Temperature and salinity effects on growth, survival, reproduction, and potential distribution of two non-indigenous botryllid ascidians in British Columbia

Epelbaum, A.; Herborg, Leif-Matthias; Therriault, Thomas W.; Pearce, Christopher M.

doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2008.10.028

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“…In the Northern Hemisphere, this species has invaded all Atlantic coasts as far as northern Scandinavia (B. Rinkevich unpubl. data) and Canada (Carver et al 2006, LeGresley et al 2008, and along the northern Pacific coasts it is found in British Columbia, Canada (Epelbaum et al 2009), and Hokkaido, Japan (Rinkevich & Saito 1992). Its dispersal is continuously changing, and records of established new populations are constantly being added (B. Rinkevich unpubl.…”

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Population genetics of the invasive ascidian Botryllus schlosseri from South American coasts

Ben‐Shlomo¹,

Reem²,

Douek³

et al. 2010

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Population genetics of the invasive ascidian Botryllus schlosseri from South American coasts

Ben‐Shlomo¹,

Reem²,

Douek³

et al. 2010

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…In addition, the species differ in their responses to variation in ocean temperatures (e.g. Stachowicz et al 2002, McCarthy et al 2007, Epelbaum et al 2009, Sorte et al 2010a, such as those predicted by global warming scenarios, and epibenthic communities are becoming increasingly dominated by non-native species (e.g. Cohen & Carlton 1995, Lambert & Lambert 1998, Harris & Tyrrell 2001.…”

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Patterns and processes of compositional change in a California epibenthic community

Sorte¹,

Stachowicz²

2011

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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As human modifications of the earth's systems have increased, so has interest in understanding past changes in order to predict future ecological trajectories. We compared historical (1969-1971) and contemporary (2005-2009) abundances of species in the marine epibenthic community of Bodega Harbor, California, USA. Between these 2 time periods, we found a decrease in the abundance of native species and an increase in non-native dominance, including of several species that were either rare or absent ~35 yr ago and whose introduction was likely human-mediated. This compositional shift was concurrent with an increase in local water temperature of ~1°C over the same interval. To address the potential role of ocean warming in facilitating the increase of the new dominant species and maintaining compositional shifts, we evaluated the correlation between temperature and recruitment for 15 species. We found that recruitment timing and magnitude were positively related to temperature for non-native species but not for native species overall. Combined with previous results suggesting effects of ocean warming on the relative performance of native vs. nonnative species in this community, our study indicates the potential for continued dominance of nonnative species in Bodega Harbor due to local temperature increases. Simultaneously, anthropogenic transport has been responsible for several recent introductions of competitively dominant species, and shifts in contaminant loads or other factors between the 2 time periods could also contribute to compositional shifts, both historically and in the future. Our results highlight the need for studies of these additional factors, as well as the mechanisms underlying their effects on compositional shifts, in order to predict future changes.

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“…Furthermore, C. intestinalis can withstand short-term exposure to salinity <11 ‰ (Dybern 1967;Therriault and Herborg 2008), making it the most tolerant ascidian species to low salinity reported thus far. Laboratory studies demonstrated that B. schlosseri and B. violaceus survived salinities at 14-38 and 20-38 ‰, respectively (Epelbaum et al 2009). …”

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“…For example, laboratory experiments showed that B. schlosseri and B. violaceus could survive water temperature at 10-25 and 5-25 °C, respectively (Epelbaum et al 2009). Similarly, C. intestinalis can survive at water temperature as high as 35 °C (Dybern 1965).…”

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confidence: 99%

Ascidians as models for studying invasion success

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Temperature and salinity effects on growth, survival, reproduction, and potential distribution of two non-indigenous botryllid ascidians in British Columbia

Cited by 68 publications

References 24 publications

Population genetics of the invasive ascidian Botryllus schlosseri from South American coasts

Population genetics of the invasive ascidian Botryllus schlosseri from South American coasts

Patterns and processes of compositional change in a California epibenthic community

Ascidians as models for studying invasion success

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