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Gutiérrez, J.L.; Palomo, M.G.; Bagur, M.; Arribas, L.P.; Soria, S.A. "Wave action limits crowding in an intertidal mussel" (2015) Marine Ecology Progress Series. 518:153-163
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Abstract:

Intraspecific competition for space is generally invoked as the chief process limiting crowding in sessile or highly sedentary marine invertebrates. However, the mechanisms by which high conspecific density induces individual removal or mortality, in turn restraining crowding in these organisms, generally remain uninvestigated. Here we illustrate that mussel crowding in a southwestern Atlantic rocky intertidal shore is limited by a combination of wave action and space limitation. Brachidontes rodriguezii mussel beds at this site occur primarily as a single layer of individuals because wave forces remove multilayered mussel hummocks quickly after they develop. Mussels in hummocks show lower attachment strength than those in the single-layered matrix. Accordingly, wave conditions associated with the passage of cold fronts (i.e. transition zones from warm air to cold air accompanied by moderate to strong winds and wave action, with 7 d average recurrence times based on historical weather data) cause detectable mussel dislodgment in a high proportion of hummocks but have virtually no impact on single-layered areas. Since wave action is the proximate cause of mussel dislodgment, upper limits to crowding in this species would not be fixed to a particular level of space occupation (i.e. as predictable from interindividual interference alone) but would be variable in space and time depending on wave exposure. This example suggests a mechanism of population control where the impact of a physical factor on population size is larger at higher population density and supports early hypotheses about the occurrence of density-dependent population control by physical factors when the availability of safe sites is limiting. © Inter-Research 2015.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Wave action limits crowding in an intertidal mussel
Autor:Gutiérrez, J.L.; Palomo, M.G.; Bagur, M.; Arribas, L.P.; Soria, S.A.
Filiación:Grupo de Investigación y Educación en Temas Ambientales (GrIETA), San Eduardo del Mar, Argentina
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, United States
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 'Bernardino Rivadavia' (MACN-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palabras clave:Density dependence; Dislodgment; Hummocking; Intraspecific competition; Multilayering; Physical factors; Rocky shore; Space limitation; bivalve; conspecific; hummocky cross-stratification; intertidal community; intraspecific competition; invertebrate; mortality; population density; rocky shore; wave action; Atlantic Ocean; Atlantic Ocean (Southwest); Brachidontes rodriguezii; Invertebrata
Año:2015
Volumen:518
Página de inicio:153
Página de fin:163
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11086
Título revista:Marine Ecology Progress Series
Título revista abreviado:Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.
ISSN:01718630
CODEN:MESED
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_01718630_v518_n_p153_Gutierrez

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Gutiérrez, J.L., Palomo, M.G., Bagur, M., Arribas, L.P. & Soria, S.A. (2015) . Wave action limits crowding in an intertidal mussel. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 518, 153-163.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11086
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Gutiérrez, J.L., Palomo, M.G., Bagur, M., Arribas, L.P., Soria, S.A. "Wave action limits crowding in an intertidal mussel" . Marine Ecology Progress Series 518 (2015) : 153-163.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11086
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Gutiérrez, J.L., Palomo, M.G., Bagur, M., Arribas, L.P., Soria, S.A. "Wave action limits crowding in an intertidal mussel" . Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 518, 2015, pp. 153-163.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11086
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Gutiérrez, J.L., Palomo, M.G., Bagur, M., Arribas, L.P., Soria, S.A. Wave action limits crowding in an intertidal mussel. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 2015;518:153-163.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11086