The Pollution Biology of Aquatic Oligochaetes

Rodríguez, Pilar; Reynoldson, Trefor B.

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“…This is primarily due to the difficulty in identifying sexually immature organisms to the species level, which requires a high degree of taxonomic and ecological expertise. However, studies of the ecological response of aquatic oligochaetes to anthropogenic disturbances are numerous (Rodriguez & Reynoldson 2011). One of the most studied responses is that of trophic status (Rodriguez & Reynoldson 2011;Rashid & Pandit 2014), but many other factors, such as water chemistry (either as pollution or acidification), sediment particle size or water flow, and the invasion of alien species (e.g.…”

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“…However, studies of the ecological response of aquatic oligochaetes to anthropogenic disturbances are numerous (Rodriguez & Reynoldson 2011). One of the most studied responses is that of trophic status (Rodriguez & Reynoldson 2011;Rashid & Pandit 2014), but many other factors, such as water chemistry (either as pollution or acidification), sediment particle size or water flow, and the invasion of alien species (e.g. Friday 1987; Rasmussen & Lindegaard 1988;Jeffries 1991;Stephenson et al 1994;Brodersen et al 1998;Abraham et al 1999;Ilyashuk 1999;Heino 2000;Timm & Möls 2012;Boggero et al 2014;Rota et al 2014), can influence the biological diversity and the abundance of macroinvertebrates, including oligochaetes.…”

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Oligochaete assemblages of Swiss Alpine lakes

Dumnicka

Steingruber

Colombo

et al. 2014

Italian Journal of Zoology

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The present paper describes the oligochaete assemblages of 12 Swiss Alpine lakes (1700-2500 m above sea level) in Canton Ticino. The lake catchment geology is dominated by gneiss. The scarcity of carbonate rocks leads to a low buffering capacity, increasing the lakes' sensitivity to acidification. Because of their very low phosphorus concentrations, they are defined as ultraoligotrophic. Oligochaetes were identified from kick-samples taken from the outflow and littoral zone of the lakes one to three times per year in 1991-1994, 2003 and 2007, when the lake water chemistry was also characterized. Oligochaete assemblages consisted of 19 species in total, 18 of which were found in the littoral zone, and 10 in the outlets. Amongst them, Cernosvitoviella goodhui Healy, 1975 was recorded in Switzerland for the first time. Principal component analysis (PCA), performed excluding the highly alkaline Lake Bianco (pH = 7.8 and alkalinity = 566 µeq L −1 ) due to its atypical chemical composition, divided the remaining lakes into two groups with different sensitivity to acidity: the first group of four lakes was characterized by a higher average pH (6.4) and alkalinity (32 µeq L −1 ), whilst the second group of seven lakes was characterized by a lower average pH (5.7) and alkalinity (5 µeq L −1). Multivariate analysis performed on data collated from the littoral zone highlighted geo-lithology as a key driver in determining the species distribution among lakes. When applied to the lake outlet data, a similar distinction between acidic and calcareous waters was implied. Precipitation influenced the oligochaete assemblage in the littoral zone. During years with higher annual rainfall, the relative abundance of Enchytraeidae increased, probably because their semi-aquatic nature allows them to colonize the littoral zones that dry out periodically.

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Oligochaete assemblages of Swiss Alpine lakes

Dumnicka

Steingruber

Colombo

et al. 2014

Italian Journal of Zoology

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“…There has been wide recognition that trophic level as well as geographical region regulate oligochaete composition of lakes, and that profundal oligochaetes have been used for assessment of the lake trophic status (Aston 1973;Brinkhurst 1974;Brinkhurst and Kennedy 1965;Milbrink 1978Milbrink , 1980Milbrink , 1983Milbrink et al 2002;Lang 1985Lang , 1998Rodriguez and Reynoldson 2011). As in European lakes, two tubificines with high tolerance for oxygen deficiency, Tubifex tubifex and Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri, were widely distributed in trophic scale in Japan.…”

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<strong>Profundal oligochaete faunas (Annelida, Clitellata) in Japanese lakes</strong>

Ohtaka

2014

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Thirty-eight species of oligochaetes (Annelida, Clitellata) belonging to five families were recorded from profundal bottoms of 50 freshwater lakes on Japanese islands. They were mostly widely distributed species, and the composition of fauna is basically explained by the scheme of Timm (2012), with parallel replacement of European species. Oxygen, temperature and surrounding fauna could be main factors determining the profundal fauna in the lakes. The lumbriculids (Styloscolex japonicus, Yamaguchia toyensis and Lumbriculus variegatus), haplotaxids (Haplotaxis gordioides) and enchytraeids (Marionina klaskisharum) were restricted to several deep and oligotrophic lakes located in Hokkaido and northern Honshu, where Rhyacodrilus komarovi often accompanied them. Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri was the commonest species, occurring irrespective of the trophic status and bottom temperature of the lake. Tubifex tubifex also occurred in wide trophic scale, but it has never been found in shallow eutrophic lakes where the bottom temperature exceeds 15°C, where L. hoffmeisteri, Branchiura sowerbyi and several Aulodrilus species were the main representatives.

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“…Thus, it has been formally proposed that the former families of Naididae and Tubificidae be merged as synonyms into the family Naididae. The growing evidence from molecular data of an increasing number of oligochaete species suggests that this interpretation may change again in the near future (Rodriguez and Reynoldson, 2011). However, it is reasonable to treat sediment-dwelling tubificids separately from the epibenthic naidids and pristinids that have derived from them, in all other branches of biology except phylogeny (Timm, 2009).…”

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<strong>Preliminary survey of aquatic oligochaetes in Eastern Tamil Nadu, India</strong>

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A random survey of aquatic Oligochaeta was conducted in Chennai, Villupuram, Dindugal, Thiruvallur, and Sivagangai districts of Tamil Nadu from November 2010 to March 2012. Thirteen taxa were identified from a total of 644 aquatic oligochaetes examined from various qualitative samples of aquatic vegetation and sediments. Chennai district had 3 families: Naididae, Pristinidae and Tubificidae along with a polychaete. The naidids were most diverse with 5 species: Branchiodrilus semperi, Aulophorus furcatus, Dero digitata, Dero indica and Dero zeylanica, the pristinids were represented by Pristina brevichaeta and Pristina jenkinae and the tubificids by 2 species, Branchiura sowerbyi and Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri. The nine aquatic oligochaetes collected from Chennai were already reported from this region. Two naidids, Branchiodrilus semperi and D. indica, along with the tubificid Branchiura sowerbyi, were collected from Villupuram district and they constitute the first reports for that district. Limnodrilus udekemianus from Kodaikanal, Dindugal district constitutes the first report for that region of Tamil Nadu. Megadriles belonging to the family Octochaetidae (Dichogaster bolaui?) and unidentified Megascolecidae collected from Thiruvallur and Sivaganga districts respectively were found to occur in aquatic habitats.

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The Pollution Biology of Aquatic Oligochaetes

Cited by 76 publications

References 438 publications

Oligochaete assemblages of Swiss Alpine lakes

Oligochaete assemblages of Swiss Alpine lakes

<strong>Profundal oligochaete faunas (Annelida, Clitellata) in Japanese lakes</strong>

<strong>Preliminary survey of aquatic oligochaetes in Eastern Tamil Nadu, India</strong>

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