Oxygen consumption, temperature and salinity tolerance of the invasive amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus: indicators of further dispersal via ballast water transport

Bruijs, Maarten C. M.; Kelleher, Brian P.; Velde, G. van der; Vaate, A. bij de

doi:10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/152/2001/633

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“…Dikerogammarus villosus originates from an invasion donor "hot spot", the Ponto-Caspian region, with the ballast water of transoceanic shipping a likely invasion vector to the North American Great Lakes (see Mills et al 1993;Ricciardi and Rasmussen 1998;Bruijs et al 2001). Indeed, this species has already successfully invaded European regions like The Netherlands via new canals and shipping (Dick and Platvoet 2000;van der Velde et al 2000).…”

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Predatory impact of the freshwater invaderDikerogammarus villosus(Crustacea: Amphipoda)

Dick¹,

Platvoet²,

Kelly³

2002

Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.

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Abstract:To assess the increasing threats to aquatic ecosystems from invasive species, we need to elucidate the mechanisms of impacts of current and predicted future invaders. Dikerogammarus villosus, a Ponto-Caspian amphipod crustacean, is invading throughout Europe and predicted to invade the North American Great Lakes. European field studies show that populations of macroinvertebrates decline after D. villosus invasion. The mechanism of such impacts has not been addressed empirically; however, D. villosus is known to prey upon and replace other amphipods. Therefore, in this study, we used microcosm and mesocosm laboratory experiments, with both single and mixed prey species scenarios, to assess any predatory impact of D. villosus on a range of macroinvertebrate taxa, trophic groups, and body sizes. Dikerogammarus villosus predatory behaviour included shredding of prey and infliction of "bite" injuries on multiple victims. Dikerogammarus villosus killed significantly greater numbers of macroinvertebrates than did the native Gammarus duebeni, which is currently being replaced by D. villosus. This invader thus appears to impact on freshwater ecosystems through its exceptional predatory capabilities. We predict that future invasions by D. villosus will have serious direct and indirect effects on freshwaters, with its invasion facilitated in a larger "invasional meltdown" in regions like the North American Great Lakes. Résumé

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Predatory impact of the freshwater invaderDikerogammarus villosus(Crustacea: Amphipoda)

Dick¹,

Platvoet²,

Kelly³

2002

Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.

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“…Eriocheir sinensis (25, 32;Anger 1991);10. Dikerogammarus villosus (15, 25;Bruijs et al 2001);11. Eurytemora affinis (10, 27;Lee and Peterson 2002);12.…”

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Minimizing Invasion Risk by Reducing Propagule Pressure: A Model for Ballast-Water Exchange

Wonham¹,

Lewis²,

MacIsaac³

2005

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

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“…Recently it has become very common and abundant in a number of European river systems (Füreder and Pöckl, 2007), where it has a significant impact on other biota by competition, and predominantly by high predatory capabilities on other aquatic macroinvertebrates, including amphipods (Dick and Platvoet, 2000;Platvoet et al, 2009), an isopod (Krisp and Maier, 2005), aquatic insects (Dick et al, 2002;Füreder and Pöckl, 2007) and even small fish (Casellato et al, 2007). D. villosus is a very adaptable species (Füreder and Pöckl, 2007) with high temperature and salinity tolerance (Bruijs et al, 2001). It is competitively superior to many of the indigenous amphipod species in its life history variables, including early maturation, rapid growth and high fecundity (Devin et al, 2004;Füreder and Pöckl, 2007).…”

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Invaders eating invaders: potential trophic interactions between the amphipodDikerogammarus villosusand juvenile crayfishOrconectes limosus

Buřič

Kočí

Petrusek

et al. 2009

Knowl. Managt. Aquatic Ecosyst.

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Key-words: invasive species, interactions, intra-guild predation, survival, crayfishWe investigated potential interspecific predation between two invasive crustacean species, currently widespread and co-occurring in European inland waters: the Ponto-Caspian amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus (Gammaridae) and the North American spiny-cheek crayfish Orconectes limosus (Cambaridae). We evaluated interactions of adult specimens of D. villosus and juvenile O. limosus (from the 3rd developmental stage -DS) under conditions with and without feeding. We used two different experimental setups: short-term (one-week) rearing in aquaria each containing 30 specimens of either single-species or mixed stock, and 20-daylong rearing in small circular plates with one individual of each species.

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Oxygen consumption, temperature and salinity tolerance of the invasive amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus: indicators of further dispersal via ballast water transport

Cited by 106 publications

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Predatory impact of the freshwater invaderDikerogammarus villosus(Crustacea: Amphipoda)

Predatory impact of the freshwater invaderDikerogammarus villosus(Crustacea: Amphipoda)

Minimizing Invasion Risk by Reducing Propagule Pressure: A Model for Ballast-Water Exchange

Invaders eating invaders: potential trophic interactions between the amphipodDikerogammarus villosusand juvenile crayfishOrconectes limosus

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