Impact of amphipod predation on the benthic eggs of marine fish: an analysis of Calliopius laeviusculus bioenergetic demands and predation on the eggs of a beach spawning osmeriid (Mallotus villosus)

DeBlois, E. M.; Leggett, William C.

doi:10.3354/meps093205

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“…When compared with a capelin egg mortality caused by amphipod predation in coastal regions of Newfoundland, these estimates are low. DeBlois and Leggett (1993) estimated that egg consumption by Calliopius laeviusculus could account for from 5 to 30% of the total egg deposition, but these eggs were deposited in the intertidal areas. Nevertheless, the total capelin egg consumption by the red king crab may be underestimated because consumption by juvenile crabs was not included in the study.…”

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Predation on early life stages is decisive for year-class strength in the Barents Sea capelin (Mallotus villosus) stock

Gjøsæter

Hallfredsson

Mikkelsen³

et al. 2015

ICES J. Mar. Sci.

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Year-class strength of Barents Sea capelin has been monitored closely since the early 1970s and during this 45 years period three short periods of almost total recruitment failure leading to three stock collapses have been observed. These events triggered much attention since there was a large commercial fishery for capelin, but also because of observed ecosystem effects attributed to the first of these collapse events. This attention motivated research to clarify mechanisms behind the recruitment failures, and many papers have been published regarding the causes of these events. Here, we review this literature and try to put the various investigations into context. Most of the research conducted gives evidence in favour of a hypothesis that was formulated after the first recruitment failure event in the mid-1980s that predation on capelin larvae was the main cause of recruitment failure. Most studies also support the hypothesis that young herring (Clupea harengus) was the main predator on capelin larvae, but other predators like young-of-the-year cod (Gadus morhua) and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) probably also played a role. Investigations of the effect of predators such as haddock, red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus), diving birds, and capelin on the demersal capelin eggs have also been reviewed. Usually, these predators are found to consume capelin eggs, but most likely not to an extent that would affect the recruitment to a noticeable degree. It is concluded that the predation on capelin larvae is the main reason for the observed recruitment failures, although predation from the predators reviewed here can hardly be the only reason for almost total recruitment failures observed in some periods.

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Section: Predation On Capelin Eggsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Predation on early life stages is decisive for year-class strength in the Barents Sea capelin (Mallotus villosus) stock

Gjøsæter

Hallfredsson

Mikkelsen³

et al. 2015

ICES J. Mar. Sci.

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“…From productive coastal marine ecosystems, shorelines receive wrack (drift macrophytes) in quantities that range from 10s to 1000s of kg m −2 each year (Polis & Hurd 1996), which wash up on a variable but relatively continuous basis. Other subsidies, including animal drift such as pinniped carcasses (Polis & Hurd 1996) and the products of beach spawning fishes (mainly eggs), including capelin (DeBlois & Leggett 1993) and likely Pacific herring, represent more spatiotemporally con strained or 'pulsed' subsidies to intertidal and supratidal zones. Receiving these subsidies of wrack, carrion and fish eggs is a large community of intertidal and supratidal predators, scavengers and detritivores, including amphipods (DeBlois & Leggett 1993, Polis et al 2004.…”

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“…Other subsidies, including animal drift such as pinniped carcasses (Polis & Hurd 1996) and the products of beach spawning fishes (mainly eggs), including capelin (DeBlois & Leggett 1993) and likely Pacific herring, represent more spatiotemporally con strained or 'pulsed' subsidies to intertidal and supratidal zones. Receiving these subsidies of wrack, carrion and fish eggs is a large community of intertidal and supratidal predators, scavengers and detritivores, including amphipods (DeBlois & Leggett 1993, Polis et al 2004. Talitrid amphipods, commonly known as sand hoppers or beach fleas, are abundant semi-terrestrial detritivores (Koch 1990).…”

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Pacific herring Clupea pallasii and wrack macrophytes subsidize semi-terrestrial detritivores

