Diversity of Seagrass-Associated Decapod Crustaceans in a Tropical Reef Lagoon Prior to Large Environmental Changes: A Baseline Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Epifauna Sampling
2.3. Data Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Decapod Species and Abundance
3.2. Ecological Indices
3.3. Community Composition
3.4. Changes in Density of the 10 Most Abundant Species
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Rank | Species | Day | Night | Day | Night | Total | % | Cumulative % |
1 | Latreutes fucorum | 1998 | 5504 | 949 | 2554 | 11005 | 20.68 | 20.68 |
2 | Cuapetes americanus | 1209 | 4764 | 286 | 1375 | 7634 | 14.35 | 35.03 |
3 | Thor manningi | 519 | 4073 | 200 | 1435 | 6227 | 11.70 | 46.73 |
4 | Pagurus annulipes | 488 | 3893 | 507 | 767 | 5655 | 10.63 | 57.36 |
5 | Pagurus brevidactylus | 308 | 2509 | 400 | 1976 | 5193 | 9.76 | 67.12 |
6 | Clibanarius tricolor | 185 | 478 | 171 | 3807 | 4641 | 8.72 | 75.84 |
7 | Thor dobkini | 166 | 1671 | 49 | 314 | 2200 | 4.13 | 79.97 |
8 | Alpheus normanni | 15 | 911 | 8 | 1103 | 2037 | 3.83 | 83.80 |
9 | Tozeuma carolinense | 436 | 348 | 467 | 277 | 1528 | 2.87 | 86.67 |
10 | Processa bermudensis | 4 | 693 | 6 | 452 | 1155 | 2.17 | 88.84 |
11 | Leander tenuicornis | 5 | 82 | 33 | 537 | 657 | 1.23 | 90.08 |
12 | Processa fimbriata | 7 | 422 | 14 | 169 | 612 | 1.15 | 91.23 |
13 | Ancylomenes pedersoni | 198 | 171 | 62 | 104 | 535 | 1.01 | 92.23 |
14 | Sicyonia laevigata | 8 | 85 | 11 | 380 | 484 | 0.91 | 93.14 |
15 | Sicyonia parri | 1 | 84 | 3 | 355 | 443 | 0.83 | 93.98 |
16 | Trachycaris restrictus | 20 | 148 | 45 | 122 | 335 | 0.63 | 94.61 |
17 | Metapenaeopsis goodei | 0 | 65 | 20 | 208 | 293 | 0.55 | 95.16 |
18 | Portunus sp. | 2 | 74 | 19 | 135 | 230 | 0.43 | 95.59 |
19 | Mithraculus forceps | 80 | 42 | 31 | 27 | 180 | 0.34 | 95.93 |
20 | Mithraculus sculptus | 23 | 61 | 54 | 40 | 178 | 0.33 | 96.26 |
21 | Paguristes tortugae | 3 | 58 | 1 | 80 | 142 | 0.27 | 96.53 |
22 | Nikoides schmitti | 0 | 8 | 6 | 124 | 138 | 0.26 | 96.79 |
23 | Mithrax sp. 1 | 35 | 54 | 27 | 21 | 137 | 0.26 | 97.05 |
24 | Pitho aculeata | 9 | 67 | 17 | 38 | 131 | 0.25 | 97.29 |
25 | Panopeus occidentalis | 48 | 24 | 25 | 13 | 110 | 0.21 | 97.50 |
26 | Mithraculus coryphe | 3 | 5 | 69 | 23 | 100 | 0.19 | 97.69 |
27 | Chorinus heros | 0 | 27 | 8 | 63 | 98 | 0.18 | 97.87 |
28 | Latreutes parvulus | 6 | 78 | 2 | 11 | 97 | 0.18 | 98.05 |
29 | Achelous ordwayi | 1 | 32 | 5 | 52 | 90 | 0.17 | 98.22 |
30 | Pagurus sp. 1 | 0 | 43 | 10 | 29 | 82 | 0.15 | 98.38 |
31 | Panulirus argus | 0 | 25 | 6 | 45 | 76 | 0.14 | 98.52 |
32 | Calcinus tibicen | 0 | 1 | 6 | 61 | 68 | 0.13 | 98.65 |
33 | Pagurus sp. 2 | 0 | 26 | 16 | 24 | 66 | 0.12 | 98.77 |
34 | Mithrax pleuracanthus | 8 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 57 | 0.11 | 98.88 |
35 | Dardanus venosus | 0 | 13 | 1 | 39 | 53 | 0.10 | 98.98 |
36 | Podochela macrodera | 10 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 52 | 0.10 | 99.08 |
37 | Omalacantha bicornuta | 9 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 51 | 0.10 | 99.171 |
38 | Hippolyte zostericola | 18 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 0.06 | 99.228 |
39 | Clibanarius sp. | 2 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 30 | 0.06 | 99.284 |
40 | Paguristes puncticeps | 1 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 27 | 0.05 | 99.335 |
41 | Pitho sp. | 1 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0.05 | 99.382 |
42 | Macrocoeloma diplacanthum | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 0.05 | 99.427 |
43 | Gnathophyllum americanum | 7 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 0.04 | 99.470 |
44 | Micropanope nuttingi | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 0.04 | 99.509 |
45 | Thor amboinensis | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 0.03 | 99.543 |
46 | Macrocoeloma subparelellum | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 0.03 | 99.577 |
47 | Eurypanopeus dissimilis | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 0.03 | 99.605 |
48 | Neopanope packardii | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0.03 | 99.632 |
49 | Thersandrus compressus | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0.02 | 99.652 |
50 | Moreiradromia antillensis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0.02 | 99.671 |
51 | Calappa sulcata | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 0.02 | 99.690 |
