Effects of Bythotrephes longimanus (Crustacea, Cladocera) on the abundance, morphology, and prey community of Leptodora kindtii (Crustacea, Cladocera)

Hydrobiologia ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 683 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie E. Foster ◽  
W. Gary Sprules ◽  
Angela L. Strecker
Keyword(s):  
Bythotrephes Longimanus ◽  
Leptodora Kindtii

scholarly journals Leptodora kindtii Population Dynamics in the Island Region of Western Lake Erie before and after the Invasion of the Predacious Cladoceran Bythotrephes longimanus

2016 ◽  
Vol 116 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
K. E. Simpson ◽  
W J Edwards ◽  
Douglas Donald Kane
Keyword(s):  
Native Species ◽  
Lake Erie ◽  
Niche Overlap ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Bythotrephes Longimanus ◽  
Western Basin ◽  
Leptodora Kindtii ◽  
Western Lake ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Marked Decline

Competition among native and non-native species can cause decreases in population size and production of both species.  The native predaceous crustacean zooplankter Leptodora kindtii shares a similar niche with the invasive Bythotrephes longimanus in Lake Erie.  This niche overlap may contribute to the decline in abundance and production of Leptodora in the western basin of Lake Erie.  Historical (1946) and recent (2006) data were used to determine if the decline in Leptodora abundance and production was associated with the effects of Bythotrephes, which invaded Lake Erie in the mid-1980’s.  Pre-invasion abundances and lengths of L. kindtii were compared with current data (2006).  A change in prey community abundance, composition and dynamics were observed, relative to pre-invasion, with a marked decline in.abundance and size of L. kindtii after the invasion of Bythotrephes. Competition for food and direct predation are two explanations, among others, for the declines observed in L. kindtii size, abundance and production that have occurred since B. longimanus invasion.

Temporal and spatial separation allow coexistence of predatory cladocerans: Leptodora kindtii, Bythotrephes longimanus and Cercopagis pengoi, in southeastern Lake Michigan

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 65-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joann F. Cavaletto ◽  
Henry A. Vanderploeg ◽  
Radka Pichlová-Ptáčníková ◽  
Steven A. Pothoven ◽  
James R. Liebig ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lake Michigan ◽  
Spatial Separation ◽  
Bythotrephes Longimanus ◽  
Cercopagis Pengoi ◽  
Leptodora Kindtii ◽  
Temporal And Spatial

Hypoxia modifies planktivore–zooplankton interactions in Lake Erie

2012 ◽  
Vol 69 (12) ◽  
pp. 2018-2028 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven A. Pothoven ◽  
Henry A. Vanderploeg ◽  
Tomas O. Höök ◽  
Stuart A. Ludsin
Keyword(s):  
Lake Erie ◽  
Osmerus Mordax ◽  
Large Prey ◽  
Bythotrephes Longimanus ◽  
Rainbow Smelt ◽  
Leptodora Kindtii ◽  
Vertical Distributions ◽  
Consumption Rates ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Zooplankton Production

We evaluated vertical distributions of fish and zooplankton, planktivore consumption, and prey production in Lake Erie during 2005 to determine how hypolimnetic hypoxia alters fish (i.e., rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) and emerald shiners (Notropis atherinoides)) and invertebrate planktivore (i.e., Bythotrephes longimanus and Leptodora kindtii) relationships with their mesozooplankton prey. Hypoxia concentrated 45%–76% of fish into a narrow (<2 m) metalimnetic layer, but only 3%–13% of zooplankton production was in this layer. The epilimnion may have served to some degree as a refuge for mesozooplankton because high temperatures may have excluded rainbow smelt. High concentrations of fish above the hypolimnion likely resulted in increased competition for large prey (i.e., predatory claodcerans). Although hypoxia did not result in overall high predation demands by planktivores relative to total zooplankton production, planktivore consumption rates within the metalimnion exceeded zooplankton production in that layer.

The North American invasive zooplanktivore Bythotrephes longimanus is less hypoxia-tolerant than the native Leptodora kindtii

2017 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 824-832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L. Sorensen ◽  
Donn K. Branstrator
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Landscape Scale ◽  
Tolerance Limit ◽  
Hypoxia Tolerance ◽  
Bythotrephes Longimanus ◽  
Water Flea ◽  
Leptodora Kindtii ◽  
The North ◽  
Species Survival ◽  
Predatory Cladoceran

