Tolerance to salinity and thermal stress by larvae and adults of the serpulid annelid Ficopomatus enigmaticus
Tolerance to salinity and thermal stress by larvae and adults of the serpulid annelid Ficopomatus enigmaticus
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蛇形环节动物 Ficopomatus enigmaticus 幼虫和成虫对盐度和热应激的耐受性
DOI:
10.1111/ivb.12271
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
1.2
通讯作者:
Pernet, Bruno
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作者:
Peria, Jessica;Pernet, Bruno
The serpulid annelidFicopomatus enigmaticusis a widely distributed invader of shallow‐water, brackish habitats in subtropical and temperate regions, where it has numerous damaging ecological and economic effects. Its distributional pattern suggests that temperature and salinity play important roles in limiting its distribution, but because other factors often covary with these, drawing strong conclusions from these patterns is difficult. In an effort to more clearly identify the effects of these factors, we examined tolerance to acute thermal (16–28°C) and salinity (0–35 psu) stress by larvae (5‐day exposure, unfed) and adults (14‐day exposure, unfed) ofF. enigmaticusin the laboratory experiments. Larvae showed higher mortality at the highest temperature tested 28°C; adult survival was unaffected by temperature. Neither larvae nor adults survived exposure to pure freshwater (0 psu), but survived well at salinities ranging 3.5–35 psu. In addition, high salinity did not slow tube growth in adults. These results suggest that salinity stress, in particular, does not directly limit the distribution ofF. enigmaticusto low‐salinity habitats. Experimental work on the distribution ofF. enigmaticusis uncommon in the literature, but is likely needed to identify the abiotic or biotic factors that limit the distribution of this frequently invasive species.