Ecoengineering Solutions for the Impairment of Spreading and Growth of Invasive Spartina patens in Mediterranean Salt Marshes
The invasion of natural communities by non-indigenous species represents one of the most serious threats to biodiversity. Understanding the ecophysiology of invasive species can provide insights into potential physiological handicaps relative to native species. By doing so, we can leverage the devel...
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| author | Ricardo Cruz de Carvalho Ricardo Cruz de Carvalho Eduardo Feijão Irina Duarte Vanessa Pinto Marisa Silva Ana Rita Matos Ana Rita Matos Anabela Bernardes da Silva Anabela Bernardes da Silva Isabel Caçador Isabel Caçador Patrick Reis-Santos Patrick Reis-Santos Vanessa F. Fonseca Vanessa F. Fonseca Bernardo Duarte Bernardo Duarte |
| author_facet | Ricardo Cruz de Carvalho Ricardo Cruz de Carvalho Eduardo Feijão Irina Duarte Vanessa Pinto Marisa Silva Ana Rita Matos Ana Rita Matos Anabela Bernardes da Silva Anabela Bernardes da Silva Isabel Caçador Isabel Caçador Patrick Reis-Santos Patrick Reis-Santos Vanessa F. Fonseca Vanessa F. Fonseca Bernardo Duarte Bernardo Duarte |
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| description | The invasion of natural communities by non-indigenous species represents one of the most serious threats to biodiversity. Understanding the ecophysiology of invasive species can provide insights into potential physiological handicaps relative to native species. By doing so, we can leverage the development of ecoengineering solutions for the removal of non-indigenous species, preferably using non-chemical methods. Spartina patens is a known invasive species of cordgrass aggressively proliferating in Mediterranean salt marshes, producing impenetrable monospecific stands. As its occurrence is delimited by the upper high tide water level, we hypothesized that S. patens is intolerant to waterlogging. Therefore, we developed a field experiment where strands of S. patens were kept waterlogged over the entire tidal cycle for 30 days. At the end of the experimental period, plants in the trial plots exhibited severe stress symptoms at different physiological levels compared with control plots (no intervention). At the photobiological level, intervened plants exhibited lower efficiency in producing chemical energy from light, whilst at the biochemical level waterlogging impaired the antioxidant system and increased lipid peroxidation products. Furthermore, the application of chlorophyll a pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry, a non-invasive technique, allowed us to evaluate the effectiveness of the implemented measures, being the tool that provided the best separation between the control and intervened population. Considering the physiological traits observed here, ecoengineering solutions based on increased waterlogging of S. patens stands, can be a low-cost and efficient measure to reduce the spreading and growth of this invasive species in the Mediterranean and other salt marshes worldwide with little disturbance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c32272772f374768a4b7c562d64b8bcf2022-12-21T22:00:23ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452021-08-01810.3389/fmars.2021.699528699528Ecoengineering Solutions for the Impairment of Spreading and Growth of Invasive Spartina patens in Mediterranean Salt MarshesRicardo Cruz de Carvalho0Ricardo Cruz de Carvalho1Eduardo Feijão2Irina Duarte3Vanessa Pinto4Marisa Silva5Ana Rita Matos6Ana Rita Matos7Anabela Bernardes da Silva8Anabela Bernardes da Silva9Isabel Caçador10Isabel Caçador11Patrick Reis-Santos12Patrick Reis-Santos13Vanessa F. Fonseca14Vanessa F. Fonseca15Bernardo Duarte16Bernardo Duarte17MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalcE3c – Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalMARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalMARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalMARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalMARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalDepartamento de Biologia Vegetal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalBiosystems and Applied Sciences Institute, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalDepartamento de Biologia Vegetal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalBiosystems and Applied Sciences Institute, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalMARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalDepartamento de Biologia Vegetal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalMARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalSouthern Seas Ecology Laboratories, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaMARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalDepartamento de Biologia Animal da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalMARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalDepartamento de Biologia Vegetal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalThe invasion of natural communities by non-indigenous species represents one of the most serious threats to biodiversity. Understanding the ecophysiology of invasive species can provide insights into potential physiological handicaps relative to native species. By doing so, we can leverage the development of ecoengineering solutions for the removal of non-indigenous species, preferably using non-chemical methods. Spartina patens is a known invasive species of cordgrass aggressively proliferating in Mediterranean salt marshes, producing impenetrable monospecific stands. As its occurrence is delimited by the upper high tide water level, we hypothesized that S. patens is intolerant to waterlogging. Therefore, we developed a field experiment where strands of S. patens were kept waterlogged over the entire tidal cycle for 30 days. At the end of the experimental period, plants in the trial plots exhibited severe stress symptoms at different physiological levels compared with control plots (no intervention). At the photobiological level, intervened plants exhibited lower efficiency in producing chemical energy from light, whilst at the biochemical level waterlogging impaired the antioxidant system and increased lipid peroxidation products. Furthermore, the application of chlorophyll a pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry, a non-invasive technique, allowed us to evaluate the effectiveness of the implemented measures, being the tool that provided the best separation between the control and intervened population. Considering the physiological traits observed here, ecoengineering solutions based on increased waterlogging of S. patens stands, can be a low-cost and efficient measure to reduce the spreading and growth of this invasive species in the Mediterranean and other salt marshes worldwide with little disturbance.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.699528/fullecological restorationinvasive speciessalt marshremote sensinghalophytes |
| spellingShingle | Ricardo Cruz de Carvalho Ricardo Cruz de Carvalho Eduardo Feijão Irina Duarte Vanessa Pinto Marisa Silva Ana Rita Matos Ana Rita Matos Anabela Bernardes da Silva Anabela Bernardes da Silva Isabel Caçador Isabel Caçador Patrick Reis-Santos Patrick Reis-Santos Vanessa F. Fonseca Vanessa F. Fonseca Bernardo Duarte Bernardo Duarte Ecoengineering Solutions for the Impairment of Spreading and Growth of Invasive Spartina patens in Mediterranean Salt Marshes Frontiers in Marine Science ecological restoration invasive species salt marsh remote sensing halophytes |
| title | Ecoengineering Solutions for the Impairment of Spreading and Growth of Invasive Spartina patens in Mediterranean Salt Marshes |
| title_full | Ecoengineering Solutions for the Impairment of Spreading and Growth of Invasive Spartina patens in Mediterranean Salt Marshes |
| title_fullStr | Ecoengineering Solutions for the Impairment of Spreading and Growth of Invasive Spartina patens in Mediterranean Salt Marshes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ecoengineering Solutions for the Impairment of Spreading and Growth of Invasive Spartina patens in Mediterranean Salt Marshes |
| title_short | Ecoengineering Solutions for the Impairment of Spreading and Growth of Invasive Spartina patens in Mediterranean Salt Marshes |
| title_sort | ecoengineering solutions for the impairment of spreading and growth of invasive spartina patens in mediterranean salt marshes |
| topic | ecological restoration invasive species salt marsh remote sensing halophytes |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.699528/full |
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