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Cyphoma Gibbosum on Octocorals MARINE ECOLOGY - PROGRESS SERIES Vol. 43: 285-295, 1988 Published March 31 Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. l Temporal and spatial variability among grazers: variability in the distribution of the gastropod Cyphoma gibbosum on octocorals Howard R. Laskerl, Mary Alice coffroth2.* ' Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo. New York 14260, USA Division of Biology and Living Resources, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Cswy, Miami, Florida 33149, USA ABSTRACT: Censuses of the gorgonian grazing gastropod Cyphoma gibbosum were conducted at 3 sites in the San Blas Islands. Panama. during the summers of 1981 to 1986. Snail density at the sites varied as much as 6-fold between years and sites. The most commonly occupied gorgonians were Pseudopterogorgia spp., Plexaura homomalla and Pseudoplexaura spp. They were occupied by snails in numbers disproportionate to the gorgonian's abundances. C. gibbosum exhibited significant clumping in their distribution on colonies. Most individuals exhibited strong preferences for a single species or in some cases for a single gorgonian colony. Snails observed over multiple years often switched pre- ferences between years. Individual preferences, the movement of different snails through the study sites, and the formation and breakup of aggregations created significant temporal variability in observed preferences. Even greater levels of variation in preferences were present in distribution data collected during single visits to reefs at 17 sites throughout the Caribbean. Preferences at these sites as well as other published accounts only weakly support the preferences observed in the San Blas. Pseudopterogorgia spp. were most often preferred but at only 29% of sites. Data suggest that C. gibbosum distribution patterns are controlled by a combination of species preferences and social behaviors which lead to aggregated distributions. The combination of effects leads to distribution patterns which mask overall preferences and which may bias short-term observations. When examined over longer periods and/or across multiple sites a pattern emerges in which snails are distributed among a combination of actively preferred and randomly chosen species. Thus the distribution pattern is driven both by differences among host species and by stochastic processes. Recognition of these different mechanisms of host choice will be important in predicting the effects of grazers like C. gibbosum on their prey populations. INTRODUCTION Variation in the foraging behavior of marine benthic grazers has been related to both prey and grazer Grazers are capable of controlling the abundance of densities. For instance crown-of-thorns starfish Acan- a wide variety of marine benthic algae and inverte- thaster planci prey preferences may be related to the brates (Ogden et al. 1973, Sammarco et al. 1974, Glynn density of coral colonies (Ormond et al. 1976, but see 1976, Lubchenco 1978, Hay 1981, Lubchenco & Gaines also Potts 1981). Similarly, predator density can also 1981, Lewis 1986). The potential importance of grazers have a density-dependent effect on foraging. Bernstein has focused a great deal of attention on factors affect- et al. (1981) have attributed changes in the foraging of ing their preferences. However, the effects of grazing sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebaciensis to such a on the structure of marine benthic communities is density-dependent change in behavior. Individuals of dependent not only on the preferences exhibited by species whose foraging is density dependent can grazers but also by variability in these prey preferences appear to have strong preferences at any one time, but and by variability in the grazer's abundance. the effects of these species on community structure may be very different from the effects of specialist Present address: Dept of Biological Sciences, State Univer- grazers. sity of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA Changes in grazer density over both time and space O Inter-Research/Printed in F. R. Germany 286 Mar Ecol. Prog Se can also alter the importance of grazing in structuring ondly, data on the movements of 244 marked snails benthic communities. Some of the best examples of were used to characterize vanation in the distribution these effects are (1)those created by the local distribu- patterns of individuals as well as small-scale geo- tion of grazers (Lubchenco 1978), (2) those caused by graphic variation in the San Blas Islands. Finally single- geographic variation in grazer densities (Estes et al. visit surveys of 17 sites located on 5 different Caribbean 1978, Hay 1984), and (3) those resulting from dramatlc islands are used to characterize broader-scale geo- fluctuations in grazer density (Potts 1981, Scheibling graphic variation. 