Clearance rates and filtering activity of zebra mussel (<i>Dreissena polymorpha</i>): implications for freshwater lakes

Horgan, Martin J.; Mills, Edward L.

doi:10.1139/f96-276

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“…However, selectivity was not related to either of these metrics in the 2010 particle-choice experiment. Particle size has been shown to be of major importance in driving the selectivity of filter feeders (Geller and Mü ller 1981); however, the range of colony sizes encountered by mussels in the 2010 experiment (median colony ED 5 46.8-101.7 mm) falls within that of particles efficiently cleared by D. polymorpha in another study (10-150 mm;Horgan and Mills 1997). Given the restricted range in morphological characteristics of the clones we employed, our results do not imply that colony size or shape is unimportant as a factor driving mussel selectivity in general.…”

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Large variation in vulnerability to grazing within a population of the colonial phytoplankter, Microcystis aeruginosa

White¹,

Kaul²,

Knoll³

et al. 2011

Limnology & Oceanography

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We asked if intraspecific variation within a population of the toxic, bloom-forming phytoplankter, Microcystis aeruginosa, leads to differential vulnerability to grazing by the invasive, filter-feeding zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha). We performed two series of laboratory feeding experiments in which D. polymorpha were presented with several different sympatric M. aeruginosa clones in a two-species mixture with the high-quality, nutritious alga, Ankistrodesmus falcatus. Mean selectivity across M. aeruginosa clones ranged from near zero (i.e., no feeding on M. aeruginosa) to near one (equal feeding on the two algal species), evidence of maximal variation in grazing vulnerability across twenty clones of M. aeruginosa-a species assumed to be largely 'inedible' to grazers-from the same population. This range of vulnerability is essentially equal to that typically measured across all phytoplankton species. Large intraspecific variation in grazing vulnerability, and its ecological consequences, could influence the promotion or control of noxious blooms of toxigenic cyanobacteria.

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“…We were primarily interested in examining variation in grazing vulnerability that was not a function of colony size, so each colonial M. aeruginosa culture was sieved through 100-mm mesh to increase the likelihood that all colonies were within the edible size range for mussels (Horgan and Mills 1997).…”

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Large variation in vulnerability to grazing within a population of the colonial phytoplankter, Microcystis aeruginosa

White¹,

Kaul²,

Knoll³

et al. 2011

Limnology & Oceanography

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“…Since the net clearance rate of mussels in clumps is lower than that of separate individuals due to refiltration (Yu and Culver 1999), a basal clearance rate and a refiltration factor were introduced into the model (Table 2). A filtering activity of 16 h day À1 was assumed following the results from various studies (Morton 1969;Walz 1978;Horgan and Mills 1997).…”

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Impact of the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha invasion on the budget of suspended material in a shallow lagoon ecosystem

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The role of the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha in redistribution of total particulate material (TPM) between the water column and bottom sediment was estimated using the TPM budget for a mussel bed in the Curonian lagoon, the Baltic Sea. Seasonal clearance rates were derived from the TPM budget assuming two resuspension scenarios: no resuspension and full resuspension of biodeposits. Estimated clearance rates for both scenarios were compared with the rates calculated from the population clearance rate model. Seasonal clearance rates estimated using the population model (1.1 and 11.8 l g À1 SFDW day À1 ) fitted well into the interval of seasonal clearance rates calculated from TPM budgets assuming no resuspension of biodeposits (3.2 and 21.4 l g SFDW À1 day À1 ). In the scenario with biodeposits resuspension clearance rates were much higher (57.4 and 148.9 g SFDW À1 day À1 ). The ratio of clearance to residence time was highly dependent on the fate of biodeposits. Therefore its use in interpretation of the species impact on TPM was limited. An alternative measure based on the ratio of the amount of TPM biodeposited to TPM transported into the bed was used. It was found that zebra mussels are able to deposit between 10 and 30% of the incoming TPM, and the amount of biodeposited material was correlated with water residence time. Results indicate that the impact of zebra mussels on TPM in the lagoon is small relative to the high transport rates of TPM over the bed. However, annual biosedimentation rate ($590 g m À2 ) in the mussel bed was higher than physical deposition rate ($380 g m À2 ) in accumulation areas devoid of large suspension feeders. We suggest that a local impact due to enhanced availability of organic material to other trophic groups of associated benthic organisms may be more significant than effects on TPM pathways at an ecosystem scale.

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“…Two factors could explain this tendency: the satiation of the mussels and the decrease in the concentration of available food, with the latter being more likely. According to Higgins (1980) and Horgan et al Mills (1997), there was a positive correlation between the amount of the food available and filtration rates.…”

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“…Filtration rates can vary considerably among bivalves, with previous reports varying from 347 to 567 mL/h/ind in Corbicula sp. (Buttner and Heindinger 1981, Way et al 1990, Silverman et al 1997, from 40 to 375 mL/h/ind in Dreissena polymorpha (Reeders et al 1989, Sprung 1995, Berg et al 1996, Horgan and Mills 1997, Diggins 2001, from 200 to 310 375 mL/h/ind in Dreissena bugensis and between 133 to 350 mL/h/ind. in Limnoperna fortunei.…”

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The effect of temperature and body size on filtration rates of Limnoperna fortunei (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) under laboratory conditions

Pestana

Ostrensky

Boeger

et al. 2009

Braz. arch. biol. technol.

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Clearance rates and filtering activity of zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha): implications for freshwater lakes

Cited by 138 publications

References 18 publications

Large variation in vulnerability to grazing within a population of the colonial phytoplankter, Microcystis aeruginosa

Large variation in vulnerability to grazing within a population of the colonial phytoplankter, Microcystis aeruginosa

Impact of the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha invasion on the budget of suspended material in a shallow lagoon ecosystem

The effect of temperature and body size on filtration rates of Limnoperna fortunei (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) under laboratory conditions

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