Effects of crevice size on the establishment of macroalgae in subtropical streams
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Resumo: | Considering that in previous studies, the surface roughness (micrometric dimension) showed a weak effect on the colonization of stream macroalgae, we investigated the effects of different crevice sizes (milimetric dimension, a scale slightly higher than previous investigations) on the macroalgal abundance in three streams exposed to full sunlight in southern Brazil. We used smooth sterile glass plates with different shapes: P – plane surface without crevices; S – sinuous surface (depth of crevices with 0.159 mm ± 0.03); N – non-unifom surface (0.498 mm ± 0.09); C – surfaces with convex structures (1.190 mm ± 0.12); and three additional surface types with different patterns of heterogeneity with combinations of glass pieces: P + S (H1); P + S + N (H2) and P + S + N + C (H3). The plates were placed into the streams and after 105 days the percent cover of macroalgal community was measured. No significant differences among treatments were recorded. However, we observed a trend of macroalgae occurs within the crevices in all treatments and this suggests that, for stream macroalgae, the crevice sizes used in this study was still not enough to provide an expressive algal growth, even in the treatment with bigger crevices. |
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Effects of crevice size on the establishment of macroalgae in subtropical streamshabitat structuresurface shapeartificial substraterefugiastream macroalgaeConsidering that in previous studies, the surface roughness (micrometric dimension) showed a weak effect on the colonization of stream macroalgae, we investigated the effects of different crevice sizes (milimetric dimension, a scale slightly higher than previous investigations) on the macroalgal abundance in three streams exposed to full sunlight in southern Brazil. We used smooth sterile glass plates with different shapes: P – plane surface without crevices; S – sinuous surface (depth of crevices with 0.159 mm ± 0.03); N – non-unifom surface (0.498 mm ± 0.09); C – surfaces with convex structures (1.190 mm ± 0.12); and three additional surface types with different patterns of heterogeneity with combinations of glass pieces: P + S (H1); P + S + N (H2) and P + S + N + C (H3). The plates were placed into the streams and after 105 days the percent cover of macroalgal community was measured. No significant differences among treatments were recorded. However, we observed a trend of macroalgae occurs within the crevices in all treatments and this suggests that, for stream macroalgae, the crevice sizes used in this study was still not enough to provide an expressive algal growth, even in the treatment with bigger crevices.Instituto Internacional de Ecologia2014-11-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842014000400803Brazilian Journal of Biology v.74 n.4 2014reponame:Brazilian Journal of Biologyinstname:Instituto Internacional de Ecologia (IIE)instacron:IIE10.1590/1519-6984.03813info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessTonetto,AFPeres,CKKhnayfes,MABranco,CCZeng2015-11-24T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1519-69842014000400803Revistahttps://www.scielo.br/j/bjb/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpbjb@bjb.com.br||bjb@bjb.com.br1678-43751519-6984opendoar:2015-11-24T00:00Brazilian Journal of Biology - Instituto Internacional de Ecologia (IIE)false |
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Effects of crevice size on the establishment of macroalgae in subtropical streams |
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Effects of crevice size on the establishment of macroalgae in subtropical streams |
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Effects of crevice size on the establishment of macroalgae in subtropical streams Tonetto,AF habitat structure surface shape artificial substrate refugia stream macroalgae |
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Effects of crevice size on the establishment of macroalgae in subtropical streams |
title_full |
Effects of crevice size on the establishment of macroalgae in subtropical streams |
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Effects of crevice size on the establishment of macroalgae in subtropical streams |
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Effects of crevice size on the establishment of macroalgae in subtropical streams |
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Effects of crevice size on the establishment of macroalgae in subtropical streams |
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Tonetto,AF |
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Tonetto,AF Peres,CK Khnayfes,MA Branco,CCZ |
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Peres,CK Khnayfes,MA Branco,CCZ |
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Tonetto,AF Peres,CK Khnayfes,MA Branco,CCZ |
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habitat structure surface shape artificial substrate refugia stream macroalgae |
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habitat structure surface shape artificial substrate refugia stream macroalgae |
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Considering that in previous studies, the surface roughness (micrometric dimension) showed a weak effect on the colonization of stream macroalgae, we investigated the effects of different crevice sizes (milimetric dimension, a scale slightly higher than previous investigations) on the macroalgal abundance in three streams exposed to full sunlight in southern Brazil. We used smooth sterile glass plates with different shapes: P – plane surface without crevices; S – sinuous surface (depth of crevices with 0.159 mm ± 0.03); N – non-unifom surface (0.498 mm ± 0.09); C – surfaces with convex structures (1.190 mm ± 0.12); and three additional surface types with different patterns of heterogeneity with combinations of glass pieces: P + S (H1); P + S + N (H2) and P + S + N + C (H3). The plates were placed into the streams and after 105 days the percent cover of macroalgal community was measured. No significant differences among treatments were recorded. However, we observed a trend of macroalgae occurs within the crevices in all treatments and this suggests that, for stream macroalgae, the crevice sizes used in this study was still not enough to provide an expressive algal growth, even in the treatment with bigger crevices. |
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