1986, Hughes et al. 1987). Given the potential signifi- The work from the San Blas Islands was conducted at cance of vanations in prey preference and grazer the facilities of the Srnithsonian Tropical Research density, assessment of this variation may be as impor- Institute. Observahons of Cyphoma gibbosum feeding tant in determining grazer effects as assessment of were made at 3 small patch reefs located within several central (i.e. overall) tendencies. lulometers of San Blas Point. The first reef, Macaroon, In this paper we examine variability in the behavior is a 50 x 30 m hardground in 3 to 4 m water. The fauna of the gorgonian-eating snail Cyphoma gibbosum and is dominated by plexaurid gorgonians, most notably show how individual, temporal, and spatial variability Pseudoplexaura porosa. The second reef, Korbislu, is a create a diversity of observed grazing patterns. C. large reef and reef-flat complex. The Korbiskl study gibbosum feeds exclusively on gorgonians. However, site was located in an area of mixed hardground and different authors have reported different prey pre- sand 1.0 to 2.5 m in depth at the northeast tip of the ferences and some have found no preferences at all reef. The gorgonians Plexaura A (see Lasker 1984 for (Kinzie 1970, 1974, Birkeland & Gregory 1975, Hazlett species description), P. porosa, Plexaura homomalla & Bach 1982, Harvell & Suchanek 1987). Kinzie (1970) and Plexaura flexuosa were common at this site. The found the distribution of snails on gorgonlans mirrored third reef, Pinnacles, is an area of mixed sand and species abundances on the reef at Discovery Bay, hardground substrate with scattered clumps of hard Jamaica, and he failed to find any prey preferences in coral. The site chosen for the study was a gently sloping choice experiments between Briareum asbestinum and area of sand and coral substrate at 5 to 7 m depth. The other species. In contrast, Birkeland & Gregory (1975) gorgonians P. porosa and Eunicea spp. were the most reported that C. gibbosum were found preferentially on common species at Pinnacles. The 3 sites are described Gorgonia spp. and Eunicea succinea. They found that in greater detail in Lasker et al. (1988). C. gibbosum chose Gorgonia spp. over other species Censuses of Cyphoma gibbosum were conducted during in situ experiments. Harvell & Suchanek (1987), within arbitrarily selected 100 m2 areas at each site. working at Salt Rver Canyon, St. Croix, US Virgin The areas were marked and a grid laid out at 2 m Islands, found that colonies occupied by C. gibbosum intervals. All colonies within the 10 X 10 m areas were were a random subset of the gorgonian fauna. They did identified to genus and/or species, and those which find that snails remained significantly longer on a were visited by C. gibbosum were tagged and mapped. mixed group of plexaurids which they identified as the Censuses were conducted at Korbiski during July 1981 Plexaura group (P. flexuosa, P. homomalla and Pseudo- and at all 3 sites dunng June-July 1983 and January plexaura crucis). Finally, Lasker et al. (1988) found 1984. During these censuses the number of snails pres- preferences for Pseudopterogorgia spp., Pseudoplex- ent and the identity of the prey species were recorded. aura porosa and Plexaura homomalla at 3 sites in the More detailed monitoring at the sites was conducted San Blas Islands, Panama. The range of results reported dunng 1984 (8 Jun to 8 Aug), 1985 (6 Apr to 26 Jun), may reflect sampling variation, or temporal and geo- and 1986 (7 Jun to 19 Jul). During 1984 and 1985 all the graphic differences in preferences, and/or prey quality. sites were searched for C. gibbosum at approximately Although these effects are not mutually exclusive, it is 3 d intervals During 1986 censuses were conducted essential that they be characterized before seeking weekly. Newly discovered, unmarked, individuals explanations of observed prey preferences or predict- were removed from the gorgonian colony; the shell was ing the effects of C. gibbosum grazing on gorgonian given a unique mark by sconng it with a triangular file communities. (after Harvell & Suchanek 1987);and the snail returned to the gorgonian. Small C. g~bbosum(< 1 cm in length) METHODS had shells wh~chwere too thin to score. These individu- als were identified on the basis of their size and loca- Three types of data were used in this study. Firstly, tion. long-term data on the distnbut~on of Cyphoma Preferences were assessed by comparing the dis- gibbosum on gorgonians at 3 sites in the San Blas tnbution of Cyphoma gibbosum on gorgonians to gor- Islands, Panama, were used to assess temporal varia- gonlan species abundances (numbers of colonies). tion in C. gibbosum abundance and distribution. Sec- Comparisons were made using G-tests (Sokal & Rohlf Lasker & Coffroth- Distribution patterns of Cyphoma gibbosum 287 1969). Where possible, data for each year were divided parative purposes semiweekly censuses were also into months and also analyzed for differences between made at the San Blas sites during May 1987. months (temporal heterogeneity). In one case (Maca- roon), where there were many observations of marked. individuals, the data were also analyzed for different RESULTS preferences among snails.
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