2013
DOI: 10.1590/s1676-06032013000200010
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Predation effects of Melanoides tuberculatus Müller 1774) on periphytic biofilm colonization: an experimental approach

Abstract: The present study evaluated the predation effects of the gastropod Melanoides tuberculatus on the taxa richness and density of the periphyton community. A laboratory experiment was conducted with two treatments: control (without M. tuberculatus) and with M. tuberculatus, each treatment being replicated four times. For periphyton colonization, glass slides were placed in 3.5 L of water from the environment of the gastropods. The analysis of species richness and density of the periphyton community on these artif… Show more

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“…An absence of mosquitofish effects in the present experiment might have been due to the abundance of thiarid snails (mean ± 1 SE : 65 ± 6 individuals/cage). These snails, which are reported to be important grazers (Miranda et al., 2011) and reduced algal biomass in other studies (Vasconcelos et al., 2013), were not affected by mosquitofish in our experiment (see also Acra et al., 1986). Up to four thiarid individuals per slide were observed during the experiment, and their abundance might have maintained a high grazing pressure on periphyton in all treatments, overriding any top‐down effects of mosquitofish.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 64%
“…An absence of mosquitofish effects in the present experiment might have been due to the abundance of thiarid snails (mean ± 1 SE : 65 ± 6 individuals/cage). These snails, which are reported to be important grazers (Miranda et al., 2011) and reduced algal biomass in other studies (Vasconcelos et al., 2013), were not affected by mosquitofish in our experiment (see also Acra et al., 1986). Up to four thiarid individuals per slide were observed during the experiment, and their abundance might have maintained a high grazing pressure on periphyton in all treatments, overriding any top‐down effects of mosquitofish.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 64%
“…Similar findings were observed in the APM Manso reservoir for M. tuberculata; (between 2009 and 2010), introduced after February 2009, it became the most abundant species. As well as being an intermediate host of C. formosanus, M. tuberculata destabilizes the course of periphyton colonization, suggesting that it may also disrupt natural food chains 25 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A avaliação das concentrações de fósforo, nitrogênio e clorofila-a são variáveis que refletem a produtividade do ecossistema, fator que influencia diretamente no estabelecimento de espécies tolerantes à degradação ambiental (Trindade e Mendonça, 2014). Nesse sentido, com a disponibilidade de nutrientes e de recursos alimentares, como matéria orgânica e perifiton (Vasconcelos et al 2013), o molusco pode investir no aumento do seu tamanho. Outros fatores que podem ter promovido o aumento do tamanho, pode ter sido a baixa competitividade, favorecida pela alta disponibilidade de alimento, também observada a partir das concentrações de clorofila-a, o que possibilita a melhor sobrevivência da espécie.…”
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