EFFECTS OF FILTER-FEEDERS AND GRAZERS ON ALGAL SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH IN MUSSEL BEDS

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dc.contributor.authorSANTELICES, B
dc.contributor.authorMARTINEZ, E
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T19:25:10Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T19:25:10Z
dc.date.issued1988
dc.description.abstractMacroalgae and mussels are common users of the often limiting primary space on mid- and low-intertidal rocky surfaces. As a result most studies of their interactions have focused primarily on resource competition. Yet, frequently a diversity of algae is found coexisting with mussels.sbd.neither asphyxiating them nor being outcompeted by them. In this study, we look for other sets of ecologically important interactions between mussels and algae in the habitats where they coexist. Experimental studies showed that mussels ingest and digest algal spores, affect the pattern of algal settlement, and protect the algal germlings from desiccation. Probably, they also fertilize the growing thalli. Small grazers among the mussels select the type of algae surviving in the bed and together with the abiotic environment control algal growth and abundance. Reproductive output, antiherbivore escape and defense mechanisms, and tolerance to desiccation appear to be the most important algal adaptations for survival in this type of habitat. The resulting flora found among mussels is a function of all these interactions and of the age and history of the individual mussel bed.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.eissn1879-1697
dc.identifier.issn0022-0981
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/99446
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:A1988P314500007
dc.issue.numero3
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final306
dc.pagina.inicio281
dc.revistaJournal of experimental marine biology and ecology
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subject.ods15 Life on Land
dc.subject.ods14 Life Below Water
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.subject.odspa14 Vida submarina
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.titleEFFECTS OF FILTER-FEEDERS AND GRAZERS ON ALGAL SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH IN MUSSEL BEDS
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen118
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sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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