From water to land: How an invasive clam may function as a resource pulse to terrestrial invertebrates

Novais, Adriana; Souza, Allan T.; Ilarri, Martina; Pascoal, Cláudia; Sousa, Ronaldo

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.106

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“…Similarly, zebra mussels can enhance phosphorus (P) limitation of surrounding waters via retention of P in soft tissues relative to N (Naddafi et al 2008). Finally, die-offs and reproduction events can represent significant pulsed release of stored nutrients (Novais et al 2015, Strayer 2014.…”

Section: Storage In Soft Tissue and Shellsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, Allen et al (2012) found that mussels increased the abundance of benthic insects, whose winged adults transport nutrients to riparian areas and increase the abundance of predatory spiders that feed on this emergence. Finally, when bivalves die, their decomposing tissue can provide a resource pulse to both aquatic and adjacent terrestrial ecosystems (Novais et al 2015, Sousa et al 2012.…”

Section: Stimulation Of Primary and Secondary Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Bivalve Impacts in Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems

Vaughn

Hoellein

2018

Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst.

222

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Bivalve molluscs are abundant in marine and freshwater ecosystems and perform important ecological functions. Bivalves have epifaunal or infaunal lifestyles but are largely filter feeders that couple the water column and benthos. Bivalve ecology is a large field of study, but few comparisons among aquatic ecosystems or lifestyles have been conducted. Bivalves impact nutrient cycling, create and modify habitat, and affect food webs directly (i.e., prey) and indirectly (i.e., movement of nutrients and energy). Materials accumulated in soft tissue and shells are used as environmental monitors. Freshwater mussel and oyster aggregations in rivers and estuaries are hot spots for biodiversity and biogeochemical transformations. Historically, human use includes food, tools, currency, and ornamentation. Bivalves provide direct benefits to modern cultures as food, building materials, and jewelry and provide indirect benefits by stabilizing shorelines and mitigating nutrient pollution. Research on bivalve-mediated ecological processes is diverse, and future synthesis will require collaboration across conventional disciplinary boundaries.

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Section: Storage In Soft Tissue and Shellsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Stimulation Of Primary and Secondary Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bivalve Impacts in Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems

Vaughn

Hoellein

2018

Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst.

222

126

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“…Developing a thorough understanding of how MMEs impacts communities also requires an increased emphasis on data from experimental MMEs. While most MME studies have been observational, two recent studies (Novais et al 2015, Lashley et al 2017) experimentally investigated the indirect effects of MMEs. Unlike the majority of the above examples of MMEs in the wild, these studies involved intermediate consumers.…”

Section: Mme Predictions Necessary Conditions Observational Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They observed that increased hog carrion biomass lead to an increase in necrophagous consumers, especially invertebrates, as well as their predators, revealing escalating indirect effects. Similarly, Novais et al (2015) conducted an experimental MME of clams by introducing five treatments levels (densities, mimicking large magnitude events) of an invasive clam Corbicula fluminea that is known to experience MMEs in response to extreme climatic events. They observed changes in abundance, biomass and richness of the terrestrial invertebrate community, demonstrating carryover effects.…”

Section: Mme Predictions Necessary Conditions Observational Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

The consequences of mass mortality events for the structure and dynamics of biological communities

Fey

Gibert

Siepielski

2019

Oikos

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Mass mortality events (MMEs) are rapidly occurring, substantial population losses that transpire within a short time interval relative to the generation time of the affected organism. Previous work has established that MMEs appear to be increasing in frequency and magnitude; however, currently, there is little understanding of the consequences of MMEs for biological communities. Here, we use theory and empirical data from observed MMEs to understand how MMEs impact the structure and dynamics of communities. To do so, we build upon existing resource pulse and trophic cascade theory to show that MMEs both share similarities and diverge from these ecological phenomena, producing distinct short‐ and long‐term impacts by jointly altering the effects of species interactions across trophic levels and providing an influx of resources from decaying biomass. Second, we investigate how the magnitude of MMEs, trophic level of the impacted species, overall food web structure and ecosystem type may mediate the resulting ecological response. Third, we compare the understanding gained by our models to existing observational data on MMEs. Our synthesis, offers an empirical path forward for understanding MMEs through experimentation and improved observational data collection. While complex, resolving the consequences of MMEs should be a high research priority due to their role in determining how ecological systems respond to environmental change driven by rare events.

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“…This chain of events can cause massive mortalities in all the benthic fauna. Detritivores and scavengers can be highly subsidized as a result from these massive die-offs (Novais et al, 2015b). Besides the fact that can act in favour of C. fluminea due to its faster capacity of recover as stated before, which can also trigger the extirpation of some native species (Cooper et al, 2005;Ilarri et al, 2011; Corbicula fluminea by feeding on primary producers in the invaded systems occupies a central position in the food web, being capable of control the primary and secondary production and influence the lower and higher trophic levels.…”

Section: The Asian Clam Corbicula Fluminea: Life Cycle General Ecolomentioning

confidence: 99%

Palatability of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Müller 1774) in an invaded system

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To both my supervisors Martina Ilarri and Ronaldo Sousa, for giving me the opportunity to work with them, for all the guidance and support throughout the year, for all the effort to teach me the best they could, since they are the people that I admire the most. To Vanessa for all the help and guidance throughout the project, for the great companionship and support, for the endless good times spent at work making it easy. To Allan for all the advices, for being always ready to help and for the availability. Indeed, many thanks for this team that made every work day a joy. To all my Shark friends for all the friendship, all the trust, all the spontaneous coffees, for being there every time I needed, and for the best moments. To Amorim for the help, the friendship, the trust and the laughs that only you can give. A special thanks to Abel Sousa, Julio André and Luis Campos, for always being present, even though in the last couple of years we could not spend too much time together, for their faithful friendship, I wish you guys the best! To my brother Pedro, that has proudly become one of the best scientist I will ever know, thank you for all the advices, all the guidance, for following my course and watching over me, thank you for being my brother. To my parents that have supporting me and are always present. At the end of the day, everything that I became and achieved, I owe it to them. I am lucky to have you as my parents. Finally, to Vera, that has been the major support for me, for making me focus all the time, helping me achieve my goals, for all the love and care, for all the patience, for the happiness that follows you, I really cannot say enough. Thank you!

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From water to land: How an invasive clam may function as a resource pulse to terrestrial invertebrates

Cited by 26 publications

References 54 publications

Bivalve Impacts in Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems

Bivalve Impacts in Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems

The consequences of mass mortality events for the structure and dynamics of biological communities

Palatability of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Müller 1774) in an invaded system

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