Prolific pioneers and reserved settlers. Changes in the life-history of the western tubenose goby (Proterorhinus semilunaris) at different invasion stages

Grabowska, Joanna; Tarkan, Ali Serhan; Błońska, Dagmara; Top, Nildeniz; Janic, Bartosz; Przybylski, Mirosław

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142316

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“…These spatial differences in trait expression are driven by a combination of phenotypic plasticity, natural selection and spatial sorting (Messager and Olden, 2019), with phenotypic plasticity a key feature of many highly invasive species as it enables rapid adaptation to the novel habitat (Chevin et al, 2010). In alien fish, this trait plasticity is expressed through differences in their somatic growth and reproductive traits, with fish at the range front tending to be faster growing, reproducing earlier and then investing more in reproduction (Bøhn et al, 2004;Fox et al, 2007), with this expression facilitated by relatively low levels of intra-specific competition (Brownscombe and Fox, 2012;Grabowska et al, 2021). Correspondingly, the fast growth rates observed in the translocated chub of the River Frome might be a response to their relatively low abundances in the river (although due to the river characteristics, estimates of population abundance could not be completed).…”

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Age and growth rates of a translocated chub Squalius cephalus chalk-stream population with comparison to indigenous riverine populations in England

Warren

Pinder

Britton

2022

Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst.

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Introduced fishes into lowland rivers can result in invasive populations establishing and then dispersing, where knowledge of their life history traits contributes to understandings of their invasion ecology. Here, the age and growth rates of a translocated chub Squalius cephalus population were assessed in the River Frome, a lowland chalk-stream in Southern England, where chub was introduced approximately 15 years ago. The results were assessed in relation to 35 riverine indigenous chub populations in England. Across these populations, individual chub were present to lengths over 550 mm and aged to at least 19 years old. In samples collected from the River Frome, however, no fish were present over 300 mm and age 4+years. Growth rate analyses of both the annual length increment produced between age 1 and 2 years (juvenile growth rate) and length at the last annulus (adult growth rate) revealed that both of these were relatively high in the River Frome population, being among the fastest of all sampled populations. It is suggested these fast growth rates were the response of the fish to their new environment, facilitating their establishment and colonisation through, for example, enabling reproduction at relatively young ages.

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Age and growth rates of a translocated chub Squalius cephalus chalk-stream population with comparison to indigenous riverine populations in England

Warren

Pinder

Britton

2022

Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst.

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“…Gutowsky and Fox 2012;Hôrková and Kováč 2013;Masson et al 2018). However, similar studies on other invasive goby species are scarce (Kováč et al 2009;Placha et al 2010;Gertzen et al 2016;Grabowska et al 2021).…”

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The functional ecology of four invasive Ponto–Caspian gobies

Grabowska,

Błońska,

Ondračková

et al. 2023

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

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Ponto–Caspian gobies are among Europe's most invasive freshwater fish species. These small freshwater and brackish water fish have spread rapidly since the end of the last century, invading the major European river systems, including the Rivers Danube, Rhine, Moselle, Meuse, Vistula, Elbe, Nemunas, Neva, Volga, while also establishing in streams, dam reservoirs, lakes, and artificial canals in 17 European countries. Two species have also successfully established in North America. The contribution of Ponto–Caspian gobies to local fish assemblages varies, but locally they are abundant or dominant components of fish assemblages in invaded ecosystems. We have considered their invasive distribution, range of occupied aquatic environments, abundance, and frequency of occurrence, and summarised their role and position in the trophic webs of invaded ecosystems. We focused on four goby species: western tubenose goby Proterorhinus semilunaris, bighead goby Ponticola kessleri, racer goby Babka gymnotrachelus and monkey goby Neogobius fluviatilis. Based on our own research and other published studies, we described the habitat preferences of these species and assessed their ecological impact on co-occurring species, both native and non-native, as predators, prey, competitors, and as hosts and vectors of parasites.

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Invasion of pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus is facilitated by phenotypic plasticity across its invasion gradient

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Prolific pioneers and reserved settlers. Changes in the life-history of the western tubenose goby (Proterorhinus semilunaris) at different invasion stages

Cited by 8 publications

References 70 publications

Age and growth rates of a translocated chub Squalius cephalus chalk-stream population with comparison to indigenous riverine populations in England

Age and growth rates of a translocated chub Squalius cephalus chalk-stream population with comparison to indigenous riverine populations in England

The functional ecology of four invasive Ponto–Caspian gobies

Invasion of pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus is facilitated by phenotypic plasticity across its invasion gradient

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