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Sabellaria wilsoni (Polychaeta: Sabellariidae): an ecosystem engineer and promoter of zoobenthos diversity in the Brazilian Amazon coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2019

Daiane Aviz Open the ORCID record for Daiane Aviz [Opens in a new window] ,
Roseanne Figueira Da Silva  and
José Souto Rosa Filho
Daiane Aviz*
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Oceanografia Biológica, Instituto de Geociência, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Augusto Corrêa s/n, Guamá, Belém, PA, CEP: 66075-110, Brasil
Roseanne Figueira Da Silva
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Oceanografia Biológica, Instituto de Geociência, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Augusto Corrêa s/n, Guamá, Belém, PA, CEP: 66075-110, Brasil
José Souto Rosa Filho*
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Bentos, Departamento de Oceanografia, Centro de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, s/n. Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE , CEP: 50670-901, Brasil
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Authors for correspondence: Jose Souto Rosa Filho and Daiane Aviz, E-mail: souto.rosa@ufpe.br; daiane.aviz@gmail.com
Authors for correspondence: Jose Souto Rosa Filho and Daiane Aviz, E-mail: souto.rosa@ufpe.br; daiane.aviz@gmail.com
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Abstract

The present study describes the variation in the benthic macrofauna related to the presence of Sabellaria wilsoni (Polychaeta: Sabellariidae) reefs on a sandy beach of the Brazilian Amazon Coast. The study also investigated whether the erosion of parts of the reef by intense wave action results in differences in the fauna. Samples were collected from a patch of reef and the adjacent sandy sediment for the analysis of the zoobenthos and substrates (granulometry and organic matter content) on Algodoal-Maiandeua Island (northern Brazil coast). The reef had more heterogeneous sediments and a higher organic matter content, and its fauna was distinct from that of the beach, with a higher density, species richness and diversity. The reef fauna included taxa typical of both consolidated and unconsolidated substrates. The portion of the reef more exposed to wave action had a lower density of reef-building worms, and these worms were smaller in size than those of the more protected portion, although the associated fauna of the exposed portion was denser and richer in species. These results confirmed that S. wilsoni is an important ecosystem engineer on the Amazon coast, and that the diversity and unique features of the fauna associated with these reefs emphasize their importance as a substrate for the local benthic communities, in particular in areas where consolidated bottoms are naturally scarce.

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Amazon coastassociated faunabeachecosystem engineeringsabellariid worm reef
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 99 , Issue 5 , August 2019 , pp. 1099 - 1109
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2019 

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