Tube worms promote community change

Callaway, Ruth

doi:10.3354/meps308049

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“…The presence of benthic invertebrates in this biotope increases habitat complexity through the creation of tubes and burrows (Aller, 1988;Lenihan & Peterson, 1998;Widdicombe et al, 2000;Callaway, 2006). Few marine sedimentary habitats have been thoroughly sampled and it has been argued that the biological diversity of this biotope is often underrepresented since it appears to support a relatively diverse and abundant benthic fauna (Snelgrove, 1998).…”

Section: Goods and Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment of goods and services, vulnerability, and conservation status of European seabed biotopes: a stepping stone towards ecosystem-based marine spatial management

et al. 2012

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The goal of ecosystem-based marine spatial management is to maintain marine ecosystems in a healthy, productive and resilient condition; hence, they can sustainably provide the needed goods and services for human welfare. However, the increasing pressures upon the marine realm threaten marine ecosystems, especially seabed biotopes, and thus a well-planned approach of managing use of marine space is essential to achieve sustainability. The relative value of seabed biotopes, evaluated on the basis of goods and services, is an important starting point for the spatial management of marine areas. Herein, 56 types of European seabed biotopes and their related goods, services, sensitivity issues, and conservation status were compiled, the latter referring to management and protection tools which currently apply for these biotopes at European or international level. Fishing activities, especially by benthic trawls, and marine pollution are the main threats to European seabed biotopes. Increased seawater turbidity, dredged sediment disposal, coastal constructions, biological invasions, mining, extraction of raw materials, shipping-related activities, tourism, hydrocarbon exploration, and even some practices of scientific research, also exert substantial pressure. Although some first steps have been taken to protect the European sea beds through international agreements and European and national legislation, a finer scale of classification and assessment of marine biotopes is considered crucial in shaping sound priorities and management guidelines towards the effective conservation and sustainability of European marine resources.

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Section: Goods and Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment of goods and services, vulnerability, and conservation status of European seabed biotopes: a stepping stone towards ecosystem-based marine spatial management

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“…The absence of U. poseidonis at T0 is an indication for an impact, but does not provide a proof. The lack of a significant disturbance effect can be attributed to (1) the quick recovery, (2) the fact that this species only accounted for a small part of the community, and (3) a low impact due to its burrowing behaviour: U. poseidonis lives at 4-15 cm depth (Callaway, 2006). We did not find impacts on any other species present in the community.…”

Section: Urothoe Poseidonismentioning

confidence: 45%

“…Eumida sanguinea lives in between the fringes of the L. conchilega tubes, which may serve as miniature hatcheries for E. sanguinea, providing food and possibly some shelter (Callaway, 2006). Moreover, during the sample treatment most E. sanguinea individuals were found inside the L. conchilega tubes and between the fringes.…”

Section: Eumida Sanguineamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The fauna associated with L. conchilega reefs depends to some extent on the nature of the habitat and the species community but L. conchilega always has an effect on the benthos Dittmann, 1999;Rabaut et al, 2007). Some of these species live in commensal relationship with L. conchilega, such as Eumida sanguinea (Callaway, 2006), a predatory polychaete living between the fringes of the tubes. Besides the increased diversity, intertidal L. conchilega reefs harbour high benthic standing stocks and are considered to be highly productive Zühlke, 2001;Callaway, 2006).…”

Section: Fisheries Impact On Soft Bottomsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some of these species live in commensal relationship with L. conchilega, such as Eumida sanguinea (Callaway, 2006), a predatory polychaete living between the fringes of the tubes. Besides the increased diversity, intertidal L. conchilega reefs harbour high benthic standing stocks and are considered to be highly productive Zühlke, 2001;Callaway, 2006). Also in subtidal areas, L. conchilega acts as a bio-engineer (Rabaut et al, 2007).…”

Section: Fisheries Impact On Soft Bottomsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Experimental beam-trawling in Lanice conchilega reefs: Impact on the associated fauna

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To study fisheries impact at the species level in temperate sandy bottom areas, a controlled field manipulation experiment was designed focusing on areas with high densities of the habitat-structuring, tube-dwelling polychaete Lanice conchilega (i.e. L. conchilega reefs). The hypothesis was that the impact on L. conchilega would be minimal, but that the fauna benefiting from the biogenically structured habitat would be impacted by beam-trawling. In this study, the impact of beam-trawl passage on intertidal L. conchilega reefs and its associated fauna was quantified. A treatment zone was exposed to a one-off experimental trawling. Subsequently, the impact on and recovery of the associated fauna was investigated for a period of 9 days post-impact. Community analysis showed a clear impact followed by a relatively quick recovery as apparent through MDS analysis (stress 0.06), a significant (p < 0.001) IMS of 0.61, through ANOSIM analysis: significant (p = 0.001) dissimilarities between treatment and control and through SIMPER analysis (decreasing dissimilarities over time). This impact and subsequent recovery was largely explained by two species: Eumida sanguinea and Urothoe poseidonis. Species analysis confirmed the beam-trawl passage significantly (p = 0.001) impacted E. sanguinea for the whole period of the experiment. The experiment confirmed that closely associated species of L. conchilega reefs are impacted by beam-trawl fisheries. This small-scale intertidal study provides some pointers which indicate that the tightly associated species will be impacted significantly when beam-trawling L. conchilega reefs in subtidal areas.

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Protecting the Commons: the use of Subtidal Ecosystem Engineers in Marine Management

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Vanaverbeke

et al. 2014

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1. Biodiversity conservation often focuses on threatened or rare species. While this structural asset of biodiversity is indeed important, the functional diversity aspect has to be considered as an even more important criterion for marine management and conservation. This paper explores the use of functionally important ecosystem engineers in North Sea management approaches.2. An overview of several North Sea ecosystem engineering species shows that ecosystem engineers such as bulldozing echinoderms and burrowing shrimps as well as bio-irrigating polychaetes are bound to receive more attention in the management of marine areas than they do now, given their important structuring aspect in associated fauna and implications for seafloor ecosystem functioning.3. The use of ecosystem engineers could contribute considerably to the concept of Ecosystem-Based Management in the marine realm. This is clearly illustrated in the present case study of the bio-irrigating polychaete Lanice conchilega. Since this species manifests both autogenic and allogenic ecosystem engineering properties, the management of human activities that affect common species such as L. conchilega reefs can enhance protection of the entire local ecosystem. In the North Sea, some commonly occurring ecosystem engineers and their engineered habitat can be protected under the European Habitats Directive and the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive.

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Tube worms promote community change

Cited by 67 publications

References 39 publications

Assessment of goods and services, vulnerability, and conservation status of European seabed biotopes: a stepping stone towards ecosystem-based marine spatial management

Assessment of goods and services, vulnerability, and conservation status of European seabed biotopes: a stepping stone towards ecosystem-based marine spatial management

Experimental beam-trawling in Lanice conchilega reefs: Impact on the associated fauna

Protecting the Commons: the use of Subtidal Ecosystem Engineers in Marine Management

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