Naslov
Growth Rate of Selected Sheet-Encrusting Bryozoan Colonies Along a Latitudinal Transect: Preliminary Results

Autori
Kuklinski, Piotr ; Sokolowski, Adam ; Ziolkowska, Marcelina ; Balazy, Piotr ; Novosel, Maja ; Barnes, David K.A.

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences 143

Urednik/ci
A. Ernst et al. (eds.)

Izdavač
Springer

Grad
Berlin : Heidelberg

Godina
2012

Raspon stranica
155-167

ISBN
978-3-642-16411-811

Ključne riječi
Bryozoa, Growth rates, Latitude

Sažetak
Climate change driven alterations of sea-water temperature, salinity, acidity and primary production in many coastal regions will probably affect the ecophysiological performance of sedentary organisms. Despite bryozoan ubiquitous and often dominant occurrence in coastal zones there are few studies on their growth dynamics. Here we report growth rates of selected sheet-encrusting bryozoans from four contrasting (in mean annual water temperature) environments: Adriatic Sea (44'N), Baltic Sea (54'N), northern Norway (68'N), and Spitsbergen(78'N). Perspex panels were photographed underwater and colonies’ growth rates analyzed backwards using digital images. We found a negative trend between growth rate and latitude. Congeneric bryozoan species from lower latitudes grew faster: the average growth rate of the cyclostome genus Diplosolen from the Adriatic Sea was 75 mm2 after 5 months (~180 mm2/year) while Diplosolen arctica from Spitsbergen grew only 4 mm2/year. Similarly the average surface area of Microporella arctica individuals after 12 months in northern Norway was 12 mm2compared to 2 mm2 in Spitsbergen. An exception from this general pattern was Einhornia crustulenta in the brackish environment of the Baltic Sea, which grew relatively rapid for this latitude and water temperature (surface area of up to 657 mm2/month after settlement).

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geologija, Biologija

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