Effects of Round Gobies (Neogobius melanostomus) on Dreissenid Mussels and Other Invertebrates in Eastern Lake Erie, 2002–2004

Barton, David R.; Johnson, Reagan A.; Campbell, Linda M.; Petruniak, Jennifer; Patterson, Matthew

doi:10.1016/s0380-1330(05)70318-x

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“…Ecological impact increases from bottom left to top right aquaticus communities. However, only moderate impact would be predicted on E. berilloni using the FR method; indeed the overall differences in numbers of prey eaten by N. melanostomus and C. gobio found here, whilst significant, do not match well with the known extremely high impact of the invader on native macroinvertebrate and fish communities (Barton et al 2005;Pagnucco and Ricciardi 2015). We show, however, that an improvement in impact prediction is attained when ecologically comparable abundances of the invader and native are taken into account in the Relative Impact Prediction (RIP) biplots, which capture both the per capita predator effects (i.e.…”

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confidence: 64%

“…Overall, N. melanostomus consumed greater numbers of prey than did C. gobio, which is indicative of its impact on native communities (Barton et al 2005;Pagnucco and Ricciardi 2015) and may allow impact prediction prior to it invading a naïve native community (Dick et al 2013. Both predators consumed significantly more of the gammarid, E. berilloni, than the isopod, A. aquaticus, but the latter prey species was disproportionately affected by predation from N. melanostomus.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Thus, we had density estimates of the two fish species from the same location, before and after the invasion and replacement of the native. We also found abundance data for Cottus gobio from Cowx and Harvey (2003) Further, to combine with the FRs of N. melanostomus and Cottus bairdi from Dubs and Corkum (1996), we searched the literature and found density estimates for N. melanostomus of 14 ± 0.26 SE ind/m 2 (Barton et al 2005) and Cottus bairdi of 0.87 ± 0.11 SE ind/ m 2 (Petty and Grossman 2004). N. melanostomus is characerised by high densities across its invasive range (Marsden and Jude 1995).…”

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“…Abundances were estimated from surveys and the literature. We chose the high-impact invasive round goby, Neogobius melanostomus, a Ponto-Caspian fish which has invaded freshwaters in Europe (Manné et al 2013) and N. America (Jude et al 1992), leading to drastic declines in native aquatic invertebrates and fish (Barton et al 2005;Pagnucco and Ricciardi 2015). We first experimentally derived the functional responses of N. melanostomus and a native trophic analogue, the European bullhead Cottus gobio, towards two benthic macroinverebrates, the amphipod Echinogammarus berilloni and the isopod Asellus aquaticus.…”

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“…Then, we repeat this exercise with the highly invasive and ecologically damaging topmouth gudgeon, Pseudorasbora parva, an Asian fish which has also invaded European waters (Britton et al 2010;Gozlan et al 2010), and its native analogue the European bitterling, Rhodeus amarus, towards two prey species, Daphnia magna and Chironomus spp.. We stress that this exercise is to compare and quantify the impacts of the invaders on the broader prey community and it is not intended to examine any interaction, such as competition, among the invader and native fishes (but see Dick et al 2014Dick et al , 2017. Amphipods and isopods were chosen as common prey items of these fish species (see Welton et al 1991;Dubs and Corkum 1996;Corkum et al 2004;Barton et al 2005). Fishes were obtained using electrofishing (Hans Grassl IG600 type, Aquaculture, France), while prey species were collected by kick sampling (E. berilloni) and dip netting (A. aquaticus).…”

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Assessing the ecological impacts of invasive species based on their functional responses and abundances

