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Impact of large-scale natural physical disturbance on the diversity of deep-sea North Atlantic nematodes

2001; Inter-Research; Volume: 214; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3354/meps214121

1616-1599

PJD Lambshead, J. H. Tietjen, Adrian G. Glover, TJ Ferrero, David Thistle, A.J. Gooday,

Nematode management and characterization studies

MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 214:121-126 (2001) - doi:10.3354/meps214121 Impact of large-scale natural physical disturbance on the diversity of deep-sea North Atlantic nematodes P. J. D. Lambshead1,*, J. Tietjen2, A. Glover1, T. Ferrero1, D. Thistle3, A. J. Gooday4 1Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, United Kindom 2Department of Biology, City College of New York, New York, New York 10031 & Division of Invertebrates, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York 10024, USA 3Department of Oceanography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-3048, USA 4Southampton Oceanography Centre, George Deacon Division for Ocean Processes, Empress Dock, Southampton SO14 3ZH, United Kindom *E-mail: pjdl@nhm.ac.uk ABSTRACT: Nematode alpha diversity from 3 physically disturbed sites in the deep North Atlantic was compared with reference sites. Nematode diversity at the HEBBLE benthic storm site was statistically, and significantly, lower than at reference sites. Nematode diversity at the Madeira Abyssal Plain site, which was subject to a turbidite dated at 930 BP, also showed a significantly lower diversity than reference sites. However, limited data suggest that diversity was not low at a Venezuela Basin turbidite site. The difference in nematode diversity between the 2 turbidite sites is ascribed to a long term change in sediment conditions at the Madeira site. The Venezuela Basin turbidite site has a sedimentation rate greater than the Maderia site by 1 to 2 orders of magnitude, and this was reflected in the sediment profiles. Another possibility is that the Venezuela Basin turbidite is considerably older, by at least 1000 yr, than the Madeira turbidite, allowing more time for recolonisation. The data suggest that deep-sea nematode diversity may be affected by physical disturbance but that deep-sea nematodes, like their shallow counterparts, are more robust than macrofauna such as polychaetes to such impacts. KEY WORDS: Physical Disturbance · Deep Sea · North Atlantic · Nematodes Full text in pdf format PreviousNextExport citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 214. Online publication date: April 26, 2001 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2001 Inter-Research.