Quantifying Mechanisms for Zebra Mussel Effects on Benthic Macroinvertebrates: Organic Matter Production and Shell-Generated Habitat

Stewart, Timothy W.; Miner, Jeffrey G.; Lowe, Rex L.

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“…Zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha is known as a powerful habitat engineer species in the most aquatic ecosystems it has invaded (Nalepa and Fahnenstiel 1995;Olenin 1997;Stewart et al 1998;Karatayev et al 2002;Minchin et al 2002;Vanderploeg et al 2002). It alters habitats in both autogenic and allogenic way (sensu Jones et al 1994), modifying the morphological and physical properties of sediments, extensively Wltering suspended material and thereby aVecting the availability of resources in ecosystem (Karatayev et al 1997;Bially and MacIsaac 2000;Beekey et al 2004;Hecky et al 2004).…”

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Habitat engineering by the invasive zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) in a boreal coastal lagoon: impact on biodiversity

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Habitat engineering role of the invasive zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) was studied in the Curonian lagoon, a shallow water body in the SE Baltic. Impacts of live zebra mussel clumps and its shell deposits on benthic biodiversity were diVerentiated and referred to unmodiWed (bare) sediments. Zebra mussel bed was distinguished from other habitat types by higher benthic invertebrate biomass, abundance, and species richness. The impact of live mussels on biodiversity was more pronounced than the eVect of shell deposits. The structure of macrofaunal community in the habitats with >10 3 g/m 2 of shell deposits devoid of live mussels was similar to that found within the zebra mussel bed. There was a continuous shift in species composition and abundance along the gradient 'bare sediments-shell deposits-zebra mussel bed'. The engineering impact of zebra mussel on the benthic community became apparent both in individual patches and landscape-level analyses.

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Habitat engineering by the invasive zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) in a boreal coastal lagoon: impact on biodiversity

2008

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“…However, in other respects zebra mussels and zooplankton function differently within the system. Zooplankton move energy "up" the pelagic food web, providing support for higher trophic levels, whereas zebra mussels shunt energy away from pelagic food webs by converting phytoplankton into pseudofeces (Berg et al, 1996;Vanderploeg et al, 2001) and into their own biomass which is then utilized by benthic consumers (e.g., amphipods, insects, benthivorous fishes) (Magoulick and Lewis, 2002;Stewart and Haynes, 1994;Stewart et al, 1998). Shunting energy away from the pelagic food web can reduce abundance and growth of sport fishes (Mayer et al, 2000;Miehls et al, 2009;Rutherford et al, 1999;Thayer et al, 1997).…”

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“…Like common carp, zebra mussels also exert multiple effects encompassing habitat, water quality, food availability, and blue green algal abundance (Mayer et al, 2014). Zebra mussels rapidly attain high densities, increase water clarity (ReedAndersen et al, 2000), reduce phytoplankton (Madenjian, 1995;Caraco et al, 1997), shift phytoplankton ratios toward dominance by blue greens (Vanderploeg et al, 2001;Bierman et al, 2005), enhance benthic algal and macroinvertebrate production (Stewart and Haynes, 1994;Ricciardi et al, 1997), and alter habitat for benthic species (Stewart et al, 1998). They are also responsible for enormous economic and remediation costs resulting from their encrusting and degrading lake and shoreline infrastructure and lowering property values (Connelly et al, 2007;Limburg et al, 2010).…”

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A food web modeling analysis of a Midwestern, USA eutrophic lake dominated by non-native Common Carp and Zebra Mussels

