Invertebrate Assemblages Associated with Root Masses of Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms-Laubach 1883 in the Alvarado Lagoonal System, Veracruz, Mexico

Abstract

This paper describes the spatial and temporal variation of aquatic invertebrate assemblages associated with root masses of Eichhornia crassipes collected at 12 sites between

Aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages associated with root masses of water hyacinths,Eichhornia crassipes(Mart.) Solms-Laubach, 1883 (Commelinales: Pontederiaceae) in Taabo Lake, Ivory Coast

“…The results of this study showed higher taxon richness (68 taxa recorded), compared with the study of Viljoen et al (2001) performed in two coastal lakes, Lakes Cubhu and Nsezi in northern KwaZulu-Natal (55 and 54 taxa reported respectively). On the other hand, Rocha-Ramírez et al (2007) found 96 invertebrate taxa in a study performed principally in brackish water systems, the Alvarado Lagoon System of Veracruz in Mexico. Clearly, root masses of the free-floating plant E. crassipes represent a complex habitat for a great variety of macroinvertebrates.…”

Effects of engineered application of Eichhornia crassipes on the benthic macroinvertebrate diversity in Lake Dianchi, an ultra-eutrophic lake in China

“…For examples, O'Hara (1967) found that the macroinvertebrates in the roots of E. crassipes were typical benthic species, and macroinvertebrate abundance was greater within the root sphere of E. crassipes than in benthic samples or within other plantroot systems in Lake Okeechobee, Florida; Brendonck et al (2003) found that large number of macroinvertebrates such as Gastropoda and Arachnoidea occurred inside EMAs in the Lake Chivero, Zimbabwe. Moreover, high richness (68 taxa and 96 taxa) and biodiversity of macroinvertebrates associated with root masses of E. crassipes in a coastal lagoon of Mexico and Taabo Lake in Ivory Coast were found by Rocha-Ramirez et al (2007) and Kouamé et al (2010). However, the adverse effects of E. crassipes on benthic macroinvertebrates have been reported by Midgley et al (2006) and Coetzee et al (2014), who showed that E. crassipes mats significantly reduced the diversity and abundance of benthic macroinvertebrates in New Year's Dam and Lake Nsezi-Nseleni River (natural reserve), South Africa.…”

“…Due to their sensitivity to environmental conditions, they are usually used as an indicator to monitor and assess the environmental pollutions, ecological restorations, and ecological impacts of species invasion (Muotka et al 2002;Vasconcelos and Melo 2008;Archaimbault et al 2010). Previously, studies mainly focused on the epiphytic macroinvertebrate community beneath E. crassipes mats and found that there were a higher abundance and diversity of macroinvertebrates in the area of water hyacinth root systems (Brendonck et al 2003;Rocha-Ramirez et al 2007). Moreover, macroinvertebrates within the root sphere of water hyacinth were the typical benthic species in the same area in Lake Okeechobee (O'Hara 1967).…”

Caecidotea xochimilca (Isopoda, Asellidae), a new species from Lake Xochimilco, Mexico, with a key to Mexican species of the genus Caecidotea

“…from Mexican inland waters was that of Creaser (1938), from the cave of Balankanche near Chichen Itza, Yucatán; the report was based on a single incomplete specimen. Rocha-Ramírez et al (2007) have registered a small number of specimens of Caecidotea sp. from the Alvarado Lagoonal System, in Veracruz State, but that is not an inhabitant of this system, being associated with the roots of the water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.)…”