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Long-term effects of imitation polychaete tubes on benthic fauna: they anchor Mytilus edulis (L.) banks

Ruth Callaway

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Volume: 283, Issue: 1-2, Pages: 115 - 132

Swansea University Author: Ruth Callaway

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00474-4

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Tube-dwelling polychaetes provide habitat structures that potentially affect the composition of the benthic community. This study describes the long-termeffects of tubes as a physical structure on the fauna of an intertidal sandflat, based on a field experiment with tubes that mimicked those of the...

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ISSN: 0022-0981
Published: 2002
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title Long-term effects of imitation polychaete tubes on benthic fauna: they anchor Mytilus edulis (L.) banks
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title_short Long-term effects of imitation polychaete tubes on benthic fauna: they anchor Mytilus edulis (L.) banks
title_full Long-term effects of imitation polychaete tubes on benthic fauna: they anchor Mytilus edulis (L.) banks
title_fullStr Long-term effects of imitation polychaete tubes on benthic fauna: they anchor Mytilus edulis (L.) banks
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description Tube-dwelling polychaetes provide habitat structures that potentially affect the composition of the benthic community. This study describes the long-termeffects of tubes as a physical structure on the fauna of an intertidal sandflat, based on a field experiment with tubes that mimicked those of the terebellid polychaeteLanice conchilega.Six 1-m2 plots, each containing 1000 imitationtubes, were set up on an intertidal sandflat off the Eastern Friesian coast (Germany) and sampled annually over 6 years. The imitationtubes had significant effects on the community structure, species diversity and densities of individual species in the plots. In the first year, two opportunistic polychaete species were more abundant in the experimental plots and spat of two bivalves, Mya arenaria and Mytilus edulis, used the imitationtubes as a settlement surface. M. edulis remained attached to the tubes and started to form banks. At the end of the experiment, the size composition of M. edulis was similar to that found in natural banks. The mussels had overgrown the imitationtubes and provided a physical habitat structure themselves. Interannual changes in the community among imitationtubes and tubes with attached mussels reflected changes in the fauna of the surrounding sands. The effects of imitationtubes on the benthic fauna were similar to those of natural L. conchilegatubes, demonstrating that polychaetetubes themselves can be responsible for structuring the benthic community.
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