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Biol Invasions

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Invasive species management requires allocation of limited resources towards the proactive mitigation of those species that could elicit the highest ecological impacts. However, we lack predictive capacity with respect to the identities and degree of ecological impacts of invasive species. Here, we combine the relative per capita effects and relative field abundances of invader as compared to native species into a new metric, ''Relative Impact Potential'' (RIP), and test whether this metric can reliably predict high impact invaders. This metric tests the impact of invaders relative to the baseline impacts of natives on the broader ecological community. We first derived the functional responses (i.e. per capita effects) of two ecologically damaging invasive fish species in Europe, the Ponto-Caspian round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) and Asian topmouth gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva), and their native trophic analogues, the bullhead (Cottus gobio; also C. bairdi) and bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), towards several prey species. This establishes the existence and relative strengths of the predator-prey relationships. Then, we derived ecologically comparable field abundance estimates of the invader and native fish from surveys and literature. This establishes the multipliers for the above per capita effects. Despite both predators having known 123Biol Invasions (2017) 19:1653-1665 DOI 10.1007/s10530-017-1378 severe detrimental field impacts, their functional responses alone were of modest predictive power in this regard; however, incorporation of their abundances relative to natives into the RIP metric gave high predictive power. We present invader/native RIP biplots that provide an intuitive visualisation of comparisons among the invasive and native species, reflecting the known broad ecological impacts of the invaders. Thus, we provide a mechanistic understanding of invasive species impacts and a predictive tool for use by practitioners, for example, in risk assessments.

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Invasive dreissenid mussels and round gobies: A benthic pathway for the trophic transfer of microcystin

Poste

Ozersky

2013

Enviro Toxic and Chemistry

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In the present preliminary study, the authors identify 2 pathways through which invasive dreissenid mussels can transfer microcystin to higher trophic levels: either directly, through consumption by benthivorous fish such as the round goby; or indirectly, through their biodeposits, which are an important food source for benthic invertebrates. The results suggest that dreissenid mussels represent a potentially important benthic pathway for the food web transfer of microcystin.

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Food Resource Partitioning between Two Invasive Gobiid Species (Pisces, Gobiidae) in the Littoral Zone of the River Danube, Hungary

Borza

Erős

Oertel

2009

International Review of Hydrobiology

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At present, the invasive round and bighead gobies are the most abundant benthic fish species in the near shore zone of the Middle Danube. We compared their diet seasonally in natural and artificial habitats and contrasted it with the food supply. The composition of the macroinvertebrate community was determined mainly by seasonal changes, whereas habitat type had smaller effect. Round gobies followed these changes flexibly. They consumed mainly chironomids in the spring, whilst amphipods and molluscs in the summer and autumn. Bighead gobies relied on amphipods in each season and in both habitats, and consumed fish, too, including round goby (intraguild predation). Diet overlap was determined by the morphological differences of the species allowing a varying degree of differentiation according to the seasonally changing food supply. IntroductionOne of the most spectacular changes in the fauna of Central and Eastern European large river systems in the last decades has been the ongoing spread and proliferation of PontoCaspian fauna elements, primarily macroinvertebrates (crustaceans, molluscs) and gobiid fishes (BIJ DE VAATE et al., 2002;COPP et al., 2005). These aquatic invaders have been reported to cause serious changes in the structure and functioning of their newly invaded habitat including the displacement of their native counterparts or the reconstruction of the food web (RICCIARDI, 2001;MINCHIN et al., 2002;VAN RIEL et al., 2006). Round goby (Apollonia melanostoma (PALLAS, 1814), formerly Neogobius melanostomus) for example, the most successful invasive goby species caused substantial changes in the composition and abundance of benthic macroinvertebrates (BARTON et al., 2005), declines of native fish species (FRENCH and JUDE, 2001;CORKUM et al., 2004) and increased energy transfer to predators in the well studied Laurentian Great Lakes. Gobiid fishes * Corresponding author 610 P. BORZA et al.

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Effects of Round Gobies (Neogobius melanostomus) on Dreissenid Mussels and Other Invertebrates in Eastern Lake Erie, 2002–2004

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Assessing the ecological impacts of invasive species based on their functional responses and abundances

Assessing the ecological impacts of invasive species based on their functional responses and abundances

Invasive dreissenid mussels and round gobies: A benthic pathway for the trophic transfer of microcystin

Food Resource Partitioning between Two Invasive Gobiid Species (Pisces, Gobiidae) in the Littoral Zone of the River Danube, Hungary

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