Influences of native and non-native benthivorous fishes on aquatic ecosystem degradation

Fischer, Jesse R.; Krogman, Rebecca M.; Quist, Michael C.

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“…Sidorkewicj et al, 1996;Kaemingk et al, 2017;Maceda-Veiga et al, 2017), and thus diminish food resources for coots and destroy refugia and oviposition sites for invertebrates and amphibians (Diehl & Kornijów, 1998). In our pond system, vegetation biomass was not significantly related to the fish gradient, presumably because turbidity levels during the avian breeding season only exceptionally exceeded 20 NTU (Nieoczym & Kloskowski, 2014), a critical value over which plant development can be seriously hampered (Lougheed et al, 1998; see also Fischer et al, 2013). Carp impact on submerged vegetation and in turn on birds is likely to be more dramatic in warmer parts of the species' introduced range, where carp remain active over most of the year due to higher annual water temperatures (Maceda-Veiga et al, 2017).…”

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confidence: 76%

Habitat selection and reproductive success of coot Fulica atra on ponds under different fish size and density conditions

Nieoczym

Kloskowski

2018

Hydrobiologia

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Fish may influence habitat selection and reproductive success in waterfowl. We investigated the effects of common carp Cyprinus carpio on breeding coots Fulica atra along a gradient of fish size structure and density, created by separate stocking of age cohorts in ponds in eastern Poland. Coot breeding densities were higher on ponds with low biomass of small-sized, young-of-the-year fish than on ponds with medium-or large-sized fish, stocked at high biomass densities; they also increased with increasing submerged vegetation biomass (an effect correlated with water transparency) and emergent vegetation cover. Densities of nektonic and epibenthic macroinvertebrates and of amphibian larvae were also negatively influenced by fish size/density gradient, while densities of emerging insects were not affected. However, coot breeding success per pair was similar among pond types, while positively related to submerged vegetation, indicating that either plant food abundance was more important than the overall trophic impact of fish or fledgling production was additionally limited by factors other than food. Carp may adversely affect pond habitats of waterfowl both via trophic interactions and through abiotic disturbance of ecosystem processes. In coots, however, the effects can be mitigated by maintenance of abundant emergent vegetation and of submerged macrophytes resistant to fish.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 76%

Habitat selection and reproductive success of coot Fulica atra on ponds under different fish size and density conditions

Nieoczym

Kloskowski

2018

Hydrobiologia

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“…Similarly, the range in values was wider for laboratory and field compared to natural experiments ( Figure 7B), but less so between 0C and 1C and older fish ( Figure 7C). However, the upper limit of all these ranges was mainly influenced by the biomass values used in the series of experiments by Angeler et al (2002a,b; and Angeler and Rodrigo (2004) as well as by those of Wells (2013) and Fischer et al (2013), all relying on very high carp stocking densities (Table 5). For this reason, biomass values from these experiments were regarded as outliers and dropped from the statistical estimation of critical biomass (i.e., threshold) for causing an impact.…”

Section: Biomassmentioning

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Experimental Evidence from Causal Criteria Analysis for the Effects of Common CarpCyprinus carpioon Freshwater Ecosystems: A Global Perspective

