Biological traits and community patterns of Trichoptera at two Patagonian headwater streams affected by volcanic ash deposition

Brand, Cecilia; Miserendino, María Laura

doi:10.1186/s40555-014-0072-9

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“…Trichoptera richness is negatively correlated with increasing discharge fluctuations associated with increasing drought in freshwater springs (Erman & Erman, 1995;), and different hydropsychid species may have differential tolerances and abilities to maintain water balance, feeding strategies and survival under low flow conditions (Yoder et al, 2015). Other caddisfly families that are not free-living but that use silk to build cases may be more tolerant of drying (Boulton, 2003;Power, Parker & Dietrich, 2008;Brand & Miserendino, 2014), but we are unaware of any studies that have investigated the structural changes or silk properties of cases built by caddisflies when stressed by drought. Free-living caddisflies may drift or accelerate development to avoid drought conditions, but in doing so, their silk structure may be left behind.…”

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Resilience of aquatic net‐spinning caddisfly silk structures to common global stressors

Albertson

Daniels

2016

Freshwater Biology

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Summary Two of the most common consequences resulting from land use and climate change are increased fine sediment loads and shifts in hydrological regimes in freshwater ecosystems. Although a growing number of studies indicate that these stressors are likely to directly affect community composition and organism physiology, little is known about how biological structures produced by aquatic organisms might respond. For example, hydropsychid caddisflies (Trichoptera) are a group of globally distributed aquatic insects that spin silk mesh nets that they use to filter feed. These silk mesh nets are important ecosystem engineering structures in flowing waters that can regulate sediment erosion, food particle delivery by altering near‐bed current velocities, and enhance habitat availability for other macroinvertebrates. We conducted two experiments in laboratory mesocosms to assess the effects of increased fine sediment and drought on hydropsychid caddisfly silk. We compared silk thread diameter, thread count, mesh pore area, and thread tensile strength across treatments in which the silk nets were exposed to high levels of total suspended solids or to stream drying over 2 weeks. We found that caddisfly silk was resilient to both forms of stress and maintained its overall structure and tensile strength. Our findings indicate that biological silk structures may be viable ecosystem engineering tools following short‐lived disturbances associated with increased sediment loads and drying events. Caddisfly silk may be resilient to various forms of environmental change, with important consequences for recovery of aquatic communities.

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Resilience of aquatic net‐spinning caddisfly silk structures to common global stressors

Albertson

Daniels

2016

Freshwater Biology

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“…Overall, this deconstruction process resulted in 10 different datasets (Table 3) that were each analysed separately, as described below. Trait information was compiled from the existing literature (mainly Merritt & Cummins, 1996; Domínguez & Fernández, 2009; Brand & Miserendino, 2014) and completed by expert opinion.…”

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Metacommunity structure analysis reveals nested patterns in deconstructed macroinvertebrates assemblages

Williams‐Subiza

Brand

Miserendino

2020

Ecological Entomology

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1. Understanding processes driving patterns of species distribution and diversity is one of the main objectives of community ecology. 2. The aim of our study was to evaluate the spatial variation in assemblage composition of stream-dwelling macroinvertebrates and identify which factors (e.g. water quality, land cover) are the most important drivers. 3. We applied the elements of the metacommunity structure approach on a dataset of 38 communities from the Futaleufú basin in northwestern Patagonia. To better understand assemblage variation, we deconstructed our macroinvertebrate dataset into different taxonomic and trait groups. We then identified the most influential factors driving community composition using random forests. 4. We found that half of our datasets (i.e. macroinvertebrate groups) exhibited a nested structure with clumped species loss, while the other half showed a quasi-nested pattern with either clumped or stochastic species loss. 5. Overall, water quality was the most important driver of community variation, although climate, geography, and land cover were more or less relevant in particular cases. We found differences in the relative importance of the selected explanatory variables among datasets. This would suggest that different components of the macroinvertebrate community respond differently to environmental factors. 6. Our findings could be of value for conservation planning, as they suggest that preserving the most species-rich streams would, to some extent, guarantee the conservation of the entire species pool.

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“…— Brand and Miserendino, 2011a :35 [biology; habitat]. — Brand and Miserendino, 2014 :6 [community ecology].…”

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“…— Brand and Miserendino, 2011b :143 [biology]. — Brand and Miserendino, 2014 :6 [community ecology]. — Isa Miranda and Rueda Martín, 2014 :199 [distribution].…”

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Catalog of the Neotropical Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

Holzenthal¹,

Calor²

2017

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The Neotropical caddisfly (Trichoptera) fauna is cataloged from a review of over 1,000 literature citations through 2015 (partial 2016) to include 3,262 currently recognized, valid species-group names in 25 families and 155 extant genera. Fourteen subspecies are included in the total as well as 35 fossil species and 1 fossil genus. The region covered includes all of Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. Genus-group and species-group synonyms are listed. For each nominal species, information on the type locality, type depository, sex of type, distribution by country, and other pertinent taxonomic or biological information is included. Summary information on taxonomy, phylogeny, distribution, immature stages, and biology are provided for each family and genus where known. An extensive index to all nominal taxa is included to facilitate use of the catalog. The glossosomatid species Mexitrichia usseglioi Rueda Martín & Gibon, is transferred to Mortoniella comb. n.

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Biological traits and community patterns of Trichoptera at two Patagonian headwater streams affected by volcanic ash deposition

Cited by 14 publications

References 49 publications

Resilience of aquatic net‐spinning caddisfly silk structures to common global stressors

Resilience of aquatic net‐spinning caddisfly silk structures to common global stressors

Metacommunity structure analysis reveals nested patterns in deconstructed macroinvertebrates assemblages

Catalog of the Neotropical Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

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