Electronic Resource
Springer
Oecologia
82 (1990), S. 275-282
ISSN:
1432-1939
Keywords:
Epibiosis
;
Polysyncraton lacazei
;
Ascidian
;
Epibiotic parameters
;
Antifouling potential index
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Summary Polysyncraton lacazei is a colonial tunicate (family didemnidae) living in the NW-mediterranean rocky sublitoral. A thorough scanning of numerous colonies revealed that in spite of an apparently heavy local fouling pressure only one fouling species — a kamptozoan — is encountered with some regularity on Polysyncraton. We try to define the epibiotic situation of sessile marine organisms as composed of four epibiotic parameters: longevity or exposure time (A), epibiont load (E), colonizer pool (CP) and fouling-period (FP). Subsequently, these factors are combined to propose an “Antifouling Potential” index: AFP=(1−E/CP)×A/(FP+A). This index is intended to permit evaluating the relative antifouling defense potency to be expected in a given organism in a given epibiotic situation and to compare different cases of epibiosis and fouling.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00323545
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