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dc.contributor.authorDahihande, A.S.
dc.contributor.authorThakur, N.L.
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-06
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-23T09:24:56Z
dc.date.available2017-08-01
dc.date.available2018-10-23T09:24:56Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Sea Research, vol.126; 2017; 1-11
dc.identifier.issn1385-1101
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/J.SEARES.2017.06.007
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/7820
dc.description.abstractMarine intertidal regions are physically stressful habitats. In such an environment, facilitator species and positive interactions mitigate unfavorable conditions to the benefit of less tolerant organisms. In sponge-brittle star association, sponges effectively shelter brittle stars from biotic and abiotic stresses. The sponge, Biemna fortis (Topsent, 1897) was examined from two intertidal regions Anjuna and Mhapan along the Central West Coast of India for associated brittle star Ophiactis modesta (Brock, 1888) during 2013-2014. The study sites varied in suspended particulate matter (SPM). B. fortis at the high SPM habitat (Anjuna) had partially buried growth form and at the low SPM habitat (Mhapan) had massive growth form. O. modesta was abundantly associated with the massive growth form (50-259 individuals per 500ml sponge) but rarely occurred in association with partially buried growth form (6-16 individuals per 500ml sponge). In laboratory choice assay O. modesta showed equal preference to the chemical cues from both the growth forms of B. fortis. In addition, O. modesta showed significant preference to B. fortis compared to other sympatric sponges. These observations highlight the involvement of chemical cues in host recognition by O. modesta. Massive growth forms transplanted to the high SPM habitat were unable to survive but partially buried growth forms transplanted to the low SPM habitat were able to survive. Differential growth forms of the host sponge B. fortis at different abiotic stresses affect the abundance of the associated brittle star O. modesta.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofJ Sea Res
dc.relation.isreferencedbySCI
dc.titleDifferential growth forms of the sponge Biemna fortis govern the abundance of its associated brittle star Ophiactis modesta
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.affiliation.authorCSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India


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