SYROVÁTKA, Vít, Marie ZHAI, Jindřiška BOJKOVÁ, Vanda ŠORFOVÁ and Michal HORSÁK. Native Gammarus fossarum affects species composition of macroinvertebrate communities: evidence from laboratory, field enclosures, and natural habitat. Aquatic Ecology. Dordrecht: Springer, 2020, vol. 54, No 2, p. 505-518. ISSN 1386-2588. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10452-020-09756-y.
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Original name Native Gammarus fossarum affects species composition of macroinvertebrate communities: evidence from laboratory, field enclosures, and natural habitat
Authors SYROVÁTKA, Vít (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Marie ZHAI (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jindřiška BOJKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Vanda ŠORFOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Michal HORSÁK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Aquatic Ecology, Dordrecht, Springer, 2020, 1386-2588.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10617 Marine biology, freshwater biology, limnology
Country of publisher Netherlands
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/20:00114142
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10452-020-09756-y
UT WoS 000516061300002
Keywords in English DIKEROGAMMARUS-VILLOSUS; LARVAL POPULATION; KILLER SHRIMP; CRUSTACEA; AMPHIPODA; PREDATION; BEHAVIOR; IMPACTS; FENS; TEMPERATURE
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Abstract
Despite the fact that native species of amphipods have been recognized as active predators similarly to invasive species, little is known about their predatory impact on aquatic communities. In this study, we used a laboratory experiment, a field enclosure experiment, and an analysis of natural community data to demonstrate how Gammarus fossarum affects the species composition of benthic communities by imposing survival selection on its prey. Our laboratory single-prey experiment brought a clear evidence that tube-less chironomids are vulnerable prey and that the predation rate on the tube-dwelling chironomids decreases with increasing tube toughness (from the soft tubes made of detritus to the hard tubes made of sand or calcium carbonate grains). We found that the introduction of G. fossarum to field enclosures significantly changed the species composition of a macroinvertebrate community at an experimental spring fen site. The soft-bodied, slow moving, and tube-less taxa were depleted the most. It appears that the observed patterns were a result of predator's preference rather than encounter rate. Survival selection was detected also in natural communities across a large spatial scale. In accordance with the experiments, high densities of G. fossarum limited the proportion or abundance of vulnerable prey. Our study (1) provides the first convincing evidence that biotic interactions have a structuring effect on the spring fen communities, (2) documents how the predatory effect in a community depends on an interplay between the prey handling behaviour of the predator and species-specific susceptibility of prey, and (3) shows that an omnivorous native amphipod may have a strong impact on aquatic communities despite it is regarded less aggressive than its invasive relatives.
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GA16-03881S, research and development projectName: Koexistence vodních bezobratlých na prameništních slatiništích: úloha abiotické heterogenity a biotických interakcí na regionální a lokální škále
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
GA20-17305S, research and development projectName: Klimaticky podmíněná homogenizace vodních bezobratlých testovaná na třech modelových systémech a historických datech
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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