Success of the invasive Ponto-Caspian amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus by life history traits and reproductive capacity

Pöckl, Manfred

doi:10.1007/s10530-009-9485-5

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“…These include rapid growth rates and early sexual maturation. In addition, both taxa exhibit high fecundity which may be up to three times higher than Gammarus pulex, the most widely distributed native amphipod in north-western Europe (Grabowski et al 2007;Bacela et al 2009;Pöckl 2009;Koester et al 2016). Both D. villosus and D. haemobaphes also have strong competitive advantages over native and other established non-native amphipod taxa associated with their opportunistic and flexible omnivorous feeding characteristics (Dick et al 2002;Platvoet et al 2009a;Rewicz et al 2014).…”

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Substrate preferences of coexisting invasive amphipods, Dikerogammarus villosus and Dikerogammarus haemobaphes, under field and laboratory conditions

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Substrate preferences of coexisting invasive amphipods, Dikerogammarus villosus and Dikerogammarus haemobaphes, under field and laboratory conditions

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“…However, comparisons of the reproductive performance between non-indigenous and related indigenous species are still rather rare (e.g. Peterson et al 2004;Richard et al 2006), with the possible exception of amphipods (Dick 1996;Bacela and Konopacka 2005;Grabowski et al 2007a;Bacela et al 2009;Pöckl 2009). …”

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Differences in stress tolerance and brood size between a non-indigenous and an indigenous gammarid in the northern Baltic Sea

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Differences in stress tolerance and reproductive traits may drive the competitive hierarchy between nonindigenous and indigenous species and turn the former ones into successful invaders. In the northern Baltic Sea, the non-indigenous Gammarus tigrinus is a recent invader of littoral ecosystems and now occupies comparable ecological niches as the indigenous G. zaddachi. In laboratory experiments on specimens collected between June and August 2009 around Tvärminne in southern Finland (59°50 0 N/23°15 0 E), the tolerances towards heat stress and hypoxia were determined for the two species using lethal time, LT 50 , as response variable. The brood size of the two species was also studied and some observations were made on maturation of juveniles. Gammarus tigrinus was more resistant to hypoxia and survived at higher temperatures than G. zaddachi. Brood size was also greater in G. tigrinus than in G. zaddachi and G. tigrinus matured at a smaller size and earlier than G. zaddachi. Hence, there are clear competitive advantages for the non-indigenous G. tigrinus compared to the indigenous G. zaddachi, and these may be further strengthened through ongoing environmental changes related to increased eutrophication and a warming climate in the Baltic Sea region.

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“…The replacement of native gammarideans by invasives could thus be caused by asymmetry in mutual predation (Kinzler and Maier 2003). However, interference competition for shelter can also play a role (Van Riel et al 2006, 2007, 2009Platvoet et al 2009a). These processes are influenced by body size, while in the field, habitat heterogeneity is also important, as heterogeneous habitats provide refuges that may prevent total replacement (MacNeil et al 2008;Grabowski et al 2009;Kestrup and Ricciardi 2009;Piscart et al 2009;Platvoet et al 2009a;Van Riel et al 2009).…”

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“…Marguillier et al (1998) and Van der Velde et al (2000) noticed that the Ponto-Caspian gammaridean species D. villosus, which has invaded the Rhine system since 1994/1995 through the MainDanube canal (Bij de Vaate et al 2002), must act as a predator, in view of the high values of d 15 N, which are similar to those measured in zoobenthivorous fish. Van der Velde et al (2000 and Haas et al (2002) noticed that the composition of the communities changed after the arrival of D. villosus, and densities of macroinvertebrates, including the nonindigenous G. tigrinus on the stones along the River Rhine, were also observed to decrease (Van Riel et al 2006, 2009Leuven et al 2009). Dick and Platvoet (2000) noticed the disappearance of the native Gammarus duebeni along the stony shores of Lake IJsselmeer, as well as a decrease in G. tigrinus in this zone after the arrival of D. villosus (Platvoet et al 2009a).…”

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Environmental and morphological factors influencing predatory behaviour by invasive non-indigenous gammaridean species

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Predatory behaviour seems to be more frequent in invasive gammaridean species than in native ones. This results in the exclusion of other, mostly native gammaridean species and a change in benthic communities. The present study analysed the influence of environmental factors (water temperature) and morphological factors (sex, body parts involved in catching and holding prey) on the predatory behaviour of Dikerogammarus villosus. A diet study of invasive relatives of D. villosus showed that predation intensity is especially high in spring and summer, that is, at increasing and high temperatures. Experiments with D. villosus in climate rooms at various temperatures, using the native Gammarus fossarum as prey, showed that the average predation rate by both sexes gradually increased over the temperature range from 5 to 30°C. Natural mortality during the experiments was negligible compared to losses due to predation. At each temperature, the predation rate by females was lower than that by males. Males showed a steep allometric growth of body parts involved in the process of catching and holding prey, compared to females at increasing body size in a number of measurements. This may explain the difference in predatory behaviour between males and females, which plays a role in intraguild predation a supposed mechanism for species displacement.

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Success of the invasive Ponto-Caspian amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus by life history traits and reproductive capacity

Cited by 50 publications

References 55 publications

Substrate preferences of coexisting invasive amphipods, Dikerogammarus villosus and Dikerogammarus haemobaphes, under field and laboratory conditions

Substrate preferences of coexisting invasive amphipods, Dikerogammarus villosus and Dikerogammarus haemobaphes, under field and laboratory conditions

Differences in stress tolerance and brood size between a non-indigenous and an indigenous gammarid in the northern Baltic Sea

Environmental and morphological factors influencing predatory behaviour by invasive non-indigenous gammaridean species

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