- Title
- Euendolithic Infestation of Mussel Shells Indirectly Improves the Thermal Buffering Offered by Mussel Beds to Associated Molluscs, but One Size Does Not Fit All
- Creator
- Dievart, Alexia M, McQuaid, Christopher D, Zardi, Gerardo I, Nicastro, Katy R, Froneman, P William
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/465754
- Identifier
- vital:76638
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020239
- Description
- Mussel beds form important intertidal matrices that provide thermal buffering to associated invertebrate communities, especially under stressful environmental conditions. Mussel shells are often colonized by photoautotrophic euendoliths, which have indirect conditional beneficial thermoregulatory effects on both solitary and aggregated mussels by increasing the albedo of the shell. We investigated whether euendolithic infestation of artificial mussel beds (Perna perna) influences the body temperatures of four associated mollusc species during simulated periods of emersion, using shell temperature obtained via non-invasive infrared thermography as a proxy.
- Format
- 13 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Diversity, Dievart, A.M., McQuaid, C.D., Zardi, G.I., Nicastro, K.R. and Froneman, P.W., 2023. Euendolithic Infestation of Mussel Shells Indirectly Improves the Thermal Buffering Offered by Mussel Beds to Associated Molluscs, but One Size Does Not Fit All. Diversity, 15(2), p.239, Diversity volume 15 number 2 1 13 2023 1424-2818
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Froneman, Pierre William (Prof)
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Marine Ecosystems and Resources
McQuaid, Christopher D (Distinguished Professor)
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
SDG 14. Life Below Water
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