Vilizzi

Tarkan

Copp

2015

Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture

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As the most widely distributed freshwater fish worldwide, common carp Cyprinus carpio can be either invasive or "naturalized" in most areas of introduction. This leads to different levels of perception regarding the species' role in freshwater ecosystems, with experimental research focusing either on its "middle-out" impacts or overall function in limnological processes. At the same time, the large scales at which carp dynamics operate may severely limit the validity of laboratory and, oftentimes, field experiments in extrapolating results to real-world ecosystems. In this study, 129 laboratory, field, and "natural" experiments were systematically reviewed through causal criteria analysis, and within an historical/biogeographical and risk-assessment context. Of the 19 countries where experiments were conducted, only 4 were considered as "low risk" and one as "no risk, " the other being "medium" to "high risk. " Experimental findings from 373 component-wise assessments supported the framework of effects on water quality, vegetation, invertebrates, and vertebrates, with the latter including also amphibians and waterfowl, previously unreported. Stronger evidence was provided by natural and field relative to laboratory experiments, reflecting the reductionism of the latter. Critical biomass for an impact was highly dependent on experimental setup, even though the overall threshold of %200 kg ha ¡1 under natural conditions supported recent findings. Management of carp should reflect the level of current and potential risk posed by the species in its different areas of distribution, thereby accounting for projections of further spread but also for unsuccessful colonization. Future experimentation should favor a holistic!reductionist over a reductionist!holistic approach.

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“…In Northern European lakes, bream ( Abramis brama ) is a common and abundant freshwater fish (Kottelat & Freyhof, ; Mehner, Diekmann, Brämick, & Lemcke, ; Tammi, Lappalainen, Mannio, Rask, & Vuorenmaa, ). Adult benthivorous bream are highly specialised and important ecosystem engineers that contribute to the structuring and altering freshwater lake systems, since their feeding activity causes resuspension of sediment particles and release of nutrients into the water column (Andersson, Granéli, & Stenson, ; Breukelaar, Lammens, Breteler, & Tátrai, ; Fisher, Krogman, & Quist, ; Zambrano, Scheffer, & Martínez‐Ramos, ). Nutrient release from the sediment and resuspension leads to an increase in water turbidity due to increasing growth of algal biomass as well as an increase in dissolved particles in the water.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This reduces growth of submerged macrophytes and affects population size and size structure of planktivorous and piscivorous fish (Carpenter et al, ; Cooke, Welch, & Newroth, ; Harper, ; Jeppesen et al, ). Ultimately, adult bream can play a major role both for shifting lakes to and subsequently for retaining lakes in a less desired turbid state (Fisher et al, ; Parkos, Santucci, & Wahl, ), which has prompted biomanipulation (removal) efforts in some systems (Søndergaard et al, ).…”

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Partial nomadism in large‐bodied bream (Abramis brama)

Brodersen

Hansen

Skov

2019

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

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The recent focus on a common movement ecology paradigm has increased awareness about the importance of distinguishing different movement patterns for understanding their specific impact on animal ecology and evolution. One specific form of movement is nomadism, where animals move between habitats in an arrhythmic fashion. Although not yet described in detail for freshwater fish, nomadism between lakes within drainage systems could affect local lake food webs in an otherwise unpredictable fashion. In this study, we used passive telemetry to describe inter‐lake movements of 1,280 individually tagged adult benthivorous bream (Abramis brama) over nine contiguous years in a drainage system with two paired lakes. The movements can best be described as partial nomadism, where a part of the population is neither resident nor migratory, but instead moves between lakes in a variable, arrhythmic fashion, often with long residency in one lake before moving to the other. We found extensive between‐year variation in the proportion and direction of bream moving, with higher movement propensity being partly associated with lower somatic condition. Notably, movements out of lakes were significantly more in direction of the neighbouring lake than away from the paired lakes, suggesting that at least direction was not random. Since bream are important ecosystem engineers, fluctuating densities of adult bream could affect ecological stability in lakes. Our study suggests that fish populations in interconnected lakes within drainages should not be treated as isolated units, and we discuss this in relation to lake ecology and the importance for lake ecosystem management.

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Influences of native and non-native benthivorous fishes on aquatic ecosystem degradation

Cited by 44 publications

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Habitat selection and reproductive success of coot Fulica atra on ponds under different fish size and density conditions

Habitat selection and reproductive success of coot Fulica atra on ponds under different fish size and density conditions

Experimental Evidence from Causal Criteria Analysis for the Effects of Common CarpCyprinus carpioon Freshwater Ecosystems: A Global Perspective

Partial nomadism in large‐bodied bream (Abramis brama)

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