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Abundance of the sponge Hymeniacidon cf. perlevis in a stressful environment of Patagonia: relationships with Ulva lactuca and physical variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2015

Marianela Gastaldi ,
Fausto Nahuel Firstater ,
Pedro Daleo  and
Maite Andrea Narvarte
Marianela Gastaldi*
Affiliation:
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Rivadavia 1917, Piso 5, Capital Federal, Argentina Escuela Superior de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, San Martín 247, (8520) San Antonio Oeste, Río Negro, Argentina
Fausto Nahuel Firstater
Affiliation:
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Rivadavia 1917, Piso 5, Capital Federal, Argentina Escuela Superior de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, San Martín 247, (8520) San Antonio Oeste, Río Negro, Argentina
Pedro Daleo
Affiliation:
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Rivadavia 1917, Piso 5, Capital Federal, Argentina Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costera (IIMYC-CONICET), Peña 4046, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maite Andrea Narvarte
Affiliation:
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Rivadavia 1917, Piso 5, Capital Federal, Argentina Escuela Superior de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, San Martín 247, (8520) San Antonio Oeste, Río Negro, Argentina
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Correspondence should be addressed to:M. Gastaldi, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Rivadavia 1917, Piso 5, Capital Federal, Argentina email: marianelagastaldi@yahoo.es
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Abstract

Understanding the variables (biotic or abiotic) controlling coastal communities is the main goal of ecology research and it is crucial to predict how communities will evolve under the increasing pressure on coastal systems by human activities. The general aims of this study were to assess the variables affecting the distribution of the fast-growing sponge Hymeniacidon cf. perlevis, and to evaluate if physical stressful conditions have an influence in the relationship between Hymeniacidon and the sea lettuce Ulva lactuca. Specifically, the aims were to evaluate the abundance patterns of Hymeniacidon and Ulva and to assess the relationship of Ulva and physical variables on the abundance of Hymeniacidon at both intertidal and subtidal. Hymeniacidon and Ulva showed opposite abundance patterns. Hymeniacidon was more abundant in sites without Ulva, and negatively correlated with Ulva abundance at both heights. Intertidal Hymeniacidon abundance was not correlated with physical variables, but subtidal Hymeniacidon was.

Keywords

spongesmacroalgaenegative relationshipphysical variablesdistribution patternintertidal-subtidal heights
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 96 , Issue 2: Proceedings of the 9th World Sponge Conference held in Fremantle Australia in 2013: New Frontiers in Sponge Science , March 2016 , pp. 465 - 472
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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