ISSN:
1432-1793
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Repopulation of the polychaete fauna of a defaunated, marine, intertidal habitat was studied for 2 years.Monthly quantitative samples from 4 stations, from just below mean high water to approximately 10 m below mean low water, were analyzed for species composition, density and distributional relationships. Repopulation occurred most rapidly at the highest tide levels, with slower rates of colonization at lower tide levels. Two species, Apoprionospio pygmaea (Hartman) and Magelona pettiboneae Jones, were density dominants for all but the first month of study. These species partitioned the transect spatially, with M. pettiboneae concentrated at the higher tidal levels, and A. pygmaea concentrated at the lower levels. First-year density dominants, Eteone heteropoda Hartman, Gyptis vittata Webster and Benedict, Nereis succinea Frey and Leuckart, and Paraprionospio pinnata (Ehlers), acted opportunistically by arriving early, quickly increasing their populations, and expanding their habitat distributions.Second-year density dominants, Capitita ambiseta Hartman, Minuspio cirrifera (Wirén), and Travisia sp., arrived much later, took longer to significantly increase their densities, and did not show habitat expansion.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00389126
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