Foraging by Two Estuarine Fishes, Fundulus heteroclitus and Fundulus majalis, on Juvenile Asian Shore Crabs (Hemigrapsus sanguineus) in Western Long Island Sound

Brousseau, Diane J.; Murphy, Anna E.; Enriquez, Nicole P.; Gibbons, Kara

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“…However, while they have fewer parasites, they are more susceptible to infection 46 , and parasite load appears to be increasing since the initial escape from parasites at introduction, as native parasites in the invaded range expand to include this new host 47 . Similarly, while predation and competition have played a minor role in limiting the early invasion of this species 28,40,[42][43][44] , it is possible that these processes may be taking on a greater role as time progresses, if native species learn to consume Asian shore crabs or more effectively interact with them. Thus, while our study does not suggest that resource limitation is the only, or even the predominant, mechanism leading to the decline of Asian shore crab populations, our results certainly do point to self-limitation because of food depletion as a contributing mechanism in the decline of this widespread invader.…”

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“…However, previous work suggests that these mechanisms may have relatively little impact on Asian shore crabs in their invaded range. For instance, existing evidence suggests that common potential predators do not heavily prey on Asian shore crabs [42][43][44] . Additionally, competition does not seem to play a major role, as this species has the upper hand in interspecific interactions with other intertidal crabs 28,40 and displays fairly weak conspecific interference competition 45 .…”

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Mechanisms of possible self-limitation in the invasive Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus

Griffen

Bailey

Carver

et al. 2020

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Population sizes of invasive species are commonly characterized by boom-bust dynamics, and self-limitation via resource depletion is posited as one factor leading to these boom-bust changes in population size. Yet, while this phenomenon is well-documented in plants, few studies have demonstrated that self-limitation is possible for invasive animal species, especially those that are mobile. Here we examined the invasive Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus, a species that reached very high abundances throughout invaded regions of North America, but has recently declined in many of these same regions. We examined the relationship between diet, energy storage, reproduction, and growth in crabs collected from the New Hampshire coast. We show that energy storage and reproduction both increase with diet quality, while growth declines with diet quality. These results suggest that self-limitation may be a contributing factor to the recent declines of H. sanguineus at sites where this invader was once much more abundant. Further, these results suggest a diet-associated tradeoff in energy allocation to different vital rates, with a focus on reproduction when high quality resources are consumed, and a focus instead on growth when poor quality resources are consumed.

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Mechanisms of possible self-limitation in the invasive Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus

Griffen

Bailey

Carver

et al. 2020

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“…Arthropoda O Consumption Parasitism Enhanced (Blakeslee et al 2009) Hemigrapsus sanguineus Arthropoda O Consumption Predation Enhanced (Brousseau et al 2008) Hemigrapsus sanguineus Arthropoda E Consumption Predation Limited (Heinonen & Auster 2012) Hemigrapsus sanguineus Arthropoda E Competition Single-Species Competition Enhanced (Jensen et al 2002) Hemigrapsus sanguineus Arthropoda E Competition Single-Species Competition Enhanced (Landschoff et al 2013) Hemigrapsus sanguineus Arthropoda E Competition Single-Species Competition Enhanced (Lohrer & Whitlatch 2002) Hemigrapsus (Mumby et al 2011) Pyura praeputialis Chordata E Competition Single-Species Competition Enhanced (Caro et al 2011) Pyura praeputialis Chordata E Competition Single-Species Competition Enhanced (Castilla et al 2004) Pyura praeputialis Chordata E Consumption Predation Limited (Castilla et al 2004) Salmo trutta Chordata O Competition Single-Species Competition Enhanced (Hasegawa & Maekawa 2008) Salmo trutta Chordata E Competition Single-Species Competition Enhanced (Hasegawa & Maekawa 2009) Sphyraena chrysotaenia Chordata O Competition Single-Species Competition Enhanced (Kalogirou et al 2012) Styela canopus Chordata E Consumption Predation Limited (Freestone et al 2013) Styela clava Chordata E Consumption Predation Enhanced (Freestone et al 2013) Acabaria erythraea Cnidaria O Competition Single-Species Competition Enhanced (Fine et al 2005) Chromonephthea braziliensis Cnidaria E Consumption Herbivory (allelopathy) Enhanced (Fleury et al 2008) Mnemiopsis leidyi Cnidaria O Consumption Predation Limited (Finenko et al 2001) Mnemiopsis leidyi Cnidaria E Consumption Predation Limited (Finenko et al 2003) Mnemiopsis leidyi Cnidaria O Competition Single-Species Competition Enhanced (Shiganova 1998 Enhanced/Limited (Kimbro et al 2013)…”

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Biological mechanisms of marine invasions

