Sargassum muticum Fensholt
Description
Several of the case studies of the impacts of Sargassum muticum introductions showed negative effects, such as being an undesirable food source for herbivores (Monteiro et al. 2009), suppression of native algal assemblages (Olabarria et al. 2009), and space monopolization (Thomsen et al. 2006). However, several of the studies had ambiguous results, with some taxonomic groups showing increased abundance and some showing decreased abundance (Lang and Buschbaum 2010, Gestoso et al. 2012). Sargassum muticum also enhanced epibiotic diversity in soft-bottom environments (Buschbaum et al. 2006), and at time scales of <1 week after colonization (Rodil et al. 2008). This species was a preferred forage material for the snail Lacuna vincta Montagu (Britton-Simmons et al. 2011), and its presence increased overall faunal abundance (Strong et al. 2006).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Sargassaceae
- Genus
- Sargassum
- Kingdom
- Chromista
- Order
- Fucales
- Phylum
- Ochrophyta
- Scientific name authorship
- Fensholt
- Species
- muticum
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Monteiro, C. A., A. H. Engelen and R. O. P. Santos. 2009. Macro- and mesoherbivores prefer native seaweeds over the invasive brown seaweed Sargassum muticum: a potential regulating role on invasions. Mar. Biol. 156: 2505 - 2515.
- Olabarria, C., I. F. Rodil, M. Incera and J. S. Troncoso. 2009.
- Thomsen, M., T. Wernberg, P. Staehr and M. Pedersen. 2006. Spatiotemporal distribution patterns of the invasive macroalga Sargassum muticum within a Danish Sargassum-bed. Helgol. Mar. Res. 60: 50 - 58.
- Lang, A. C. and C. Buschbaum. 2010. Facilitative effects of introduced Pacific oysters on native macroalgae are limited by a secondary invader, the seaweed Sargassum muticum. J. Sea Res. 63: 119 - 128.
- Gestoso, I., C. Olabarria and J. S. Troncoso. 2012. Effects of macroalgal identity on epifaunal assemblages: native species versus the invasive species Sargassum muticum. Helgol. Mar. Res. 66: 159 - 166.
- Buschbaum, C., A. S. Chapman and B. Saier. 2006. How an introduced seaweed can affect epibiota diversity in different coastal systems. Mar. Biol. 148: 743 - 754.
- Rodil, I. F., C. Olabarria, M. Lastra and J. Lopez. 2008. Differential effects of native and invasive algal wrack on macrofaunal assemblages inhabiting exposed sandy beaches. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 358: 1 - 13.
- Britton-Simmons, K. H., B. Pister, I. Sanchez and D. Okamoto. 2011. Response of a native, herbivorous snail to the introduced seaweed Sargassum muticum. Hydrobiologia 661: 187 - 196.
- Strong, J. A., M. J. Dring and C. A. Maggs. 2006. Colonisation and modification of soft substratum habitats by the invasive macroalga Sargassum muticum. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 321: 87 - 97.