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Polyp expansion of passive suspension feeders : A red coral case study
Rossi, Sergio (Rossi Heras) (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Rizzo, Lucia (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (Italy))
Duchêne, Jean-Claude (Université Bordeaux I. Station Marine d'Arcachon, Environnements et Paleoenvironnements Océaniques (France))

Data: 2019
Resum: Polyp activity in passive suspension feeders has been considered to be affected by several environmental factors such as hydrodynamics, water temperature and food concentration. To better elucidate the driving forces controlling polyp expansion in these organisms and the potential role of particle concentration, the octocoral Corallium rubrum was investigated in accordance with two approaches: (1) high-frequency in- situ observations examining various environmental and biological variables affecting the water column, and (2) video-recorded flume-controlled laboratory experiments performed under a range of environmental and biological conditions, in terms of water temperature, flow speed, chemical signals and zooplankton. In the field, C. rubrum polyp expansion correlated positively with particle (seston and zooplankton) concentration and current speed. This observation was confirmed by the flume video records of the laboratory experiments, which showed differences in polyp activity due to changes in temperature and current speed, but especially in response to increasing nutritional stimuli. The maximum activity was observed at the highest level of nutritional stimulus consisting of zooplankton. Zooplankton and water movement appeared to be the main factors controlling polyp expansion. These results suggest that the energy budget of passive suspension feeders (and probably the benthic community as a whole) may rely on their ability to maximise prey capture during food pulses. The latter, which may be described as discontinuous organic matter (dead or alive) input, may be the key to a better understanding of benthic-pelagic coupling processes and trophic impacts on animal forests composed of sessile suspension feeders.
Ajuts: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia PB94-0014-C02-01
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación EX2006-1730
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación RyC-2007-01327
European Commission 327845
Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017/SGR-1588
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad MDM2015-0552
Nota: Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu MdM-2015-0552
Drets: Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original. Creative Commons
Llengua: Anglès
Document: Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria: Octocorals ; Passive suspension feeders ; Optimal foraging theory ; Corallium rubrum ; Activity rhythms ; Trophic ecology ; Benthic-pelagic coupling
Publicat a: PeerJ, Vol. 7 (July 2019) , art. e7076, ISSN 2167-8359

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7076
PMID: 31328027


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