一种入侵性珊瑚物种在西南大西洋阿布洛霍斯浅滩的扩散。

Expansion of an invasive coral species over Abrolhos Bank, Southwestern Atlantic.

作者信息

Costa Thiago J F, Pinheiro Hudson T, Teixeira João Batista, Mazzei Eric F, Bueno Leonardo, Hora Mike S C, Joyeux Jean-Christophe, Carvalho-Filho Alfredo, Amado-Filho Gilberto, Sampaio Claudio L S, Rocha Luiz A

机构信息

Associação Ambiental Voz da Natureza, Av. Cel. Schwab Filho 104/501, Vitória, Espírito Santo 29050-780, Brazil.

Associação Ambiental Voz da Natureza, Av. Cel. Schwab Filho 104/501, Vitória, Espírito Santo 29050-780, Brazil; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA; California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.

出版信息

Mar Pollut Bull. 2014 Aug 15;85(1):252-3. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.06.002. Epub 2014 Jun 26.

DOI:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.06.002

PMID:24975092

Abstract

Invasive coral species of the genus Tubastraea have been increasingly recorded in Southwestern Atlantic waters since the 1980s. Their invasion and infestation are mainly related to port and oil exploration activities. For the first time the presence of Tubastraea tagusensis colonies is reported in Espírito Santo State, colonizing a port shore area, and incrusting oil/gas platform structures situated in the southern Abrolhos Bank, which is part of the most important coral reef system of the South Atlantic Ocean. Tubastraea colonies exhibit fast growth and high recruitment rates, and colonized 40% of the analyzed structures in just four years. The projection of port and oil/gas industry growth for the Espírito Santo State (more than 300%) highlights an alert to the dispersal of this alien species to natural areas.

摘要

自20世纪80年代以来，在西南大西洋水域越来越多地记录到了Tubastraea属的入侵性珊瑚物种。它们的入侵和侵扰主要与港口和石油勘探活动有关。首次报告了塔古斯Tubastraea在圣埃斯皮里图州的存在，其在一个港口海岸区域定殖，并覆盖了位于南大西洋最重要的珊瑚礁系统之一阿布鲁霍斯浅滩南部的石油/天然气平台结构。Tubastraea群体生长迅速且招募率高，在短短四年内就占据了40%的分析结构。圣埃斯皮里图州港口和石油/天然气行业增长的预测（超过300%）凸显了对这种外来物种扩散到自然区域的警惕。