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Gall-forming protistan parasites infect southern bull kelp across the Southern Ocean, with prevalence increasing to the south

2017; Inter-Research; Volume: 583; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3354/meps12346

1616-1599

Christopher J Blake, Martín Thiel, Boris A. López, Ceridwen I. Fraser,

Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

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 583:95-106 (2017) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12346 Gall-forming protistan parasites infect southern bull kelp across the Southern Ocean, with prevalence increasing to the south Callum Blake1, Martin Thiel2,3,4, Boris A. López2,5, Ceridwen I. Fraser1,* 1Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Building 141 Linnaeus Way, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia 2Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Larrondo 1281, Coquimbo, Chile 3Millennium Nucleus Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Island (ESMOI), Coquimbo, Chile 4Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas, CEAZA, Coquimbo, Chile 5Departamento de Acuicultura y Recursos Agroalimentarios, Universidad de Los Lagos, Av. Fuchslocher 1305, Osorno, Chile *Corresponding author: ceridwen.fraser@gmail.com ABSTRACT: Protistan pathogens can have devastating effects on marine plants, yet the processes that affect their distributions and infection intensities are poorly understood. Species within the brown algal genus Durvillaea are major ecosystem engineers throughout the sub-Antarctic and cold-temperate Southern Hemisphere, and a newly described genus of protistan parasite, Maullinia, was recently found infecting D. antarctica in Chile. We set out to address 3 key questions. (1) Is there evidence for trans-oceanic dispersal of Maullinia? (2) Does Maullinia infect other Durvillaea species? (3) Does infection prevalence vary throughout the hosts’ ranges? We sampled Maullinia on Durvillaea populations along coasts in Chile (D. antarctica, from 32° to 42°S: 8 sites), Australia (D. potatorum and D. amatheiae, from 36° to 38°S: 5 sites) and sub-Antarctic Marion Island (46°53’47’’S, 37°43’32’’E). We used a genetic marker (18S rRNA) to verify the presence of Maullinia on Durvillaea at all sites and visual surveys of Maullinia galls to assess infection prevalence in Chile and Australia. We confirm that Maullinia infects Australian Durvillaea species, but our results indicate that each host species is parasitised by a different Maullinia lineage. Maullinia infection prevalence increased with latitude. Long- and short-distance dispersal events are inferred to have occurred based on genetic patterns. We conclude that Maullinia protists are broadly distributed and affect multiple host species, including at least 3 Durvillaea species (2 in Australia, and 1 in both Chile and Marion Island), and that environmental factors influence host susceptibility to infection. KEY WORDS: Pathogen · Macroalgae · Host-specificity · Intertidal · Dispersal · Durvillaea · Maullinia Full text in pdf format Supplementary material PreviousNextCite this article as: Blake C, Thiel M, López BA, Fraser CI (2017) Gall-forming protistan parasites infect southern bull kelp across the Southern Ocean, with prevalence increasing to the south. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 583:95-106. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12346 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 583. Online publication date: November 16, 2017 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2017 Inter-Research.