Drastic changes in the amphipod fauna (Crustacea) of Dutch inland waters during the last 25 years

Pinkster, Sjouk; Scheepmaker, Maarten; Platvoet, Dirk; Broodbakker, Nico W.

doi:10.1163/26660644-06104001

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“…These factors may operate at a variety of scales, from local patches (e.g. MacNeil et al 1999), to within and between catchments (this study ;Holland 1976;Cao et al 1996;Dick 1996) and to large geographical scales over the range of Gammarus and Crangonyx species in Europe and North America (see Barton and Hynes 1976;Pinkster et al 1992;J. Holsinger, personal communication).…”

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“…The generally mutually exclusive distribution of C. pseudogracilis relative to Gammarus spp. has been often noted at large geographical scales in Europe and North America (Barton and Hynes 1976;Pinkster et al 1992; J. Holsinger personal communication) and between and within catchments (e.g. Holland 1976;Cao et al 1996;Dick 1996).…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Holland 1976;Cao et al 1996;Dick 1996). This pattern has been related to physico-chemical conditions by Holland (1976) and Pinkster et al (1992), but biotic interactions are invoked by Dick (1996) and MacNeil et al (1999). Also, the proposal of Holland (1976) that C. pseudogracilis cannot tolerate fluviatile conditions of riffle areas is contradicted by MacNeil (1997) and Dick et al (1997) who found C. pseudogracilis in fast flowing sections of streams and rivers in Ireland and the Isle of Man.…”

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“…In some N. American indices of water quality, the "sensitivity values" of macroinvertebrates also equate Gammarus and Crangonyx species (Griffiths 1996; see also Hilsenhoff 1987Hilsenhoff , 1988. In addition, with C. pseudogracilis invading large parts of Europe (Pinkster et al 1992), and easily mistaken for Gammarus spp., any difference in sensitivity of the two taxa may result in erroneous scores in the various biotic scoring systems (see reviews by Metcalfe 1989;Rosenberg and Resh 1993).…”

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Differential physico-chemical tolerances of amphipod species revealed by field transplantations

MacNeil¹,

Dick²,

Elwood³

2000

Oecologia

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Physico-chemical regimes of river systems are major determinants of the distributions and relative abundances of macroinvertebrate taxa. Other factors, however, such as biotic interactions, may co-vary with changes in physico-chemistry and concomitant changes in community composition. Thus, direct cause and effect relationships may not always be established from field surveys. Equally, however, laboratory studies may suffer from lack of realism in extrapolation to the field. Here, we use balanced field transplantation experiments to elucidate the role of physico-chemical regime in determining the generally mutually exclusive distributions of two amphipod taxa, Gammarus (two species) and Crangonyx pseudogracilis. Within two river systems in Ireland, the former species dominate stretches of well oxygenated, high-quality water, whereas the latter dominates stretches of poorly oxygenated, low-quality water. G. pulex and G. duebeni celticus did not survive in bioassay tubes in areas dominated by C. pseudogracilis, which itself survived in tubes in such areas. However, both C. pseudogracilis and Gammarus spp. survived equally well in tubes in areas dominated by Gammarus spp. Physico-chemical regime thus limits the movement of Gammarus spp. into C. pseudogracilis areas, but some other factor excludes C. pseudogracilis from Gammarus spp. areas. Since previous laboratory experiments showed high predation rates of Gammarus spp. on C. pseudogracilis, we propose that predation by the former causes exclusion of the latter. Hence, presumed effects of physico-chemical regime on macroinvertebrate presence/abundance may often require experimental field testing and appreciation of alternative explanations.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 93%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Differential physico-chemical tolerances of amphipod species revealed by field transplantations

MacNeil¹,

Dick²,

Elwood³

2000

Oecologia

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“…In the lakes of the IJsselmeer area they join earlier invaders like the Zebra Mussel Dreissena polymorpha (present in the area since 1936; Van Benthem Jutting 1954) and the amphipod Gammarus tigrinus which species was probably introduced to Lake IJsselmeer deliberately in 1960; Pinkster et al 1992) that were generally abundant, but recently show signs of decline (Noordhuis et al 2009;Noordhuis 2009). Both Chelicorophium curvispinum and Dikerogammarus villosus may have been affecting Dreissena polymorpha densities, and D. villosus was shown to predate a host of other species (Bij de Vaate 1994;Dick and Platvoet 2000;Platvoet et al 2009b; Van der Velde et al 2000).…”

