Euendolithic Infestation of Mussel Shells Indirectly Improves the Thermal Buffering Offered by Mussel Beds to Associated Molluscs, but One Size Does Not Fit All

Dievart, Alexia M; McQuaid, Christopher D; Zardi, Gerardo I; Nicastro, Katy R; Froneman, P William

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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RU DST/NRF SARChI for Marine Ecosystems and Resources

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