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Interactive effects of canopy-driven changes in light, scour and water flow on microscopic recruits in kelp
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Tatsumi, M and Layton, C and Cameron, MJ and Shelamoff, V and Johnson, CR and Wright, JT, Interactive effects of canopy-driven changes in light, scour and water flow on microscopic recruits in kelp, Marine Environmental Research, 171 Article 105450. ISSN 0141-1136 (2021) [Refereed Article]
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© 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105450
Abstract
Ecosystem engineering kelp forms habitat and influences associated communities by altering abiotic conditions. These conditions can also affect the engineer's own demographic rates but the mechanisms underpinning these feedbacks are not well known. Here, we tested the interactive effects of three abiotic factors engineered by the Australasian kelp Ecklonia radiata (light, water flow and scour) on the early survivorship and growth of its outplanted microscopic recruits. After six weeks, recruit survivorship was high in the absence of scour and low light (2–3 times higher than when scour was present) and under low water flow-ambient light conditions. Growth of sporophytes was strongly related to light, with recruits under ambient light approximately four times larger after six weeks. Overall, reduced scour (for survivorship) and ambient light (for growth) appear crucial for maximising E. radiata recruitment suggesting a healthy forest can provide microenvironments to enhance survivorship while gaps in the canopy enhance growth.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | kelp, recruitment, ecosystem engineering, positive feedback |
Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
Research Group: | Ecology |
Research Field: | Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology) |
Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
Objective Group: | Coastal and estuarine systems and management |
Objective Field: | Coastal or estuarine biodiversity |
UTAS Author: | Tatsumi, M (Mr Masayuki Tatsumi) |
UTAS Author: | Layton, C (Dr Cayne Layton) |
UTAS Author: | Cameron, MJ (Mr Matthew Cameron) |
UTAS Author: | Shelamoff, V (Dr Victor Shelamoff) |
UTAS Author: | Johnson, CR (Professor Craig Johnson) |
UTAS Author: | Wright, JT (Associate Professor Jeffrey Wright) |
ID Code: | 149168 |
Year Published: | 2021 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 4 |
Deposited By: | Ecology and Biodiversity |
Deposited On: | 2022-03-15 |
Last Modified: | 2022-04-08 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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