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Colonization patterns and impacts of the invasive amphipods Chelicorophium curvispinum and Dikerogammarus villosus in the IJsselmeer area, The Netherlands

Noordhuis

Schie

Jaarsma³

2009

Biol Invasions

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During the 1980s, Chelicorophium curvispinum and Dikerogammarus villosus colonized the lakes of the IJsselmeer area in The Netherlands. With the arrival of C. curvispinum the indigenous Apocorophium lacustre retreated to a small, sheltered bay with particular microconditions. The arrival of D. villosus is probably linked to a decrease of Gammarus tigrinus and possibly the disappearance of the gastropod Theodoxus fluviatilis. However, the occurrence of D. villosus may be restricted to stones along the banks of the lakes, and even there, G. tigrinus seems to remain stable at lower population densities. In samples from the beds of Dreissena polymorpha on the bottom of the lakes, D. villosus was virtually absent and densities of C. curvispinum were relatively low. G. tigrinus was here the single gammaridean species. Other changes in densities of invertebrates, like strong decreases in densities of Tricladida, Hirudinea, Asellidae, D. polymorpha and several gastropods, differ in details of timing from the arrival of the invaders, and are at least partly linked to other factors. In the River IJssel, the main source of invaders to the lakes, similar decreases in species abundance followed exceptionally high discharge events, but preceded both a relatively strong decrease of chlorophyll a levels and the arrival of D. villosus. This suggests that this arrival was not a direct cause of the recorded declines, although it may have prevented recovery.

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Aspects of the Population Dynamics of Corophium curvispinum G. O. Sars in Reed Belts along a Trophic Gradient in Lake Balaton (Hungary)

Muskó

Lakatos

Bíró

et al. 1998

International Review of Hydrobiology

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The population structure, abundance (ind m−2), biomass and reproduction of Corophium curvispinum, an important element of the littoral fauna, have been studied at four sampling stations on the northern shoreline of Lake Balaton (Keszthely Bay, Szigliget Bay, Bozsai Bay and Paloznak Bay) three times a year (spring, summer and autumn) in Phragmites growing period from May 1991 to October 1993 and in summer 1994. The sampling stations represent the trophic gradient of the lake. The environmental parameters (Chlorophyll‐a content of the plankton and of the reed periphyton, and suspended solid content of the water) were significantly higher (ANOVA) in the western basin (Keszthely and Szigliget bays) than in the eastern basin (Bozsai and Paloznak bays). However, the population parameters (length of the animals, percentage of juveniles, length of ovigerous females, percentage of ovigerous females and fecundity) did not differ significantly between the two basins. Both the abundance and biomass were higher in the middle than in the westernmost and easternmost bays but the difference is not significant. The ovigerous females were significantly bigger in spring than in summer and autumn. The egg number per female was also significantly greater in spring than in summer and autumn. The length of ovigerous females and the fecundity in summer did not differ significantly from those of autumn data. There is a significant positive correlation (Spearman rank correlation) between both abundance and biomass and the above environmental parameters. The length of ovigerous females and the fecundity were inversely correlated with the plankton Chlorophyll‐a concentrations. The abundance of C. curvispinum in the reed belt of Lake Balaton is greater than in several parts of the Dnieper and Volga. However, it is much lower than in the Don, Oka, Danube and Rhine rivers.

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Drastic changes in the amphipod fauna (Crustacea) of Dutch inland waters during the last 25 years

Cited by 73 publications

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Differential physico-chemical tolerances of amphipod species revealed by field transplantations

Differential physico-chemical tolerances of amphipod species revealed by field transplantations

Colonization patterns and impacts of the invasive amphipods Chelicorophium curvispinum and Dikerogammarus villosus in the IJsselmeer area, The Netherlands

Aspects of the Population Dynamics of Corophium curvispinum G. O. Sars in Reed Belts along a Trophic Gradient in Lake Balaton (Hungary)

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