Papacostas

Rielly-Carroll

Georgian

et al. 2017

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Table S1: Search parameters used in ISI Web of Science. General search terms used for all mechanisms were (non-native* OR nonnative* OR invasi* OR introduc* OR non-indigenous OR nonindigenous OR alien OR exotic OR invade*) AND (estuar* OR marine OR coastal OR ocean* OR sea OR *tidal), followed by mechanism-specific terms outlined below. Search results were then refined using Web of Science tools to those pertaining only to Marine and Freshwater Biology, and all research areas that were clearly not relevant (e.g., not biological) were excluded. All remaining papers were then individually evaluated for relevance. Over 2500 papers were evaluated for negative interactions alone. Mechanism Search terms Negative Interactions AND ("biotic resistance" OR "invasion resistance" OR diversity OR "diversity invasibility" OR "empty niche*" OR "limiting similarity" OR "Darwin's naturalization" OR pre-adaptation OR "enemy release" OR "enemy escape" OR "natural enem*" OR "native enem*" OR allelopath* OR "chemical defense*" OR "novel weapon*" OR "novel chemical*" OR predat* OR herbivor* OR parasit* OR compet* OR consum*) Positive Interactions AND (meltdown OR facilitat* OR mutual* OR "positive interact*" OR commensal* OR "positive species interact*") Invader Traits AND (tolerance* OR tolerate* OR constrain* OR thermal OR heat OR cold OR freez* OR hypoxia OR copper OR "heavy metal" OR cadmium OR salinity OR desiccation OR nutrient* OR sedimentation OR antifouling OR UV OR ultraviolet OR deoxygenation OR dark* OR turbidity OR wave OR "growth rate" OR "rapid growth" OR maturation OR fecundity OR plasticity OR larval OR "body size" OR morphology OR reproduction OR "life history" OR metabolism OR behavior) AND (trait*) Post Introduction Evolution AND (EICA OR evolut* OR "rapid evolut*" OR hybrid* OR bottleneck*) Invasive Taxon Invasive Phylum Type of Study Consumption or Competition Focal Interaction Invasion Enhanced or Limited Citation Marenzelleria arctia Annelida E Competition Single-Species Competition Enhanced (Karlson et al. 2011) Marenzelleria cf. wireni Annelida O Competition Single-Species Competition Enhanced (Essink 1999) Marenzelleria cf. wireni Annelida O Competition Single-Species Competition Enhanced (Essink et al. 1998) Marenzelleria viridis Annelida E Competition Single-Species Competition Enhanced (Kotta & Ólafsson 2003) Artemia franciscana Arthropoda O Consumption Parasitism Enhanced (Georgiev et al. 2007) Balanus glandula Arthropoda O Competition Single-Species Competition Enhanced (Vallarino & Elias 1997) Caprella mutica Arthropoda E Competition Diversity (Multi-species Competition) Enhanced (Shucksmith et al. 2009 Carcinus maenas Arthropoda O Consumption Parasitism Enhanced (Blakeslee et al. 2009) Carcinus maenas Arthropoda E Consumption Predation Limited (deRivera et al. 2005) Carcinus maenas Arthropoda E Consumption Predation Limited (Hunt & Yamada 2003) Carcinus maenas Arthropoda O Consumption & Competition Predation & Single-Species Competition Limited (Jensen et al. 2002) Carcinus maenas Arthropoda E Consump...

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“…Rome and Ellis (2004) have found that the gut content of gulls, such as great black-backed gulls (Larus marinus) and herring gulls (L. argentatus), contain limbs of crabs with no associated carapace, though sublethal bird predation may be more important for the larger and more conspicuous native crabs of New England than for C. maenas and H. sanguineus (Lohrer 2001;Rome and Ellis 2004;Ellis et al 2007). Fish can also inflict limb loss on crabs, and limbs without the accompanying carapace have been documented in the guts of the common mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) and the striped killifish (F. majalis) (Brousseau et al 2008). Finally, local conditions, which we did not record (e.g., water temperature) could also be important in understanding the incidence of injury.…”

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Does consumer injury modify invasion impact?

Delaney¹,

Griffen

Leung

2011

Biol Invasions

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Predicting the impacts of an invasive species solely by its abundance is common, yet it ignores other potentially important moderating factors. One such factor is injury. Severe injury can lead to mortality, which can directly reduce the abundance of the invader. However, more moderate, sublethal injury can also temper the impact of invasive species. Therefore, to predict impacts, it may be useful to examine not only abundance, but also moderating factors (e.g., injury) and predictors of these factors (e.g., density, size). We documented the density, injury (i.e., limb loss), and size of two conspicuous invaders, the European green crab (Carcinus maenas) and the Asian shore crab (Hemigrapsus sanguineus), at thirty sites from Shinnecock County Park, New York to Lubec, Maine. In addition, we used a field experiment to determine how injury influenced the consumption rate of mussels (Mytilus edulis) by each crab species. 31.6% of all C. maenas (1,493/4,721) and 30.7% of H. sanguineus (2,003/6,523) were missing appendage(s). Of the crabs injured, 38.4% (573/1,493) and 30.5% (611/2,003) were missing cheliped(s) for C. maenas and H. sanguineus, respectively. In our experiments, cheliped loss reduced consumption of both species on M. edulis. Injured C. maenas consumed 21% fewer mussels than uninjured crabs. Injury completely eliminated mussel consumption by H. sanguineus. Previous studies have highlighted the detrimental impacts of these two invaders on native bivalve prey. While the loss of a single cheliped can greatly reduce or even eliminate the ability of C. maenas and H. sanguineus to consume M. edulis, our results suggest that injury has a relatively minor role in reducing overall population-level impacts on prey such as mussels. However, injury on an individual-level can play a role in moderating the consumptive impacts of these invaders.

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Foraging by Two Estuarine Fishes, Fundulus heteroclitus and Fundulus majalis, on Juvenile Asian Shore Crabs (Hemigrapsus sanguineus) in Western Long Island Sound

Abstract: The Asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus,

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Mechanisms of possible self-limitation in the invasive Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus

Mechanisms of possible self-limitation in the invasive Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus

Biological mechanisms of marine invasions

Does consumer injury modify invasion impact?

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