaculture, foul industrial equipment, disrupt local ecosystems and/or even change the habitat in which they are living (Hallegraeff et al 1988;Grosholz and Ruiz 1995;Siguan 2003;Schwindt et al 2004;Bando 2006;Wallentinus and Nyberg 2007). There are three major mechanisms for introducing marine species: ballast water discharge; biofouling of vessel hulls, immersible equipment, or niche areas (e.g.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Prevention of introduction of species brought into Geraldton Harbour, Western Australia, by the dredge Leonardo da Vinci

Wells¹,

Mulligan²,

Jones³

2009

Rec West Aust Mus

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-In October 2002 the dredge Leonardo da Vinci arrived in Gerald-ton, Western Australia, for a major port enhancement program. It sailed from Jamaica, West Indies, through warm seas during the entire voyage. An arrival inspection in Geraldton demonstrated the stern and sea chests were fouled with a variety of non-indigenous marine species that could potentially be introduced to Geraldton, including pest species. The vessel was cleaned in water in Geraldton, with several steps taken to minimize the possibility of species being introduced. Surveys of key species of molluscs and crustaceans were undertaken in October 2003 and 2007. To date, none of these potential pest species have been found, except for Amphibalanus reticulatus which had already been recorded north and south of Geraldton.

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Physical effects of an invading reef-building polychaete on an Argentinean estuarine environment

Cited by 72 publications

References 38 publications

The fouling serpulids (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from United States coastal waters: an overview

The fouling serpulids (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from United States coastal waters: an overview

Neotropical coastal lagoons: an appraisal of their biodiversity, functioning, threats and conservation management

Prevention of introduction of species brought into Geraldton Harbour, Western Australia, by the dredge Leonardo da Vinci

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