Undaria pinnatifida Habitat Loss in Relation to Sea Urchin Grazing and Water Flow Conditions, and Their Restoration Effort in Ogatsu Bay, Japan
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This study investigated the mechanism of the loss of Undaria pinnatifida beds in Ogatsu Bay, Japan. Wave heights at the outside of the bay were 1 to 2 m over the course of study. In the outer areas of the bay with high water velocities, more than 14.5 ± 3.4 cm sec -1, U. pinnatifida grew densely and sea urchins were scarce. However, in some outer areas with lower velocities, less than 7.8 ± 2.3 cm sec -1, U. pinnatifida grew sparsely where the aggregation of sea urchin was found. In contrast, in the inner areas of the bay with calm water having velocities of 2.4 to 4.6 cm sec-1, the density of sea urchin was high and the U. pinnatifida beds disappeared. These results indicated high water velocities in the outer bay areas prevent the grazing by sea urchins. Disappearance of U. pinnatifida in the inner bay areas seemed to be caused by the high grazing pressure of sea urchins in calm water velocity conditions.We also performed a U. pinnatifida restoration effort to reduce the effects of the grazing pressure by sea urchins in the barren grounds in the inner areas of the bay. Artificial buoyed reefs were designed to prevent the migration of sea urchins by being detached from the bottom and allowed the recovery of U. pinnatifida and other non-encrusting macroalgae. Although there were some losses of transplanted U. pinnatifida partly caused by the withering after the reproductive maturation period, Saccharina japonica and other macroalgae were naturally recruited and increased due to the inhibition of migration by sea urchins using the buoyed reefs. In contrast, the formation of barren community remained at the area grounded to the bottom allowing the migration of urchin in the inner bay. Overall, our restoration efforts using the artificial buoyed reef, although not ideal, resulted in the success of the recovery of macrolagal habitats in the sea urchin - dominated barren grounds by the reduction of grazing pressure of sea urchins.
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