Removal of an established invader can change gross primary production of native macroalgae and alter carbon flow in intertidal rock pools

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Autoři: Francesca Rossi ^aff001; Rosa M. Viejo ^aff002; Linney Duarte ^aff002; Fatima Vaz-Pinto ^aff003; Ignacio Gestoso ^aff004; Celia Olabarria ^aff005
Působiště autorů: Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, UMR7035 ECOSEAS, Nice, France ^aff001; Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain ^aff002; MARE–Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Caniçal, Madeira Island, Portugal ^aff003; IIMAR/CIMAR,Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Matosinhos, Portugal ^aff004; Departamento de Ecoloxía e Bioloxía Animal, Facultade de Ciencias del Mar, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, Spain ^aff005
Vyšlo v časopise: PLoS ONE 14(12)
Kategorie: Research Article
prolekare.web.journal.doi_sk: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217121

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The impact of invasive species on recipient communities can vary with environmental context and across levels of biological complexity. We investigated how an established invasive seaweed species affected the biomass, eco-physiology, carbon and nitrogen storage capacity of native seaweeds at sites with a different environmental setting due to a persistent upwelling in northern Spain. We removed the invasive Japanese wireweed Sargassum muticum from intertidal rock pools once every month during a one-year period and used an in-situ stable isotope pulse-chase labeling to estimate gross primary production (GPP), nitrogen uptake rate, ¹³C-carbon and ¹⁵N-nitrogen storage capacities. Following the addition of ¹³C-enriched bicarbonate and ¹⁵N-enriched nitrate to the seawater in the rock pools during the period of the low tide, we sampled macroalgal thalli at incoming tide to determine label uptake rate. After four days, we sampled macroalgal assemblages to determine both label storage capacity and biomass. After one year of removal there was no change in the macroalgal assemblage. However, both the GPP and ¹³C-carbon storage capacity were higher in the turf-forming Corallina spp. and, sometimes, in the canopy-forming Bifurcaria bifurcata. Nitrogen uptake rate followed similar, but more variable results. Although S. muticum inhibited carbon storage capacity of native species, the assemblage-level ¹³C-carbon storage was similar in the S. muticum—removed and control rock pools because the presence of the invasive species compensated for the functional loss of native species, particularly at sites where it was most abundant. No obvious effects were observed in relation to the environmental setting. Overall, the effect of the invasive S. muticum on carbon flow appeared to be mediated both by the effects on resource-use efficiency of native species and by its own biomass. Integrating physiological and assemblage-level responses can provide a broad understanding of how invasive species affect recipient communities and ecosystem functioning.

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Analysis of variance – Algae – Biomass – Sea water – Seaweed – Invasive species – Tides – Ecosystem functioning

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Removal of an established invader can change gross primary production of native macroalgae and alter carbon flow in intertidal rock pools

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