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| 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 |
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| Wethey, David S.; Woodin, Sarah A.; Berke, Sarah K.; Dubois, Stanislas. |
| The ecosystem engineer onuphid polychaete Diopatra biscayensis has a continuous population in the Bay of Biscay from the Cantabria coast in Spain to southern Brittany in France. A group of disjunct populations also are found in the English Channel, separated from the Biscay population by more than 400 coastal kilometers. It remains unclear whether D. biscayensis is native to the Bay of Biscay; it is also debated whether the disjunct populations in the English Channel are relics of a formerly continuous population, or the product of recent introductions through aquaculture. Here, we use climate hindcasts to explore hypotheses about the D. biscayensis historical distribution in Europe. If D. biscayensis is native, its range would have been restricted to... |
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Palavras-chave: Climate change; Biogeography; Metapopulation; Diopatra; Historical projections. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00356/46711/46974.pdf |
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| Galaska, Matthew P.; Wethey, David S.; Arias, Andrés; Dubois, Stanislas; Halanych, Kenneth M.; Woodin, Sarah A.. |
| Aim Evolutionary history of natural populations can be confounded by human intervention such as the case of decorator worm species Diopatra (Onuphidae), which have a history of being transported through anthropogenic activities. Because they build tubes and act as ecosystem engineers, they can have a large impact on the overall ecosystem in which they occur. One conspicuous member, Diopatra biscayensis, which was only described in 2012, has a fragmented distribution that includes the Bay of Biscay and the Normanno‐Breton Gulf in the English Channel. This study explores the origin of these worms in the Normanno‐Breton region, which has been debated to either be the result of a historic range contraction from a relic continuous population or a more recent... |
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Palavras-chave: Bay of Biscay; Convex Hull; Onuphidae; Phylogeography; Population genetics; RADseq. |
| Ano: 2021 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00692/80411/83522.pdf |
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| 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 |
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