Reproduction of Viviparus viviparus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the mid and lowers ections of the Narew River

Augustyniak, Anna

doi:10.12657/folmal.010.009

Cited by 2 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 9 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…However, the reproductive period mainly extends from spring to autumn (Jakubik, 2012), whereas the mass release of offspring starts in June (Piechocki, 1979). These long-lived ovoviviparous gastropods (Augustyniuk & Jakubik, 2002) have a great potential as bioindicators (Despotović et al, 2019) and play important roles in aquatic habitats, acting as filter feeders, deposit feeders and grazers (Höckelmann & Pusch, 2000). Their shells persist in the aquatic environment for a long time (Yanygina & Volgina, 2019), forming shelters and substrates for other animals.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Friends or enemies: Multi‐species interactions among biofoulers, endoparasites and their gastropod hosts

Stanicka

Szopieray

Migdalski

et al. 2022

Journal of Animal Ecology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Parasites are a crucial factor that shapes the functioning of communities throughout the world, as are gregarious macrofoulers in aquatic ecosystems. However, little is known about the effects of three‐way interactions between macrofoulers, endoparasites and their hosts. We predict that macrofouling and parasite infection may act (i) independently of each other, (ii) synergistically, increasing their final negative impact on the host or (iii) antagonistically, the former weakening the negative impact of the latter. We investigated multiway relationships between an invasive freshwater filter‐feeding macrofouler (the zebra mussel), digenean endoparasite and their gastropod host, Viviparus viviparus. Furthermore, we checked the recruitment of mussels in living gastropods versus their empty shells. We sampled living V. viviparus and their empty shells with attached dreissenids from a Polish dam reservoir. We counted and weighed attached mussels and determined wet weight, shell height and sex of gastropods. Then we dissected the molluscs to look for digenean larvae and gastropod embryos. We use these parameters to look for reciprocal associations between mussel fouling, parasitic infection and gastropod size and fertility, as well as to infer the most likely mechanisms of the observed relationships. Dreissenid overgrowth was associated with reduced fertility and size of viviparids, but also with a lower prevalence of digenean metacercariae (Leucochloridiomorpha sp.). We did not observe a negative influence of these digeneans on their gastropod hosts. In addition, large living viviparids and their empty shells were equally used as substrates by dreissenids, but small living gastropods were more fouled than shells of the corresponding size. A trade‐off exists in the studied system: filter‐feeding macrofoulers may bring some profits for their host, reducing the pressure of waterborne parasites (which may be crucial in the case of pathogenic species/life stages), although at the cost of the reduced growth and fertility of the host. Furthermore, mussels attached to mollusc hosts can exert a cascading effect on the reduced prevalence of digeneans in their final hosts, including those of medical or veterinary importance.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Friends or enemies: Multi‐species interactions among biofoulers, endoparasites and their gastropod hosts

Stanicka

Szopieray

Migdalski

et al. 2022

Journal of Animal Ecology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Life strategies of Viviparidae (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Architaenioglossa) in various aquatic habitats: <i>Viviparus viviparus</i> (Linnaeus, 1758) and <i>V. contectus</i> (Millet, 1813)

Jakubik¹

2012

Folia Malacologica

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Viviparidae display two categories of life history traits-one constant and independent of habitat, another depending on ecological conditions. The relatively constant abundance is ensured by clustering in the same places at the same time, sex ratio (prevalence of females), size structure (presence of all size classes, with the largest snails forming the majority), and the high proportion of gravid females in the population. These traits undergo only seasonal variation in particular habitats. Adjustment to environmental changes involves the number of embryos per female and the size of reproducing females. Long-term life history studies were performed on Viviparus viviparus (L.) and V. contectus (Mill.) from various habitats (dam reservoir, river, oxbows connected to the river to varied extent) in Poland. The habitats differed in their surface area, depth and trophic status. The snails from the dam reservoir, ecotone zones in the river and stagnant oxbow lakes reproduced at a large body size, their fecundity being size-dependent. In very variable habitats, like oxbow lakes periodically joined to the river, viviparids reproduced at a younger age and smaller body size, while their fecundity did not increase with the body size. The reproduction was the most important factor determining the viviparid density in the studied habitats. This was mainly associated with the ovoviviparity which allowed for controlling the reproduction process. Reproduction is a flexible life history trait in the populations of V. viviparus and V. contectus.

show abstract

Reproduction of Viviparus viviparus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the mid and lowers ections of the Narew River

Cited by 2 publications

References 9 publications

Friends or enemies: Multi‐species interactions among biofoulers, endoparasites and their gastropod hosts

Friends or enemies: Multi‐species interactions among biofoulers, endoparasites and their gastropod hosts

Life strategies of Viviparidae (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Architaenioglossa) in various aquatic habitats: <i>Viviparus viviparus</i> (Linnaeus, 1758) and <i>V. contectus</i> (Millet, 1813)

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About