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Permeability of boundaries in biological systems is regulated by biotic and/or abiotic factors. Despite this knowledge, the role of biotic factors in regulating resource transfer across ecosystem boundaries has received little study. Additionally, little is known about how cross-ecosystem resource transfer affects source populations. We used experiments, observations and stable isotopes, to evaluate: (1) the proportion of intertidal-foraging black fire ant (Solenopsis richteri) diet derived from marine sources, (2) how black fire ant cross-ecosystem resource transfer is altered by the dominant bioengineer in the intertidal, a burrowing crab (Neohelice granulata), (3) the top-down impact of these terrestrial ants on a marine resource, and (4) the effect of marine resources on recipient black fire ants. We found that more than 85% of the black fire ant diet is derived from marine sources, the number of intertidal foraging ants doubles in the absence of crab burrows, and that ants cause a 50% reduction in intertidal polychaetes. Also, ant mound density is three times greater adjacent to marine systems. This study reveals that cross-ecosystem foraging terrestrial ants can clearly have strong impacts on marine resources. Furthermore, ecosystem engineers that modify and occupy habitat in these ecosystem boundaries can strongly regulate the degree of cross-ecosystem resource transfer and resultant top down impacts. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Crab regulation of cross-ecosystem resource transfer by marine foraging fire ants
Autor:Garcia, E.A.; Bertness, M.D.; Alberti, J.; Silliman, B.R.
Filiación:Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge, Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Red 1, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0909, Australia
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, United States
Departamento de Biología (FCEyN), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, CC 573 Correo Central, B7600WAG Mar del Plata, Argentina
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Rivadavia 1917, CP C1033AAJ Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, United States
Idioma: Inglés
Palabras clave:Boundary permeability; Cross-ecosystem foraging; Ecosystem engineer; Land-water interface; Resource transfer; carbon; nitrogen; ant; crab; diet; ecosystem engineering; environmental factor; experimental study; foraging behavior; intertidal community; land-sea interaction; marine resource; permeability; polychaete; population density; top-down control; animal; ant; aquatic species; Argentina; article; Brachyura; ecosystem; feeding behavior; Polychaeta; population density; Animals; Ants; Aquatic Organisms; Argentina; Brachyura; Carbon Isotopes; Ecosystem; Feeding Behavior; Nitrogen Isotopes; Polychaeta; Population Density; Decapoda (Crustacea); Formicidae; Polychaeta; Solenopsis geminata; Solenopsis richteri
Año:2011
Volumen:166
Número:4
Página de inicio:1111
Página de fin:1119
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-011-1952-x
Título revista:Oecologia
Título revista abreviado:Oecologia
ISSN:00298549
CODEN:OECOB
CAS:carbon, 7440-44-0; nitrogen, 7727-37-9; Carbon Isotopes; Nitrogen Isotopes
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00298549_v166_n4_p1111_Garcia

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Garcia, E.A., Bertness, M.D., Alberti, J. & Silliman, B.R. (2011) . Crab regulation of cross-ecosystem resource transfer by marine foraging fire ants. Oecologia, 166(4), 1111-1119.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-011-1952-x
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Garcia, E.A., Bertness, M.D., Alberti, J., Silliman, B.R. "Crab regulation of cross-ecosystem resource transfer by marine foraging fire ants" . Oecologia 166, no. 4 (2011) : 1111-1119.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-011-1952-x
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Garcia, E.A., Bertness, M.D., Alberti, J., Silliman, B.R. "Crab regulation of cross-ecosystem resource transfer by marine foraging fire ants" . Oecologia, vol. 166, no. 4, 2011, pp. 1111-1119.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-011-1952-x
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Garcia, E.A., Bertness, M.D., Alberti, J., Silliman, B.R. Crab regulation of cross-ecosystem resource transfer by marine foraging fire ants. Oecologia. 2011;166(4):1111-1119.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-011-1952-x