Published In
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
10-5-2005
Subjects
Biotic communities, Acid deposition -- Environmental aspects, Lakes, Zooplankton, Predatory aquatic animals, Predation (Biology)
Abstract
Invasive species introductions into freshwater ecosystems have had a multitude of effects on aquatic communities. Few studies, however, have directly compared the impact of an invader on communities with contrasting structure. Historically high levels and subsequent reductions of acid deposition have produced landscapes of lakes of varying acidity and zooplankton communitystructure. We conducted a 30-day enclosure experiment in Killarney Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, to test the effects ofBythotrephes longimanus, an invasive invertebrate predator, on two contrasting zooplankton communities at different stages of recovery from acidification: recovered and acid damaged. Bythotrephes significantly decreased zooplankton biomass and abundance in both communities but had a greater negative effect on the abundance of zooplankton in the recovered community.Bythotrephes reduced species diversity of the recovered zooplankton community but not of the acid-damaged community. Species richness of both community types was unaffected by Bythotrephes predation. The effect of Bythotrephes on small cladocerans, a preferred prey type, differed between the community types and appeared to be related to density-dependent predation byBythotrephes. Both community- and species-level results suggest that recovered and acid-damaged zooplankton assemblages may be negatively affected by an invasion of Bythotrephes but that the specific response is dependent on the original community structure.
Rights
Copyright 2005 NRC Canada
DOI
10.1139/F05-152
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11385
Citation Details
Strecker, A. L., & Arnott, S. E. (2005). Impact of Bythotrephes invasion on zooplankton communities in acid-damaged and recovered lakes on the Boreal Shield. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 62(11), 2450-2462.
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Description
This is the author's accepted manuscript of an article published in Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, . The final version of record may be found here : http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f05-152