52 | Teleophrys sp. | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0.02 | 99.707 |
53 | Alpheus peasei | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0.02 | 99.724 |
54 | Xanthoid G | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.013 | 99.737 |
55 | Petrolisthes galatinus | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0.013 | 99.750 |
56 | Cyclozodium angustum | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.013 | 99.763 |
57 | Alpheus armatus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0.013 | 99.776 |
58 | Hippolyte obliquimanus | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.011 | 99.788 |
59 | Tuleariocaris neglecta | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.009 | 99.797 |
60 | Panopeus herbsti | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.009 | 99.806 |
61 | Mithrax sp. 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.009 | 99.816 |
62 | Xanthoid H | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.008 | 99.823 |
63 | Xanthoid B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.008 | 99.831 |
64 | Macrocoeloma laevigatum | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.008 | 99.838 |
65 | Alpheus sp. 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.008 | 99.846 |
66 | Xanthoid L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.006 | 99.852 |
67 | Sicyonia brevirostris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.006 | 99.857 |
68 | Sicyonia stimpsoni | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.006 | 99.863 |
69 | Panopeus sp. 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.006 | 99.868 |
70 | Paguristes sp. 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.006 | 99.874 |
71 | Hexapanopeus angustifrons | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.006 | 99.880 |
72 | Euryplax nitida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.006 | 99.885 |
73 | Epialtus longirostris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.006 | 99.891 |
74 | Diogenid A | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.006 | 99.897 |
75 | Alpheus armillatus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.006 | 99.902 |
76 | Xanthoid F | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.004 | 99.906 |
77 | Xanthoid A | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.004 | 99.910 |
78 | Xanthoid M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.004 | 99.914 |
79 | Xanthoid I | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.004 | 99.917 |
80 | Thoe puella | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.004 | 99.921 |
81 | Hippolyte sp. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.004 | 99.925 |
82 | Anomuran A | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.004 | 99.929 |
83 | Alpheus sp. 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.004 | 99.932 |
84 | Xanthoid E | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.934 |
85 | Xanthoid D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.936 |
86 | Xanthoid C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.938 |
87 | Xanthoid N | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.940 |
88 | Xanthoid K | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.942 |
89 | Xanthoid J | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.944 |
90 | Upogebia affinis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.945 |
91 | Synalpheus fritzmülleri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.947 |
92 | Synalpheus sp. 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.949 |
93 | Synalpheus sp. 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.951 |
94 | Synalpheus sp. 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.953 |
95 | Stenorhynchus seticornis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.955 |
96 | Stenopus hispidus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.957 |
97 | Speloeophorus pontifer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.959 |
98 | Porcellanid A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.961 |
99 | Pilumnus sp. 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.962 |
100 | Pilumnus sp. 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.964 |
101 | Pachygrapsus gracilis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.966 |
102 | Periclimenes iridiscens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.968 |
103 | Mithrax sp. 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.970 |
104 | Majoid A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.972 |
