Recruitment disruption and the role of unaffected populations for potential recovery after the Pinna nobilis mass mortality event
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Kersting, Diego K.
Vázquez-Luis, Maite
Mourre, Baptiste
Belkhamssa, Fatima Z.
Álvarez, Elvira
Bakran-Petricioli, Tatjana
Barberá, Carmen
Barrajón, Agustín
Cortés, Emilio
Deudero, Salud
García-March, José R.
Giacobbe, Salvatore
Giménez-Casalduero, Francisca
González, Luis
Jiménez-Gutiérrez, Santiago
Kipson, Silvija
Llorente, Javier
Moreno, Diego
Prado, Patricia
Pujol, José A.
Sánchez, Jordi
Spinelli, Andrea
Valencia, José M.
Vicente, Nardo
Hendriks, Iris E.
Data de publicació
2020-10-29ISSN
2296-7745
Resum
A devastating mass mortality event (MME) very likely caused by the protozoan Haplosporidium pinnae first detected in 2016 in the Western Mediterranean Sea, is pushing the endemic bivalve Pinna nobilis to near extinction. Populations recovery, if possible, will rely on larval dispersal from unaffected sites and potential recolonization through recruitment of resistant juveniles. To assess the impact of the MME on the species’ larval recruitment, an unprecedented network of larval collector stations was implemented over several thousands of kilometers along the Western Mediterranean coasts during the three years after the onset of the MME. The findings of this network showed a generalized disruption in recruitment with dramatic consequences for the recovery of the species. However, there were exceptions to this pattern and recruits were recorded in a few sites where the resident population had been decimated. This hints to the importance of unaffected populations as larval exporting sources and the role of oceanographic currents in larval transport in the area, representing a beacon of hope in the current extremely worrying scenario for this emblematic species.
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Article
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Llengua
English
Matèries (CDU)
574 - Ecologia general i biodiversitat
Pàgines
11
Publicat per
Frontiers Media
Publicat a
Frontiers in Marine Science
Citació
Kersting, Diego K., Maite Vázquez-Luis, Baptiste Mourre, Fatima Z. Belkhamssa, Elvira Álvarez, Tatjana Bakran-Petricioli, and Carmen Barberá et al. 2020. "Recruitment Disruption And The Role Of Unaffected Populations For Potential Recovery After The Pinna Nobilis Mass Mortality Event". Frontiers In Marine Science 7. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.594378.
Número de l'acord de la subvenció
EC/H2020/689518/EU/Marine Ecosystem Restoration in Changing European Seas/MERCES
MITECO/ / /ES/Estrategias Marinas de España, protegiendo el mar para todos/EsMarEs
MICIU-FEDER/Programa Estatal de I+D+I orientada a los retos de la sociedad/RTI2018-095441-B-C21/ES/SOSTENIBILIDAD DE ECOSISTEMAS COSTEROS MARINOS EN EL CONTEXTO DEL CAMBIO GLOBAL EN EL MEDITERRANEO/SuMaEco
MINECO/Programa Estatal de promoción del talento y su empleabilidad en I+D+I/IJCI-2017-31457/ES/ /
MINECO/Programa Estatal de promoción del talento y su empleabilidad en I+D+I/IJCI-2016-29329/ES/ /
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Aigües Marines i Continentals
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