RT Journal Article
T1 Analyzing environmental factors that favor the growth of the invasive brown macroalga Rugulopteryx okamurae (Ochrophyta): The probable role of the nutrient excess
A1 Mercado, Jesus Mariano
A1 Gómez-Jakobsen, Francisco
A1 Korbee-Peinado, Nathalie
A1 Avilés-Benítez, Antonio
A1 Bonomi-Barufi, José
A1 Muñoz, María
A1 Reul, Andreas
A1 López-Figueroa, Félix
K1 Especies exóticas invasoras
K1 Algas
K1 Nutrientes de las plantas
AB Time series of temperature, salinity and nutrients in the Strait of Gibraltar (SoG) were researched to analyze which factors explain the invasive success of Rugulopteryx okamurare, which has colonized wide coastal areas at the Spanish and Moroccan coasts since 2016. Temperature and salinity were higher in the SoG compared to its native habitat, implying that the alga is active during the whole seasonal cycle and grows optimally at the high salinities occurring in the SoG. Nitrate removal experiments indicate that the alga is able to linearly increase its N uptake rates following boost in nitrate concentration. Furthermore, R. okamurae N content ranged from 1.4% to 4.5% suggesting that this species has high N storage capacity potentially usable when the external N concentration decreases. These physiological characteristics would explain sharp growth of the alga in the SoG where high N concentrations are registered occasionally
PB Elsevier
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/40415
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/40415
LA eng
NO Jesús M. Mercado, Francisco Gómez-Jakobsen, Nathalie Korbee, Antonio Aviles, José Bonomi-Barufi, María Muñoz, Andreas Reul, Félix L. Figueroa, Analyzing environmental factors that favor the growth of the invasive brown macroalga Rugulopteryx okamurae (Ochrophyta): The probable role of the nutrient excess, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 174, 2022, 113315, ISSN 0025-326X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113315
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RD 20 ene 2026