The predatory cladoceran Bythotrephes longimanus (spiny water flea) has been invading lakes and damaging food webs across the central part of North America since the early 1980s. To understand its niche and that of the taxonomically related and native predatory cladoceran Leptodora kindtii, we investigated species survival after 12 h exposures to low dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations in the laboratory. Bythotrephes longimanus (n = 690) exhibited a hypoxia tolerance limit (LC50) of 1.65 mg·L−1 DO (95% confidence interval: 1.59, 1.72 mg·L−1) and was significantly less tolerant of hypoxia than L. kindtii (n = 380), which exhibited an LC50 of 0.58 mg·L−1 DO (0.51, 0.65 mg·L−1). These lab-based physiological results are consistent with landscape-scale observations that B. longimanus successfully invades primarily mesotrophic and oligotrophic lakes, while L. kindtii inhabits a wider range of lakes that includes eutrophic ones. Climate change throughout the 21st century may increase the occurrence and severity of hypoxia in the hypolimnia of lakes and may provide a growing barrier to B. longimanus invasion.

Changes in the crustacean communities of Lakes Michigan, Huron, and Erie following the invasion of the predatory cladoceran Bythotrephes longimanus

2004 ◽  
Vol 61 (11) ◽  
pp. 2111-2125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard P Barbiero ◽  
Marc L Tuchman
Keyword(s):  
Zooplankton Community ◽  
Crustacean Zooplankton ◽  
Bythotrephes Longimanus ◽  
Zooplankton Community Structure ◽  
Cladoceran Species ◽  
Invertebrate Predators ◽  
Predatory Cladoceran ◽  
Leptodora Kindti ◽  
Escape Responses ◽  
Zooplankton Communities

The crustacean zooplankton communities in Lakes Michigan and Huron and the central and eastern basins of Lake Erie have shown substantial, persistent changes since the invasion of the predatory cladoceran Bythotrephes in the mid-1980s. A number of cladoceran species have declined dramatically since the invasion, including Eubosmina coregoni, Holopedium gibberum, Daphnia retrocurva, Daphnia pulicaria, and Leptodora kindti, and overall species richness has decreased as a result. Copepods have been relatively unaffected, with the notable exception of Meso cyclops edax, which has virtually disappeared from the lakes. These species shifts have for the most part been consistent and equally pronounced across all three lakes. Responses of crustacean species to the Bythotrephes invasion do not appear to be solely a consequence of size, and it is likely that other factors, e.g., morphology, vertical distribution, or escape responses, are important determinants of vulnerability to predation. Our results indicate that invertebrate predators in general, and invasive ones in particular, can have pronounced, lasting effects on zooplankton community structure.

Models of lake invasibility by Bythotrephes longimanus, a non-indigenous zooplankton

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 2459-2476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Potapov ◽  
Jim Muirhead ◽  
Norman Yan ◽  
Subhash Lele ◽  
Mark Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Bythotrephes Longimanus

Evolution or Extinction: Might Zooplankton Adaptively Respond to the Novel Invasive Predator Bythotrephes longimanus?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Bloomfield
Keyword(s):  
Vertical Migration ◽  
Diel Vertical Migration ◽  
Prey Species ◽  
Rapid Evolution ◽  
Freshwater Ecosystems ◽  
Bythotrephes Longimanus ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
Invasive Predators ◽  
Invasive Predator ◽  
Introduced Predators

Invasive predators are a large and growing threat to species diversity and human well-being. One of the reasons invasive predators have a negative impact is that native prey species do not possess appropriate anti-predator defenses. However, rapid evolution may allow prey species to respond adaptively to introduced predators. When this occurs the impacts of invasive predators are mitigated. An invasive predator that is of concern in North America is the spiny water flea, Bythotrephes longimanus. It disrupts freshwater ecosystems through voracious consumption of zooplankton. Declines in zooplankton abundance and richness reduce water quality and recreational fishing opportunities. However, a species of zooplankton, Daphnia mendotae has been found to adaptively respond to B. longimanus. This adaptation is diel vertical migration, the behavioral change of occupying a lower position in the water column during the day to reduce predation risk. Despite the ecological and economic implications of this behavior in response to B. longimanus, it has only been studied in a few lakes. This study investigated adaptive diel vertical migration in D. mendotae from multiple lakes. This was done by measuring the vertical position of D. mendotae in artificial water columns. It was hypothesized that D. mendotae from lakes that have been invaded by B. longimanus will exhibit diel vertical migration in the presence of B. longimanus. If this hypothesis is supported, rapid evolution of diel vertical migration can be established as a widespread response. This would strengthen understanding of rapid evolution and allow lakes more vulnerable to B.longimanus to be identified.

scholarly journals Leptodora kindtii survival in the laboratory

2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 537-546
Author(s):  
Radka Pichlov� ◽  
Anke Weber ◽  
Brigitte Gosser
Keyword(s):  
Leptodora Kindtii
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