Título

Potential impact of an exotic mammal on rocky intertidal communities of northwestern Spain

Autor

Miguel Delibes

Miguel Clavero

José Prenda

María del Cármen Blázquez Moreno

Pablo Ferreras

Nivel de Acceso

Acceso Abierto

Licencia

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Referencia de publicación

URL/URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/B:BINV.0000022141.47102.5c

ISSN/ISSN: 1573-1464

doi: DOI: 10.1023/B:BINV.0000022141.47102.5c

Materias

alien mammal, American mink, Blennidae, coast, crab, invasion, Mustela vison, Pachygrapsus marmoratus, rocky intertidal - (AUTOR) BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA - (CTI) CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA - (CTI) BIOLOGÍA ANIMAL (ZOOLOGÍA) - (CTI) ECOLOGÍA ANIMAL - (CTI) ECOLOGÍA ANIMAL - (CTI)

Resumen o descripción

"Being the interface of sea and land, the coast can be invaded by introduced species coming from either of these two worlds. Recent reviews of coastal invasions emphasize the human-mediated transport of non-indigenous marine plants and invertebrates, forgetting the potential role of invaders of terrestrial origin. By studying the diet of the introduced American mink (Mustela vison) on a rocky shore of southwestern Europe, we draw attention to the potential impact on intertidal communities of exotic species coming from inland. We analysed 199 mink faeces collected in August 1997 and August 1999 in Baiona, a coastal and urban area of northern Spain recently invaded by minks. The diet of the species was based almost exclusively on crabs (45.4% of individual prey) and fish (53.3%). Most crabs were marbled crabs (Pachygrapsus marmoratus) and most fish were adult blennies (Coryphoblennius galerita and Lipophrys pholis). Given its energy requirements (about 1250 kJ/day), a single mink will consume during the month of August approximately 945 blennies and 496 crabs. Although we lack accurate data on mink abundance, a cautious estimation (4 mink/km before dispersal), supported by field observations, suggests that predation in August may reach 3780 blennies and 1984 crabs per km of shoreline. This predation pressure could affect the numbers of blennies and (less probably) crabs, indirectly benefiting the populations of their prey, that is, sessile invertebrates and snails. More field research is needed, but our results suggest that an exotic non-marine top predator such as the American mink could affect intertidal communities in Eurasia."

Editor

Springer

Fecha de publicación

2004

Tipo de publicación

Artículo

Versión de la publicación

Versión publicada

Recurso de información

http://cibnor.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1001/2214

Formato

application/pdf

Fuente

Biological Invasions

Idioma

Inglés

Sugerencia de citación

Delibes, M., Clavero, M., Prenda, J. et al. Potential Impact of an Exotic Mammal on Rocky Intertidal Communities of Northwestern Spain. Biological Invasions 6, 213–219 (2004).

Repositorio Orígen

Repositorio Institucional CIBNOR

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