Fox¹,

El‐Sabaawi²,

Paquet³

et al. 2014

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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The bi-directional movements of materials, nutrients and energy across the land−sea interface result in a number of ecological consequences. Migratory animals that move across ecosystems drive a number of these spatial subsidies (e.g. anadromous salmon), but many of the world's animal migrations are in decline. The cross-ecosystem reach of Pacific herring Clupea pallasii, a migratory, iteroparous forage fish that spawns along the coastlines of the North Pacific Ocean, has never been studied. Spawn events represent large aggregations of biomass and energy, a portion of which is transferred to intertidal and supratidal zones. Using fatty acids and stable isotopic signatures of carbon and nitrogen, we (1) traced the sources of production and (2) tested the hypothesis that herring subsidizes detritivorous, semi-terrestrial amphipods (Talitridae: Traskorchestia spp.), which are often abundant in intertidal and supratidal zones. Amphipods and likely dietary items (macrophytes and herring eggs) were collected from 5 beaches before and after herring spawned in Quatsino Sound, British Columbia. Combined with the use of mixing models, stable isotopes suggest that herring, in addition to brown algae and seagrass, were major sources of production during the study period. Fatty acid results suggest that brown algae is generally a major dietary resource for amphipods, but herring eggs provide important omega-3 fatty acids that are low in abundance prior to herring spawn events. Taken together, we provide corroborative evidence of a previously unknown cross-ecosystem spatial subsidy by Pacific herring. Further, because amphipods are prey for several terrestrial consumers, we also identify previously unknown marine−terrestrial linkages.KEY WORDS: Pacific herring · Spatial subsidy · Wrack · Amphipoda · Detritivores · Fatty acids · Stable isotope Resale or republication not permitted without written consent of the publisher Editorial responsibility: Omar Defeo,

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“…Most species are eurythermal, euryhaline, and benthic and are found in freshwater, estuarine, and marine environments, on all types of substrates, on submerged aquatic vegetation, and on other faunal species (Corona et al, 2000;Thomas and Klebba, 2007). Their distribution is cosmopolitan, and some reach depths of 600 m. They play an important part in the structure and function of estuarine communities through their high abundance (Nelson, 1979;Tanner, 2006), reproductive strategies (Johnson et al, 2000), behavior, and feeding habits (DeBlois and Leggett, 1993;Kamermans et al, 2002). They recycle nutrients, favor sediment bioturbation and stabilization, and may be parasites and disease vectors.…”

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Gammarid and Corophiid Amphipods (Crustacea, Peracarida, Amphipoda) of Laguna de Tamiahua, Veracruz and Laguna Madre, Tamaulipas, Mexico: Spatial and Temporal Distribution

Raz-Guzmán¹,

Villegas²

2018

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Gammarid and corophiid amphipods were collected in Laguna de Tamiahua and Laguna Madre from seagrass beds, macroalgae, and bare substrates with a Renfro beam net and an otter trawl. Tamiahua provided 17 species, of which Cymadusa compta was the dominant species (66.3%), while Madre provided 24 species with C. compta (60.8%) and Elasmopus levis (20.2%) as the dominant species. Amphipod distribution was widespread in both lagoons, though concentrated along the inner margin of the sand barriers in Halodule wrightii beds. In Tamiahua, five species were present throughout the lagoon, E. levis in the north and center, Ampelisca vadorum in the north and south, and Nototropis minikoi and Melita nitida in the center and south, with Ampithoe valida only in the north, Ampithoe longimana only in the center, and Apohyale prevostii only in the south. In Madre, eight species were present throughout the lagoon, Gammarus mucronatus only in the north and south, Ampelisca vadorum only in the center and Catán, four species only in the north, two only in the center, and two only in the south. The number of species recorded in August and December in general did not vary, whereas the greater density values of August suggest optimum conditions for reproduction and survival, and the lower values of December may follow the harsher climatic conditions and/or predation by visiting migratory birds and fish that winter in these lagoons. Compared with Términos, Alvarado and each other, Tamiahua and Madre are the most similar, since they share 12 species, environmental characteristics, and seagrass distribution.

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Impact of amphipod predation on the benthic eggs of marine fish: an analysis of Calliopius laeviusculus bioenergetic demands and predation on the eggs of a beach spawning osmeriid (Mallotus villosus)

Cited by 11 publications

References 17 publications

Predation on early life stages is decisive for year-class strength in the Barents Sea capelin (Mallotus villosus) stock

Predation on early life stages is decisive for year-class strength in the Barents Sea capelin (Mallotus villosus) stock

Pacific herring Clupea pallasii and wrack macrophytes subsidize semi-terrestrial detritivores

Gammarid and Corophiid Amphipods (Crustacea, Peracarida, Amphipoda) of Laguna de Tamiahua, Veracruz and Laguna Madre, Tamaulipas, Mexico: Spatial and Temporal Distribution

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