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Thermal Ecology and Physiology of an Intertidal Predator-Prey System: Pisaster Ochraceus and Mytilus Californianus
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Monaco, Cristian.
Untangling natural systems’ complexity requires understanding the mechanisms responsible for organisms’ responses to environmental change. Recently, significant advances have been made by recognizing the relevance of direct and indirect effects, which take place when multiple biotic and abiotic factors influence each other. I examined potential direct effects of environmental variables on a predator-prey interaction, as well as potential indirect effects of these variables on the interaction itself. I placed emphasis on behavioral and physiological adaptations, which would potentially contribute/modify these effects. My study system was comprised of a rocky intertidal keystone predator, the sea star Pisaster ochraceus, and its main prey the mussel Mytilus...
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Ano: 2014
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00605/71705/70149.pdf

An adaptable toolkit to assess commercial fishery costs and benefits related to marine protected area network design
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Daigle, Rémi M.; Monaco, Cristian; Elgin, Ashley K.
Around the world, governments are establishing Marine Protected Area (MPA) networks to meet their commitments to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. MPAs are often used in an effort to conserve biodiversity and manage fisheries stocks. However, their efficacy and effect on fisheries yields remain unclear. We conducted a case-study on the economic impact of different MPA network design strategies on the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) fisheries in Canada. The open-source R package that we developed to analyze this case study can be customized to conduct similar analyses for other systems. We used a spatially-explicit individual-based model of population growth and dispersal coupled with a fisheries management and harvesting component. We...
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Palavras-chave: Cost-benefit analysis; Atlantic Cod; Individual based models; Conservation; Fisheries management.
Ano: 2017
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00690/80169/83235.pdf

Long-term, high frequency in situ measurements of intertidal mussel bed temperatures using biomimetic sensors
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Helmuth, Brian; Choi, Francis; Matzelle, Allison; Torossian, Jessica L.; Morello, Scott L.; Mislan, K. A. S.; Yamane, Lauren; Strickland, Denise; Szathmary, P. Lauren; Gilman, Sarah E.; Tockstein, Alyson; Hilbish, Thomas J.; Burrows, Michael T.; Power, Anne Marie; Gosling, Elizabeth; Mieszkowska, Nova; Harley, Christopher D. G.; Nishizaki, Michael; Carrington, Emily; Menge, Bruce; Petes, Laura; Foley, Melissa M.; Johnson, Angela; Poole, Megan; Noble, Mae M.; Richmond, Erin L.; Robart, Matt; Robinson, Jonathan; Sapp, Jerod; Sones, Jackie; Broitman, Bernardo R.; Denny, Mark W.; Mach, Katharine J.; Miller, Luke P.; O'Donnell, Michael; Ross, Philip; Hofmann, Gretchen E.; Zippay, Mackenzie; Blanchette, Carol; Macfarlan, J. A.; Carpizo-ituarte, Eugenio; Ruttenberg, Benjamin; Pena Mejia, Carlos E.; Mcquaid, Christopher D.; Lathlean, Justin; Monaco, Cristian; Nicastro, Katy R.; Zardi, Gerardo.
At a proximal level, the physiological impacts of global climate change on ectothermic organisms are manifest as changes in body temperatures. Especially for plants and animals exposed to direct solar radiation, body temperatures can be substantially different from air temperatures. We deployed biomimetic sensors that approximate the thermal characteristics of intertidal mussels at 71 sites worldwide, from 1998-present. Loggers recorded temperatures at 10-30 min intervals nearly continuously at multiple intertidal elevations. Comparisons against direct measurements of mussel tissue temperature indicated errors of similar to 2.0-2.5 degrees C, during daily fluctuations that often exceeded 15 degrees-20 degrees C. Geographic patterns in thermal stress based...
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Ano: 2016
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00605/71693/70134.pdf

Applicability of Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) models across steep environmental gradients
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Monaco, Cristian; Mcquaid, Christopher D.
Robust ecological forecasting requires accurate predictions of physiological responses to environmental drivers. Energy budget models facilitate this by mechanistically linking biology to abiotic drivers, but are usually ground-truthed under relatively stable physical conditions, omitting temporal/spatial environmental variability. Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) theory is a powerful framework capable of linking individual fitness to environmental drivers and we tested its ability to accommodate variability by examining model predictions across the rocky shore, a steep ecotone characterized by wide fluctuations in temperature and food availability. We parameterized DEB models for co-existing mid/high-shore (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and mid/low-shore (Perna...
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Ano: 2018
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00605/71690/70130.pdf

Biogeographical Patterns of Endolithic Infestation in an Invasive and an Indigenous Intertidal Marine Ecosystem Engineer
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Ndhlovu, Aldwin; Mcquaid, Christopher D.; Nicastro, Katy; Marquet, Nathalie; Gektidis, Marcos; Monaco, Cristian; Zardi, Gerardo.
By altering the phenotypic properties of their hosts, endolithic parasites can modulate the engineering processes of marine ecosystem engineers. Here, we assessed the biogeographical patterns of species assemblages, prevalence and impact of endolithic parasitism in two mussel species that act as important ecosystem engineers in the southern African intertidal habitat, Perna perna and Mytilus galloprovincialis. We conducted large-scale surveys across three biogeographic regions along the South African coast: the subtropical east coast, dominated by the indigenous mussel, P. perna, the warm temperate south coast, where this species coexists with the invasive Mediterranean mussel, M. galloprovincialis, and the cool temperate west coast dominated by M....
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Palavras-chave: Biogeographical region; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Perna perna; Rocky shores; Parasite.
Ano: 2019
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00605/71689/70129.pdf

A Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) Model for the Keystone Predator Pisaster ochraceus
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Monaco, Cristian; Wethey, David S.; Helmuth, Brian.
We present a Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) model for the quintessential keystone predator, the rocky-intertidal sea star Pisaster ochraceus. Based on first principles, DEB theory is used to illuminate underlying physiological processes (maintenance, growth, development, and reproduction), thus providing a framework to predict individual-level responses to environmental change. We parameterized the model for P. ochraceus using both data from the literature and experiments conducted specifically for the DEB framework. We devoted special attention to the model's capacity to (1) describe growth trajectories at different life-stages, including pelagic larval and post-metamorphic phases, (2) simulate shrinkage when prey availability is insufficient to meet...
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Ano: 2014
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00605/71697/70142.pdf

Shore-level size gradients and thermal refuge use in the predatory sea star Pisaster ochraceus: the role of environmental stressors
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Monaco, Cristian; Wethey, David S.; Gulledge, Shadow; Helmuth, Brian.
The body size of a mobile intertidal invertebrate can determine its access to different microhabitats, and thus alter its exposure to environmental stressors. We surveyed a rocky intertidal keystone predator, the sea star Pisaster ochraceus, and characterized size-dependent distribution, defined by individuals' shore level and refuge use. At 2 field sites (in California and Oregon, USA) we examined temporal and geographical variability in habitat selection. We evaluated the hypothesis that environmental drivers measured on-site and body temperatures measured using biomimetic sensors (i.e. 'robo-sea stars'), explained the observed distribution patterns, including shore-level size gradients, with larger animals lower on the shore. We tested the effect of...
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Palavras-chave: Ecology; Physiology; Rocky intertidal; Environmental stress; Climate change; Temperature; Desiccation; Solar radiation; Body size; Behavior.
Ano: 2015
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00605/71695/70137.pdf

Assessing multiple predator, diurnal and search area effects on predatory impacts by ephemeral wetland specialist copepods
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Cuthbert, Ross N.; Dalu, Tatenda; Wasserman, Ryan J.; Monaco, Cristian; Callaghan, Amanda; Weyl, Olaf L. F.; Dick, Jaimie T. A.
Predator–prey interaction strengths can be highly context-dependent. In particular, multiple predator effects (MPEs), variations in predator sex and physical habitat characteristics may affect prey consumption rates and thus the persistence of lower trophic groups. Ephemeral wetlands are transient ecosystems in which predatory copepods can be numerically dominant. We examine the interaction strengths of a specialist copepod Paradiaptomus lamellatus towards mosquito prey in the presence of conspecifics using a functional response approach. Further, we examine sex variability in predation rates of P. lamellatus under circadian and surface area variations. Then, we assess the influence of a co-occurring heterospecific predatory copepod, Lovenula raynerae, on...
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Palavras-chave: Paradiaptomus lamellatus; Lovenula raynerae; Calanoid copepod; Multiple predator effects; Functional response.
Ano: 2020
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00605/71706/70150.pdf

Latitudinal thermal gradient effect on the cost of living of the intertidal porcelain crab Petrolisthes granulosus
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Monaco, Cristian; Brokordt, Katherina B.; Gaymer, Carlos F.
Species with wide latitudinal distributions are exposed to significant abiotic gradients throughout their geographic range. Thermal gradients are especially important for ectothermic species inhabiting the intertidal zone because they affect their life history traits and fitness. In order to identify the role of latitudinal thermal gradients (specifically the exposition to different thermal maximums) in the cost of living of intertidal crustaceans, we compared specific fitness-related traits, such as body size and reproductive capacity (reproductive output, size at onset of sexual maturity and egg volume) in Petrolisthes granulosus individuals from 3 sites across an extensive latitudinal gradient (covering similar to 50% of its total distributional range):...
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Palavras-chave: Cost of living; Latitudinal thermal gradient; Body size; Reproductive capacity; Metabolic rate; Crabs; Petrolisthes granulosus; Rocky intertidal.
Ano: 2010
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00605/71701/70147.pdf

Predicting the performance of cosmopolitan species: dynamic energy budget model skill drops across large spatial scales
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Monaco, Cristian; Porporato, Erika M. D.; Lathlean, Justin A.; Tagliarolo, Morgana; Sara, Gianluca; Mcquaid, Christopher D.
Individual-based models are increasingly used by marine ecologists to predict species responses to environmental change on a mechanistic basis. Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) models allow the simulation of physiological processes (maintenance, growth, reproduction) in response to variability in environmental drivers. High levels of computational capacity and remote-sensing technologies provide an opportunity to apply existing DEB models across global spatial scales. To do so, however, we must first test the assumption of stationarity, i.e., that parameter values estimated for populations in one location/time are valid for populations elsewhere. Using a validated DEB model parameterized for the cosmopolitan intertidal mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis, we ran...
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Ano: 2019
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00475/58679/61303.pdf