PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY INDUCED IN TRANSPLANT EXPERIMENTS IN A MUTUALISTIC ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE RED ALGA JANIA ADHAERENS (RHODOPHYTA, CORALLINALES) AND THE SPONGE HALICLONA CAE


Por: Enriquez, S, Avila, E, Carballo, JL

Publicada: 1 feb 2009
Resumen:
The association between the red macroalga Jania adhaerens J. V. Lamour. and the sponge Haliclona caerulea is the most successful life-form between 2 and 4 m depth in Mazatlan Bay (Mexican Pacific). J. adhaerens colonizes the rocky intertidal area and penetrates into deeper areas only when it lives in association with H. caerulea. The aposymbiotic form of the sponge has not been reported in the bay. To understand the ecological success of this association, we examined the capacity of J. adhaerens to acclimate in Mazatlan Bay using transplant experiments. The transplanted aposymbiotic J. adhaerens did not survive the first 2 weeks; however, J. adhaerens when living in association with H. caerulea, acclimated easily to depth, showing no sign of mortality during the 103 d of the experiment. We conclude that the ability of J. adhaerens to colonize in deeper areas in this hydrodynamic environment may in part rely on the protection provided by the sponge to the algal canopy. Both species cont

Filiaciones:
Enriquez, S:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Unidad Acad Puerto Morelos, Lab Fotobiol, Inst Ciencias Mar & Limnol, Cancun 77500, QR, Mexico

Avila, E:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Unidad Acad Mazatlan, Lab Ecol Bentos, Inst Ciencias Mar & Limnol, Cancun 82000, Mazatlan, Mexico

Carballo, JL:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Unidad Acad Mazatlan, Lab Ecol Bentos, Inst Ciencias Mar & Limnol, Cancun 82000, Mazatlan, Mexico
ISSN: 00223646





JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY
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WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC, COMMERCE PLACE, 350 MAIN ST, MALDEN 02148, MA USA, Estados Unidos America
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 45 Número: 1
Páginas: 81-90
WOS Id: 000263333500008
ID de PubMed: 27033647