We report here for the first time the effectiveness of Reteporella bryozoan genus in the early stage of coralligenous reefs recolonization through the analysis of the settlement and the population size structure over a two-years period at two impacted and two control sites. Results highlighted how Reteporella spp. colonies strongly recolonized, from 2017 to 2019, the bare coralligenous reefs subjected to the Costa Concordia shipwreck and its related anthropogenic disturbances, notably increasing both their density and percentage coverage. We recorded differences in colony size among impacted and control sites. Overall, large-sized colonies were reported at impacted sites exclusively, where Reteporella settlement and growth patterns differed if compared to control areas. This study highlights implications for the maintenance of the ecological functions, for the recovery processes, and for the future ecological shifts affecting one of the most important Mediterranean coastal ecosystems, the coralligenous reefs.

Reteporella spp. success in the re-colonization of bare coralligenous reefs impacted by Costa Concordia shipwreck. The pioneer species you did not expect / Casoli, E.; Mancini, G.; Ventura, D.; Pace, D. S.; Belluscio, A.; Ardizzone, G. D.. - In: MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN. - ISSN 0025-326X. - 161:(2020), pp. 1-9. [10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111808]

Reteporella spp. success in the re-colonization of bare coralligenous reefs impacted by Costa Concordia shipwreck. The pioneer species you did not expect

Casoli E.
;
Mancini G.
Membro del Collaboration Group
;
Ventura D.
Membro del Collaboration Group
;
Pace D. S.
Membro del Collaboration Group
;
Belluscio A.
Membro del Collaboration Group
;
Ardizzone G. D.
Membro del Collaboration Group
2020

Abstract

We report here for the first time the effectiveness of Reteporella bryozoan genus in the early stage of coralligenous reefs recolonization through the analysis of the settlement and the population size structure over a two-years period at two impacted and two control sites. Results highlighted how Reteporella spp. colonies strongly recolonized, from 2017 to 2019, the bare coralligenous reefs subjected to the Costa Concordia shipwreck and its related anthropogenic disturbances, notably increasing both their density and percentage coverage. We recorded differences in colony size among impacted and control sites. Overall, large-sized colonies were reported at impacted sites exclusively, where Reteporella settlement and growth patterns differed if compared to control areas. This study highlights implications for the maintenance of the ecological functions, for the recovery processes, and for the future ecological shifts affecting one of the most important Mediterranean coastal ecosystems, the coralligenous reefs.
2020
anthropogenic disturbances; bryozoans; coralligenous reefs; recolonization; Reteporella grimaldii; settlement
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Reteporella spp. success in the re-colonization of bare coralligenous reefs impacted by Costa Concordia shipwreck. The pioneer species you did not expect / Casoli, E.; Mancini, G.; Ventura, D.; Pace, D. S.; Belluscio, A.; Ardizzone, G. D.. - In: MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN. - ISSN 0025-326X. - 161:(2020), pp. 1-9. [10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111808]
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