Affiliation:
1. Hokkaido Research Organization, Central Fisheries Research Institute, 238 Hamanaka, Yoichi 045-8555, Hokkaido, Japan
Abstract
The phenology of the alga-dwelling amphipod Ceinina japonica Stephensen, 1933 (Amphipoda: Eophliantidae) was studied at Rishiri Island, Hokkaido, Japan, from May 2016 to March 2017. Seasonal shifting between the host algal species was confirmed through observations at a coastal field site and a nearby aquaculture facility for kelp. Amphipods mainly occurred in the farmed biennial kelp Saccharina japonica var. ochotensis and wild algae Undaria pinnatifida, with Agarum clathratum, Costaria costata, Saccharina cichorioides, and Sargassum boreale as new host algal records. Amphipods occurred in sporophytes of U. pinnatifida at the field site from February to March and from May to July, but they were found in the kelp of S. j. var. ochotensis during the rest of the year, from August to the following January. Individuals of C. japonica infected sporophytes of the large brown alga Undaria pinnatifida from February to July, and C. japonica reproduced from July to September, a period during which the amphipods switch to a different host in July, the sporophytes of the saccharinan kelp S. j. var. ochotensis, where they stay until January. The amphipods then switched back to U. pinnatifida in January or February. Experimental evidence from a kelp-culturing facility also confirmed the timing of this host shift. The removal of U. pinnatifida from algal culture ropes in such facilities is suggested as a method to prevent amphipod damage, which is important for commercially farmed S. j. var. ochotensis.
Subject
Ocean Engineering,Water Science and Technology,Civil and Structural Engineering
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