Kelp and sea urchin settlement mediated by biotic interactions with benthic coralline algal species.
biofilm
bottom-up effects
calcified algae
kelp forest
kelp spores
macroalgae
restoration
sea urchin metamorphosis
seaweed
urchin barren
Journal
Journal of phycology
ISSN: 1529-8817
Titre abrégé: J Phycol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9882935
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
26 Dec 2023
26 Dec 2023
Historique:
revised:
30
11
2023
received:
16
05
2023
accepted:
03
12
2023
medline:
26
12
2023
pubmed:
26
12
2023
entrez:
26
12
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Species interactions can influence key ecological processes that support community assembly and composition. For example, coralline algae encompass extensive diversity and may play a major role in regime shifts from kelp forests to urchin-dominated barrens through their role in inducing invertebrate larval metamorphosis and influencing kelp spore settlement. In a series of laboratory experiments, we tested the hypothesis that different coralline communities facilitate the maintenance of either ecosystem state by either promoting or inhibiting early recruitment of kelps or urchins. Coralline algae significantly increased red urchin metamorphosis compared with a control, while they had varying effects on kelp settlement. Urchin metamorphosis and density of juvenile canopy kelps did not differ significantly across coralline species abundant in both kelp forests and urchin barrens, suggesting that recruitment of urchin and canopy kelps does not depend on specific corallines. Non-calcified fleshy red algal crusts promoted the highest mean urchin metamorphosis percentage and showed some of the lowest canopy kelp settlement. In contrast, settlement of one subcanopy kelp species was reduced on crustose corallines, but elevated on articulated corallines, suggesting that articulated corallines, typically absent in urchin barrens, may need to recover before this subcanopy kelp could return. Coralline species differed in surface bacterial microbiome composition; however, urchin metamorphosis was not significantly different when microbiomes were removed with antibiotics. Our results clarify the role played by coralline algal species in kelp forest community assembly and could have important implications for kelp forest recovery.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Organisme : Hakai Institute
Organisme : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
ID : RGPIN 2019-06240
Organisme : Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors. Journal of Phycology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Phycological Society of America.
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