Swimming behaviour of Daphnia clones: differentiation through predator infochemicals

Weber, Anke; Noordwijk, Arie Van

doi:10.1093/plankt/24.12.1335

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“…2a, 3a) for all species. This is consistent with the zooplankton prey being aware of the predator through their sensing infochemicals present in water (Weber and Van Noordwijk 2002;Pangle et al 2007). Mean speed of D. mendotae and D. pulicaria was faster in the presence of Bythotrephes, while D. retrocurva and diaptomids were slower (Figs.…”

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confidence: 82%

The quick and the dead: might differences in escape rates explain the changes in the zooplankton community composition of Lake Michigan after invasion by Bythotrephes?

Pichlová-Ptáčníková

Vanderploeg

2011

Biol Invasions

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We demonstrate that zooplankton escape abilities are consistent with the composition of the zooplankton community in the Great Lakes following the invasion of the visually preying invertebrate predator Bythotrephes longimanus. Escape abilities were analyzed by videotaping responses of freeswimming zooplankton to encounters with tethered Bythotrephes. Both maximum speed and maximum acceleration of the escape response were appreciably greater in Daphnia mendotae and diaptomids, whose populations remained relatively unchanged, than those of Daphnia retrocurva and Daphnia pulicaria, whose populations greatly decreased after the Bythotrephes invasion. Maximum speed of all species was higher in the light than in complete darkness, likely due to a different level of activity of Bythotrephes. Contrary to treatments with Bythotrephes, mean and maximum swimming speeds of all species were similar to each other and the same in light and dark in treatments without Bythotrephes. This implies that the prey were responding to infochemicals produced by Bythotrephes.

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The quick and the dead: might differences in escape rates explain the changes in the zooplankton community composition of Lake Michigan after invasion by Bythotrephes?

Pichlová-Ptáčníková

Vanderploeg

2011

Biol Invasions

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“…The reduction of body size (Engelmayer, 1995;De Meester & Weider, 1999;Sakwinska, 2000;Weber, 2003;Sakwinska & Dawidowicz, 2005) is also frequently observed in Daphnia exposed to fish chemical cues or kairomones. Antipredator behavioural responses allow daphnids to react to predator presence within a short period of time (De Meester & Cousyn, 1997;Lass & Spaak, 2003) and include avoidance or escape abilities (Pijanowska & Kowalczewski, 1997;Roozen & Lürling, 2001), changes in phototactic behaviour (De Meester & Cousyn, 1997;Van Gool & Ringelberg, 2002;Michels & De Meester, 2004), depth selection (Dodson, 1988;De Meester & Cousyn, 1997;Weber & van Noordwijk, 2002), changes in swimming speed (Pijanowska & Kowalczewski, 1997;Weber & van Noordwijk, 2002), and aggregation or swarming formation (Pijanowska & Kowalczewski, 1997;Roozen & Lürling, 2001). Ultimately, these simple predator-induced behaviours constitute the basis of more complex migratory phenomena, such as diel vertical (DVM) or diel horizontal (DHM) migration (Lass & Spaak, 2003).…”

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Life history responses of Daphnia longispina to mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) and pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) kairomones

2007

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In the present study, the effect of chemical cues from two fish species (mosquitofish and pumpkinseed), at different concentrations, was tested in life history experiments with Daphnia longispina. The two fish species used represent the most abundant planktivores of many Mediterranean shallow lakes (SW Europe), where the indigenous fish communities have been replaced by such exotic assemblages. Results have shown a similar response of D. longispina to both fish species: kairomones stimulated daphnids to produce more offspring, which resulted in higher fitness (r), relatively to a fishless control. Fish presence also induced an earlier first reproduction, a smaller size at maturity of daphnids, and the production of smaller-sized neonates. Significant correlations with fish concentration (indirect measure of fish kairomone concentration) were found for size at maturity and neonate size, for both fish species. These results are in accordance to the ''positive response'' observed by other authors, which represents a defence mechanism to face losses caused by fish predators. The chemically mediated size reduction of mature females and neonates is an adaptive response to the size-selective predation exerted by fish. Pumpkinseed introduction is very recent in the lake of origin of the daphnids used in the experiments and its kairomone produced similar effects to mosquitofish in the life history of D. longispina. These results are contrary to the existence of a species-specific kairomone and support the hypothesis of a general fish kairomone.

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“…Consequently, the cladoceran individuals have to expend more energy and time to obtain the same swimming distance (i.e., having lower swimming ability) in tall cuboid chambers than short ones, even when the chambers have the same volume and shape. Because the grazing rate of cladoceran individuals is generally positively dependent on their swimming ability (Weber & Van Noordwijk 2002;Christensen et al 2005;Visser & Kiørboe 2006), we further hypothesize that the grazing rate of cladoceran species is lower in tall chambers than short ones, for a given chamber volume.…”

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“…Altering the swimming velocity of aquatic grazers might affect the grazing rate of the organism (Weber & Van Noordwijk 2002;Christensen et al 2005;Visser & Kiørboe 2006), since it affects the encounter rate between the predator and its prey, assuming the encounter rate is a function of prey density and the mean velocity of both predator and prey (Gerritsen 1980). Usually, more active grazers are more likely to encounter prey and thus may have a higher grazing rate.…”

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The effect of habitat orientation on grazing rate of Ceriodaphnia quadrangula: a microcosm study

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Pan²

2016

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Although the effects of habitat size and shape on ecological processes have been well studied, the importance of habitat orientation (i.e., the geometrical feature of habitat placement that describes how a habitat is placed in space) has been largely overlooked for decades. Here, we varied the orientation of cuboid chambers (with correspondingly small, medium and large sides as the chamber base) in a microcosm experiment involving a phytoplankton-zooplankton (Chlorella pyrenoidosa-Ceriodaphnia quadrangula) system at two volume scales (64 mL and 512 mL) to determine the effect of habitat orientation on the swimming activity and grazing rate of C. quadrangula. At a given chamber volume, the grazers spent more time in swimming vertically and swam slower (particularly in the horizontal direction) in the tall (small-based) chamber compared with the short (large-based) ones. Moreover, grazing rates of C. quadrangula were significantly lower in the tall chambers than short ones regardless of experimental time, consistent with the positive relationship between average swimming velocity and grazing rate. Our data indicate that habitat orientation may affect animal activity and foraging success, and we therefore suggest that habitat orientation deserves much more attention in future studies.

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Swimming behaviour of Daphnia clones: differentiation through predator infochemicals

Cited by 50 publications

References 48 publications

The quick and the dead: might differences in escape rates explain the changes in the zooplankton community composition of Lake Michigan after invasion by Bythotrephes?

The quick and the dead: might differences in escape rates explain the changes in the zooplankton community composition of Lake Michigan after invasion by Bythotrephes?

Life history responses of Daphnia longispina to mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) and pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) kairomones

The effect of habitat orientation on grazing rate of Ceriodaphnia quadrangula: a microcosm study

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