scholarly journals Incorporation of aquatic ecology to the hydrological investigation of ecosystems in the high Andes

MASKANA ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrietta Hampel ◽  
Jenny Cocha ◽  
Diego Vimos
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Ecology ◽  
Hydrological Investigation

scholarly journals Preface: Emerging trends in aquatic ecology II

Hydrobiologia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 800 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luigi Naselli-Flores ◽  
Koen Martens ◽  
Diego Fontaneto ◽  
Sidinei Magela Thomaz
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Ecology ◽  
Emerging Trends

Quantifying Lake Water Quality Evolution: Coupled Geochemistry, Hydrodynamics, and Aquatic Ecology in an Acidic Pit Lake

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (17) ◽  
pp. 9864-9875 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Ursula Salmon ◽  
Matthew R. Hipsey ◽  
Geoffrey W. Wake ◽  
Gregory N. Ivey ◽  
Carolyn E. Oldham
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Lake Water ◽  
Aquatic Ecology ◽  
Pit Lake ◽  
Lake Water Quality

Priority effects and desert anuran communities

2005 ◽  
Vol 83 (8) ◽  
pp. 1112-1116 ◽  
Author(s):  
G H Dayton ◽  
L A Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Hatching Success ◽  
Aquatic Ecology ◽  
Priority Effects ◽  
Scaphiopus Couchii ◽  
Ephemeral Pools ◽  
Desert Regions ◽  
Community Assemblages ◽  
Current Paradigm

The roles of priority effects and predation in structuring anuran communities have not been considered important in desert environments characterized by highly ephemeral pools and anuran species that breed synchronously. Predation is one mechanism that can set the stage for priority effects to be important, especially in ephemeral pools where resources are limiting and densities are high. We observed oophagy by Scaphiopus couchii Baird, 1854 on eggs of Bufo speciosus Girard, 1854 in the field and conducted laboratory experiments to test the hypothesis that S. couchii tadpoles would reduce B. speciosus survivorship via predation. Three-day-old S. couchii tadpoles reduced hatching success of B. speciosus eggs by nearly 90%. When S. couchii and B. speciosus eggs were laid the same day, S. couchii tadpoles reduced B. speciosus egg survivorship by 56%. Our results indicate that priority effects and predation may play an important role in influencing species composition of anuran assemblages in desert regions. Our study provides more support for the need to reevaluate the current paradigm in aquatic ecology that suggests predation does not play a role in structuring community assemblages in highly ephemeral pools.

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