Hydrodynamic Interactions Between Macroalgae and Their Epibionts
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Macroalgae provide surfaces where other organisms live. Unlike organisms on rigid substrata, epibionts on host macroalgae sit on flexible surfaces that bend, stretch, and move in turbulent water currents and waves. We used blade-like red algae, Mazzaella
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Planes on a Snake? On the Identities of Crab Larvae Rafting on Sea Snakes [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionRafting on surface‐drifting flotsam or pelagic animals may represent an important behavioral strategy for larval transport and recruitment among brachyuran crabs.
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Ciliated Epibionts Modify the Cardiac Stress Reaction to Perceived Predation in Daphnia [PDF]
MicroorganismsWhen animals perceive an acute stressor like a predator, they typically undergo a suite of physiological changes that function to improve survival during the encounter, such as elevation in cardiac output, to supply more energy to muscles.
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Protistan epibionts affect prey selectivity patterns and vulnerability to predation in a cyclopoid copepod [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Colonisation of crustacean zooplankton with ciliate epibionts is widespread in freshwater and marine environments. However, the ecology of such association are little studied as yet.
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Epibiont Cohabitation in Freshwater Shrimp Neocaridina davidi with the Description of Two Species New to Science, Cladogonium kumaki sp. nov. and Monodiscus kumaki sp. nov., and Redescription of Scutariella japonica and Holtodrilus truncatus [PDF]
Animals, 2023 This contribution presents the occurrence of epibiotic species associated with Neocaridina davidi shrimp collected in the wild, aquaculture ponds, and aquaria.
Rafał Maciaszek +6 more
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First records of hydroid epibionts on the introduced macroalga Gracilaria parvispora in the Mexican Pacific [PDF]
Biodiversity Data JournalThe red macroalga Gracilaria parvispora is an introduced species in the Mexican Pacific. To date, there are no published studies on its sessile epibionts, including the hydrozoans and bryozoans, which are the dominant epibionts on macrophytes and of ...
María A. Mendoza-Becerril +6 more
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Long-term trends of epibionts reflect Mediterranean striped dolphin abundance shifts caused by morbillivirus epidemics. [PDF]
J Anim EcolThis original research piece demonstrates, through empirical and theoretical modelling approaches, that the epibionts of striped dolphins indicate dolphin abundance shifts caused by epidemics of dolphin morbillivirus (DMV). In addition, we provide the first SIR model to investigate the epidemiology of DMV in western Mediterranean striped dolphins ...
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2012 Ciliate epibionts associated with crustacean zooplankton are widespread in aquatic systems, but their ecological roles are little known. We studied the occurrence of ciliate epibionts on crustacean zooplankton in nine German lakes with different ...
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Rhabdopleurid epibionts from the Ordovician Fezouata Shale biota and the longevity of cross-phylum interactions [PDF]
Communications Biology, 2023 Evidence of interspecific interactions in the fossil record is rare but offers valuable insights into ancient ecologies. Exceptional fossiliferous sites can preserve complex ecological interactions involving non-biomineralized organisms, but most of ...
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Hitchhikers on an Invader: The Parasitic Leech <i>Myzobdella lugubris</i> and the Epibiotic Barnacle <i>Amphibalanus improvisus</i> on the Atlantic Blue Crab <i>Callinectes sapidus</i> in Southwestern Europe. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis study documents the first worldwide record of the parasitic leech Myzobdella lugubris and the commensal barnacle Amphibalanus improvisus associated with invasive Atlantic blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) in southwestern Europe. Molecular analyses confirmed the identity of these Western Atlantic native species, highlighting a complex multi‐level co‐
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