J 2020

What to do if streams go dry? Behaviour of Balkan Goldenring (Cordulegaster heros, Odonata) larvae in a simulated drought experiment in SW Hungary

PERNECKER, Balint, Peter MAUCHART and Zoltán Szabolcs CSABAI

Basic information

Original name

What to do if streams go dry? Behaviour of Balkan Goldenring (Cordulegaster heros, Odonata) larvae in a simulated drought experiment in SW Hungary

Authors

PERNECKER, Balint (guarantor), Peter MAUCHART and Zoltán Szabolcs CSABAI (348 Hungary, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Ecological entomology, Hoboken, Wiley, 2020, 0307-6946

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10616 Entomology

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.465

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/20:00117000

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

UT WoS

000562281900001

Keywords in English

Anisoptera; artificial stream system; burrowing behaviour; climate change; stream-dwelling dragonfly; water deprivation

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 29/4/2021 17:41, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.

Abstract

V originále

In case of dryings, the hyporheic zone is one of the most important refugia for stream macroinvertebrate communities, including the few Odonata species living in these habitats, such asCordulegasterspecies. There is no information on the desiccation resistance strategies and methods of any members of the genus, includingCordulegaster heros. We hypothesised that the larvae use burrowing behaviour to survive droughts. In this study, beyond recording the survival rates of the larvae, we tested the effects of the sediment particle size and the body size of the larvae on burrowing behaviour in a 3-week-long simulated drought experiment in an indoor artificial stream system. Eighty larvae were involved in the experiment, from which 60 were treated with drought, and 20 served as controls. Larvae were put into flowing water, into separate special compartments; 1 day later, the flow was ceased, and then, the water level was gradually decreased for 3 weeks. Approximately 15% of larvae could survive the 3 weeks of drying. The survival probability of drought-treated larvae was significantly increased if animals burrowed into the sediment. In addition, the survival probability was higher in case of fine substrate material. Size of the larvae only affected the depth of the burrowing, not the survival rate. However, two-thirds of the larvae did not dig into the sediment, which implies that surviving via burrowing is not the only mechanism of the species to withstand dry periods.