The respiration of common benthic invertebrate species from the shallow littoral zone of Lake Esrom, Denmark

Hydrobiologia ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 199 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten Hamburger ◽  
Peter C. Dall
Keyword(s):  
Littoral Zone ◽  
Benthic Invertebrate ◽  
Invertebrate Species

The Larvae of Mass Benthic Invertebrate Species in the Plankton of Sevastopol Bay

2002 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
V. V. Murina ◽  
Ye. V. Lisitskaya ◽  
V. K. Shalyapin
Keyword(s):  
Benthic Invertebrate ◽  
Invertebrate Species ◽  
Sevastopol Bay

Reduced drift activity of two benthic invertebrate species is mediated by infochemicals of benthic fish

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Schäffer ◽  
Carola Winkelmann ◽  
Claudia Hellmann ◽  
Jürgen Benndorf
Keyword(s):  
Benthic Invertebrate ◽  
Benthic Fish ◽  
Invertebrate Species

Temporal trends of metals in benthic invertebrate species from the Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean

2007 ◽  
Vol 54 (9) ◽  
pp. 1545-1558 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Deudero ◽  
A. Box ◽  
D. March ◽  
J.M. Valencia ◽  
A.M. Grau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Trends ◽  
Benthic Invertebrate ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Balearic Islands ◽  
Invertebrate Species

Rates of Food Exploitation by Littoral Fishes in a Mesotrophic North-Temperate Lake

1985 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 556-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Boisclair ◽  
W. C. Leggett
Keyword(s):  
Littoral Zone ◽  
Geometric Mean ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Benthic Invertebrate ◽  
Trophic Levels ◽  
Total Biomass ◽  
Temperate Lakes ◽  
Total Food ◽  
North Temperate Lakes ◽  
Food Consumed

The relationship between the biomass of food consumed by the littoral zone fish community of Lake Memphremagog, Quebec, and the total biomass of littoral zone food present was estimated on a daily and annual basis. The dominant food consumed were benthic invertebrates followed by forage fishes and plankton. The daily geometric mean exploitation rate was 0.55% of the total dry weight food biomass in the littoral zone. The corresponding annual rate was 72%. Energy equivalents were 0.81% (daily) and 105% (annual). When benthic invertebrate biomass values were adjusted to more accurately reflect availability (on the basis of depth distribution in the sediments and size) the geometric mean dry weight exploitation rates were 0.80% (daily) and 104% (annual). Corresponding energy rates were 1.15% (daily) and 150% (annual). These rates are significantly lower than reported benthic P/B ratios for 21 north-temperate lakes. These data indicate that littoral zone fishes crop only a very small fraction of the food biomass in the littoral zone. We conclude that the behaviors of both predator and prey act to limit the available fraction of the total food biomass and predict that the ratio of available to total food biomass in the littoral zone of north-temperate lakes will approximate 1%. This is consistent with existing empirical models linking fish production/biomass with biomass at lower trophic levels.

Life histories of benthic invertebrates in a kauri forst stream in northern New Zealand

1981 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 191 ◽  
Author(s):  
DR Towns
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Benthic Invertebrates ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Model Comparison ◽  
Benthic Invertebrate ◽  
Potamopyrgus Antipodarum ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Invertebrate Species ◽  
Paracalliope Fluviatilis

Life histories of the following 12 benthic invertebrate species were investigated at four sites in the Waitakere River: Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gastropoda : Hydrobiidae); Paracalliope fluviatilis (Amphipoda : Eusiridae), Zephlebia (Neozephlebia) sp. and Deleatidium spp. (Ephemeroptera : Leptophlebiidae), Hydora nitida (Coleoptera : Elmidae), Maoridiamesa harrisi, ?Austrocladius sp. and Paratanytarsus agameta (Diptera : Chironomidae), Austrosimulium australense (Diptera : Simuliidae), Aoteapsyche colonica (Trichoptera : Hydropsychidae), Oxyethira albireps (Trichoptera : Hydroptilidae), and Olinga feredayi (Trichoptera : Conoesucidae). All species had life cycles which were non-seasonal according to the Hynes model. Comparison with recent studies in southern North Island and South Island streams suggests that non-seasonal life cycles predominate in New Zealand streams.

Experimental evaluation of the effects of the novel predators, round goby and mud crab on benthic invertebrates in the Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea

2017 ◽  
Vol 98 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristiina Nurkse ◽  
Jonne Kotta ◽  
Merli Rätsep ◽  
Ilmar Kotta ◽  
Randel Kreitsberg
Keyword(s):  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Round Goby ◽  
Benthic Invertebrate ◽  
Neogobius Melanostomus ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Mud Crab ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
Invertebrate Species ◽  
Gulf Of Riga ◽  
The Baltic

The number of non-indigenous aquatic species (NIS) has rapidly increased globally. The majority of published evidence on the effects of NIS on local communities is from single species studies in which the interactive effects of NIS are not considered. Here we present experimental evidence of separate and interactive effects of two widespread non-indigenous benthic predators, the round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) and the North American mud crab (Rhithropanopeus harrisii) on benthic invertebrate communities in a shallow coastal ecosystem of the Gulf of Riga, the Baltic Sea. The two species have recently colonized multiple sub-basins of the Baltic Sea and due to their rapid range expansion, increasing densities and local functional novelty, they are expected to have strong separate or interactive effects on native communities. Our laboratory experiment demonstrated that round goby and mud crab exerted a significant predation pressure on different benthic invertebrate species and the effects of the studied predators were largely independent. Predation was stronger at higher temperature compared with low temperature treatment. Among the studied invertebrate species gammarid amphipods were consumed the most. Interestingly, round goby did not prey on the mud crabs despite a large size difference of the studied predators.

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