Colvin

Pierce

Stewart

2015

Ecological Modelling

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Food web modeling is recognized as fundamental to understanding the complexities of aquatic systems.Ecopath is the most common mass-balance model used to represent food webs and quantify trophic inter-actions among groups. We constructed annual Ecopath models for four consecutive years during the firsthalf-decade of a zebra mussel invasion in shallow, eutrophic Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, to evaluate changesin relative biomass and total system consumption among food web groups, evaluate food web impactsof nonnative common carp and zebra mussels on food web groups, and to interpret food web impactsin light of ongoing lake restoration. Total living biomass increased each year of the study; the majorityof the increase due to a doubling in planktonic blue green algae, but several other taxa also increasedincluding a more than twoorder of magnitude increase in zebra mussels. Common carp accounted for thelargest percentage of total fish biomass throughout the study even with on-going harvest. Chironomids,common carp, and zebra mussels were the top-three ranking consumer groups. Non-native commoncarp and zebra mussels accounted for an average of 42% of the total system consumption. Despite the rel-atively high biomass densities of common carp and zebra mussel, food web impacts was minimal due toexcessive benthic and primary production in this eutrophic system. Consumption occurring via benthicpathways dominated system consumption in Clear Lake throughout our study, supporting the argumentthat benthic food webs are significant in shallow, eutrophic lake ecosystems and must be considered ifecosystem-level understanding is to be obtained. Keywords: Ecopath Zebra mussels Dreissena polymorpha Common carp Cyprinus carpio Non-native Trophic interactions Lake restoration a b s t r a c t Food web modeling is recognized as fundamental to understanding the complexities of aquatic systems. Ecopath is the most common mass-balance model used to represent food webs and quantify trophic interactions among groups. We constructed annual Ecopath models for four consecutive years during the first half-decade of a zebra mussel invasion in shallow, eutrophic Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, to evaluate changes in relative biomass and total system consumption among food web groups, evaluate food web impacts of non-native common carp and zebra mussels on food web groups, and to interpret food web impacts in light of on-going lake restoration. Total living biomass increased each year of the study; the majority of the increase due to a doubling in planktonic blue green algae, but several other taxa also increased including a more than two-order of magnitude increase in zebra mussels. Common carp accounted for the largest percentage of total fish biomass throughout the study even with on-going harvest. Chironomids, common carp, and zebra mussels were the top-three ranking consumer groups. Non-native common carp and zebra mussels accounted for an average of 42% of the total system consumption. Despite the relatively high biomass densities of common carp...

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“…또한 조간대에 대 한 조사 결과와 비교해보면, 순천만 갯벌(5.8% -장과 정, 2010) (Crooks, 2001;Mistri, 2002). 종밋과 같은 홍합류(Mytilidae)의 고밀도 패치 지역에서 기질의 유기물 함량과 퇴적률이 증가하였음을 보고한 다수의 사례들이 있 다 (Bott and Patterson, 1996;Stewart et al, 1998;Munari, 2008;Burlakova et al, 2012). 종밋과 같은 홍합류는 식물성플랑크톤을 선택적으로 취하는 부유물식자이며, 먹이의 필터 과정에서 선택되 지 않은 유·무기물들은 점액질로 뭉쳐진 위분의 형태로 배출되어 퇴적되게 된다.…”

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The Impact of Sand Addition to An Intertidal Area for the Development of the Manila Clam, Ruditapes philippinarum Habitat on Benthic Community Structure - the case of an sandbank in Gonam-myeon, Taean-gun -

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Song²,

Kim³

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The Sea

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This study was conducted to investigate the impact of sand addition to an intertidal for the development of the Manila clam habitat on benthic community structure. For this, we focused on the spatio-temporal changes in the surface sediment condition and benthic community structure before and after the event. Study site was an sandbank in Gonam-myeon, Taean-gun where sand added to on July 2010. We set three stations at each of sand adding area (experimental plot) and non sand-adding area (control plot) and did sampling works ten times from June 2010 to October 2011. Directly after the event, surface sediments changed to very coarse sand, but the state was not maintained over four months because of seasonal sedimentation and finally got back to very fine sand in eight months. The number of species and density were temporarily reduced right after the event and crustacean species such as Apocorophium acutum, Photis sp. were most negatively affected by the event. However, the number of species recovered from the reduction in three months and density did in four months due to the recolonization by the existing species and species in the vicinity of the plot. During the study period, dominant

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Quantifying Mechanisms for Zebra Mussel Effects on Benthic Macroinvertebrates: Organic Matter Production and Shell-Generated Habitat

Cited by 167 publications

References 25 publications

Habitat engineering by the invasive zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) in a boreal coastal lagoon: impact on biodiversity

Habitat engineering by the invasive zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) in a boreal coastal lagoon: impact on biodiversity

A food web modeling analysis of a Midwestern, USA eutrophic lake dominated by non-native Common Carp and Zebra Mussels

The Impact of Sand Addition to An Intertidal Area for the Development of the Manila Clam, Ruditapes philippinarum Habitat on Benthic Community Structure - the case of an sandbank in Gonam-myeon, Taean-gun -

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