105 | Macrocoeloma trispinosum | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.974 |
106 | Lysmata anchisteus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.976 |
107 | Lobopilumnus agassizii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.977 |
108 | Latreutes inermis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.979 |
109 | Gnathophyllum sp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.981 |
110 | Discias atlanticus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.983 |
111 | Diogenid B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.985 |
112 | Caridean B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.987 |
113 | Caridean A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.989 |
114 | Alpheus sp. 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.991 |
115 | Alpheus sp. 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.992 |
116 | Alpheopsis trispinosus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.994 |
117 | Alpheopsis trigonus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.996 |
118 | Acanthonyx petiverii | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.002 | 99.998 |
119 | Alpheus websteri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.002 | 100 |
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Ecological Index | Effect | DF | MS | F | p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
S | Intercept | 1 | 29568.05 | 380.541 | <0.001 |
Season | 1 | 120.05 | 1.545 | 0.232 | |
Time of Day | 1 | 661.25 | 8.510 | 0.010 | |
Season × TD | 1 | 26.45 | 0.340 | 0.568 | |
Error | 16 | 77.7 | |||
N | Intercept | 1 | 141570526 | 47.343 | <0.001 |
Season | 1 | 7129374 | 2.384 | 0.142 | |
Time of Day | 1 | 58150730 | 19.447 | <0.001 | |
Season × TD | 1 | 2759502 | 0.923 | 0.351 | |
Error | 16 | 2990285 | |||
H’ | Intercept | 1 | 96.181 | 563.640 | <0.001 |
Season | 1 | 0.580 | 3.397 | 0.084 | |
Time of Day | 1 | 0.034 | 0.197 | 0.663 | |
Season × TD | 1 | 0.064 | 0.373 | 0.550 | |
Error | 16 | 0.171 | |||
J’ | Intercept | 1 | 7.346 | 812.897 | <0.001 |
Season | 1 | 0.026 | 2.913 | 0.107 | |
Time of Day | 1 | 0.006 | 0.519 | 0.482 | |
Season × TD | 1 | 0.008 | 0.939 | 0.347 | |
Error | 16 | 0.009 | |||
1-lambda | Intercept | 1 | 13.016 | 1014.027 | <0.001 |
Season | 1 | 0.0084 | 0.656 | 0.430 | |
Time of Day | 1 | 0.0004 | 0.029 | 0.867 | |
Season × TD | 1 | 0.0188 | 1.470 | 0.243 | |
Error | 16 | 0.0128 |
Summer | Winter | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Species | Day | Night | Day | Night |
Latreutes fucorum | 1.168 (0.495) ab | 3.219 (1.609) b | 0.555 (0.500) a | 1.494 (0.385) ab |
Cuapetes americanus | 0.707 (0.705) ab | 2.786 (2.021) b | 0.167 (0.110) a | 0.804 (0.844) ab |
Thor manningi | 0.304 (0.277) ab | 2.382 (2.027) b | 0.117 (0.082) a | 0.839 (0.639) ab |
Pagurus annulipes | 0.285 (0.158) a | 2.277 (1.405) b | 0.296 (0.258) a | 0.449 (0.338) a |
Pagurus brevidactylus | 0.180 (0.152) a | 1.467 (0.940) b | 0.234 (0.182) a | 1.156 (1.109) b |
Clibanarius tricolor | 0.108 (0.179) a | 0.280 (0.233) ab | 0.100 (0.168) a | 2.226 (3.912) b |
Thor dobkini | 0.097 (0.065) a | 0.977 (0.817) b | 0.029 (0.024) a | 0.184 (0.160) ab |
Alpheus normanni | 0.009 (0.009) a | 0.533 (0.364) ab | 0.005 (0.007) a | 0.645 (0.619) b |
Tozeuma carolinense | 0.255 (0.107) | 0.204 (0.117) | 0.273 (0.179) | 0.162 (0.157) |
Processa bermudensis | 0.002 (0.003) a | 0.405 (0.185) b | 0.004 (0.005) a | 0.264 (0.209) b |
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Briones-Fourzán, P.; Monroy-Velázquez, L.V.; Estrada-Olivo, J.; Lozano-Álvarez, E. Diversity of Seagrass-Associated Decapod Crustaceans in a Tropical Reef Lagoon Prior to Large Environmental Changes: A Baseline Study. Diversity 2020, 12, 205. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12050205
Briones-Fourzán P, Monroy-Velázquez LV, Estrada-Olivo J, Lozano-Álvarez E. Diversity of Seagrass-Associated Decapod Crustaceans in a Tropical Reef Lagoon Prior to Large Environmental Changes: A Baseline Study. Diversity. 2020; 12(5):205. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12050205
Chicago/Turabian StyleBriones-Fourzán, Patricia, Luz Verónica Monroy-Velázquez, Jaime Estrada-Olivo, and Enrique Lozano-Álvarez. 2020. "Diversity of Seagrass-Associated Decapod Crustaceans in a Tropical Reef Lagoon Prior to Large Environmental Changes: A Baseline Study" Diversity 12, no. 5: 205. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12050205