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
M.A.R. Koehl, Thomas L. Daniel
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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.
Ram Kumar +4 more
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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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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 ...
Karma Nanglu +3 more
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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 ...
Samantha Lynn Bickel +3 more
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Winter Epibiotic Community of the Red King Crab Paralithodes camtschaticus in Sayda Bay (Barents Sea) [PDF]
Animals, 2023 The species composition of epibiotic communities on red king crab was investigated in Sayda Bay, Russia, during November of 2015 and 2016. The community consisted of 12 species in total.
Alexander G. Dvoretsky +1 more
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Community Composition of Epibiont Hydroids of the Naturalized Alien Macroalga Acanthophora spicifera in Pichilingue, Mexico [PDF]
BiologyThis study provides a detailed analysis of the community of hydrozoan epibionts of Acanthophora spicifera in La Paz Bay, Baja California Sur. The investigation was carried out in two season periods, corresponding to the warm and cold seasons on the pier ...
Jessica Licona Angeles +2 more
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Daily accumulation rates of floating debris and attached biota on continental and oceanic island shores in the SE Pacific: testing predictions based on global models [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Background Long-distance rafting on anthropogenic marine debris (AMD) is thought to have a significant impact on global marine biogeography and the dispersal of non-indigenous species.
Sabine Rech +4 more
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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.
Andrew K. Davis, Helen Gloege
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