How to be an invasive gammarid (Amphipoda: Gammaroidea)–comparison of life history traits

Grabowski, Michał; Bącela, Karolina; Konopacka, Alicja

doi:10.1007/s10750-007-0759-6

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“…The analysis of temporal changes in species composition and abundance of amphipods in the littoral zone of the Delta Rhine clearly shows a replacement of native species by non-indigenous ones and changes in the dominance from established non-indigenous species to recent invaders. Similar replacements of native and non-indigenous species by new mass invaders are also observed in the Middle and Upper Rhine (Haas et al 2002;Bernauer and Jansen 2006), in other large rivers in Europe (Dick and Platvoet 2000;MacNeil et al 2004;Jazdzewski et al 2004;Grabowski et al The river Rhine: a global highway for dispersal 2003…”

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confidence: 65%

“…Invaders are over-represented by molluscs and crustaceans (mainly collector-filterers) and tolerate at least moderate amounts of organic pollution. Compared to native macroinvertebrates, invasive species and genera tend to reproduce more frequently and to have a higher abundance (higher propagule pressure), significantly more reproduction strategies enabling colonization by a single individual that releases viable offspring, larger size and longer life (providing resistance against mortality), food and feeding habits that allow the exploitation of food resources in streams more effectively, and are more dominant in their communities (Grabowski et al 2007;Statzner et al 2007). These traits may favour the establishment and population growth of invaders in disturbed systems, such as the river Rhine.…”

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The river Rhine: a global highway for dispersal of aquatic invasive species

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The river Rhine is heavily influenced by human activities and suffers from a series of environmental constraints which hamper a complete recovery of biodiversity. These constraints comprise intensive navigation and habitat modification by hydraulic engineering. Improving water quality while these constraints remain in place has led to increased colonization by aquatic invasive species. This tendency has been accelerated by the construction of canals connecting river basins. Over the last two centuries, the total surface area of river catchments connected to the river Rhine via inland waterways has been increased by a factor 21.6. Six principal invasion corridors for aquatic species to the river Rhine are discerned. The extensive network of inland waterways has allowed macroinvertebrate species from different bio-geographical regions to mix, changing communities, affecting the food webs and forming new constraints on the recovery of the native biodiversity. From the eighteenth century onward, in the freshwater sections of the river Rhine, a total of 45 non-indigenous macroinvertebrate species have been recorded. The average number of invasions per decade shows a sharp increase from\1 to 13 species. Currently, the contribution of non-indigenous species to the total species richness of macroinvertebrates in the river Rhine is 11.3%. The Delta Rhine and Upper Rhine exhibit higher numbers of non-indigenous species than other river sections, because the sea ports in the Delta Rhine and the Main-Danube canal function as invasion gateways. Important donor areas are the Ponto-Caspian area and North America (44.4 and 26.7% of the non-indigenous macroinvertebrate species, respectively). Transport via shipping and 123Biol Invasions ( ) 11:1989( -2008( DOI 10.1007 dispersal via man made waterways are the most important dispersal vectors. Intentional and unintentional introductions are highest for the period 1950-1992. The cumulative number of non-indigenous species in time is significantly correlated with the increase in total surface area of other river catchments connected to the river Rhine by means of networks of canals. The species richness of non-indigenous macroinvertebrates is strongly dominated by crustaceans and molluscs. Invasive species often tolerate higher salt content, temperature, organic pollution and current flow than native species. Spatiotemporal analyses of distribution patterns reveal that average and maximum dispersal rates of six invasive species vary between 44-112 and 137-461 km year -1 , respectively. Species arriving in upstream sections first show a shorter time lag between colonisation of the Delta and Upper Rhine than species initially arriving in downstream areas. Temporal analyses of macroinvertebrate assemblages in the littoral zones indicate that native species are displaced by nonindigenous species. However, established non-indigenous species are also displaced by more recent mass invaders.

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The river Rhine: a global highway for dispersal of aquatic invasive species

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“…Crangonyx pseudogracilis (Crangonyctidae), a North American species, was first recorded in the UK in 1930s (Gledhill et al 1993) but has been shown to have no deleterious effects on the majority of recipient freshwater communities (MacNeil et al 1997). The first member of the Dikerogammarus genus to invade Pitsford was D. haemobaphes which was first recorded in 2014 followed by D. villosus which was first documented in 2015.…”

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“…These include rapid growth rates and early sexual maturation. In addition, both taxa exhibit high fecundity which may be up to three times higher than Gammarus pulex, the most widely distributed native amphipod in north-western Europe (Grabowski et al 2007;Bacela et al 2009;Pöckl 2009;Koester et al 2016). Both D. villosus and D. haemobaphes also have strong competitive advantages over native and other established non-native amphipod taxa associated with their opportunistic and flexible omnivorous feeding characteristics (Dick et al 2002;Platvoet et al 2009a;Rewicz et al 2014).…”

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Substrate preferences of coexisting invasive amphipods, Dikerogammarus villosus and Dikerogammarus haemobaphes, under field and laboratory conditions

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“…Sars, 1894) in y-maze experiments in the presence of sympatric or allopatric predators fed different types of food. These species belong to the most successful invaders in European waters (Grabowski et al, 2007;Rewicz et al, 2014). D. villosus is one of the most widespread amphipods in Europe, reaching France and Great Britain in the West and exerting a strong impact on local communities (Rewicz et al, 2014).…”

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Predator diet, origin or both? Factors determining responses of omnivorous amphipods to predation cues

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Dzierżyńska‐Białończyk

Kobak

2016

Hydrobiologia

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Detection of chemical cues of predators and food resources is a key for the behaviour of many species in aquatic ecosystems. We checked whether predator origin and diet, containing potential food and/ or alarm signals, affect the behaviour of omnivorous prey partly sharing their diet with a top predator. We conducted y-maze experiments to study the responses of invasive omnivorous and cannibalistic amphipods (Dikerogammarus villosus and Pontogammarus robustoides) to chemical cues of fish predators, injured amphipods and chironomid larvae (common amphipod food). As the predators, we used the goby Babka gymnotrachelus (sympatric with the amphipods) and piranha Pygocentrus nattereri (allopatric to the amphipods). The fish were either starved or fed amphipods or chironomids. D. villosus preferred predators fed chironomids and conspecifics as well as crushed conspecifics and chironomids, but avoided both hungry predators. Thus, D. villosus may perceive the presence of a top predator as an indication of both food resource and predation risk. P. robustoides avoided predators fed both amphipods (particularly conspecifics) and their alarm substances. The responses of both species depended more on the predator diet than on its species, which is likely to facilitate the recognition of allopatric predators and survival in newly invaded areas.

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How to be an invasive gammarid (Amphipoda: Gammaroidea)–comparison of life history traits

Cited by 221 publications

References 39 publications

The river Rhine: a global highway for dispersal of aquatic invasive species

The river Rhine: a global highway for dispersal of aquatic invasive species

Substrate preferences of coexisting invasive amphipods, Dikerogammarus villosus and Dikerogammarus haemobaphes, under field and laboratory conditions

Predator diet, origin or both? Factors determining responses of omnivorous amphipods to predation cues

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