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Jiménez L, Fieberg JR, McCartney M, Ferguson JM. A framework for modeling the impacts of adaptive search intensity on the efficiency of abundance surveys. Ecology 2024; 105:e4396. [PMID: 39117419 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Revised: 05/01/2024] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024]
Abstract
When planning abundance surveys, the impact of search intensity on the quality of the density estimates is rarely considered. We constructed a time-budget modeling framework for abundance surveys using principles from optimal foraging theory. We link search intensity to the number of sample units surveyed, searcher detection probability, the number of detections made, and the precision of the estimated population density. This framework allowed us to determine how a searcher should behave to produce optimized density estimates. Using data collected from quadrat and removal surveys of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) in central Minnesota, we applied this framework to evaluate potential improvements. We found that by tuning searcher behavior, density estimates from removal surveys of zebra mussels could be improved by up to 60% in some cases, without changing the overall survey time. Our framework also predicts a critical population density where the best survey method switches from removal surveys at low densities to quadrat surveys at high densities, consistent with past empirical work. In addition, we provide simulation tools to apply this form of analysis to a number of other commonly used survey designs. Our results provide insights into how to improve the performance of many survey methods in high-density environments by either tuning searcher behavior or decoupling the estimation of population density and detection probability.
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- Laura Jiménez
- School of Life Sciences, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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- Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Vander Zanden MJ, Gorsky A, Hansen GJA, Johnson PTJ, Latzka AW, Mikulyuk A, Rohwer RR, Spear MJ, Walsh JR. Nine Lessons about Aquatic Invasive Species from the North Temperate Lakes Long-Term Ecological Research (NTL-LTER) Program. Bioscience 2024; 74:509-523. [PMID: 39229622 PMCID: PMC11367673 DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biae062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 09/05/2024] Open
Abstract
Freshwater ecosystems can serve as model systems that reveal insights into biological invasions. In this article, we summarize nine lessons about aquatic invasive species from the North Temperate Lakes Long-Term Ecological Research program and affiliated projects. The lessons about aquatic invasive species are as follows: Invasive species are more widespread than has been documented; they are usually at low abundance; they can irrupt from low-density populations in response to environmental triggers; they can occasionally have enormous and far-reaching impacts; they can affect microbial communities; reservoirs act as invasive species hotspots; ecosystem vulnerability to invasion can be estimated; invasive species removal can produce long-term benefits; and the impacts of invasive species control may be greater than the impacts of the invasive species. This synthesis highlights how long-term research on a freshwater landscape can advance our understanding of invasions.
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- M Jake Vander Zanden
- Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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- Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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- Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, Conservation Biology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota, United States
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States
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- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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- Aquatic Sciences Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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- Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
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- Illinois River Biological Station, at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Havana, Illinois, United States
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- Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, Conservation Biology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota, United States
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Bonnamour A, Blake RE, Liebhold AM, Nahrung HF, Roques A, Turner RM, Yamanaka T, Bertelsmeier C. Historical plant introductions predict current insect invasions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2221826120. [PMID: 37276425 PMCID: PMC10268304 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2221826120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023] Open
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Thousands of insect species have been introduced outside of their native ranges, and some of them strongly impact ecosystems and human societies. Because a large fraction of insects feed on or are associated with plants, nonnative plants provide habitat and resources for invading insects, thereby facilitating their establishment. Furthermore, plant imports represent one of the main pathways for accidental nonnative insect introductions. Here, we tested the hypothesis that plant invasions precede and promote insect invasions. We found that geographical variation in current nonnative insect flows was best explained by nonnative plant flows dating back to 1900 rather than by more recent plant flows. Interestingly, nonnative plant flows were a better predictor of insect invasions than potentially confounding socioeconomic variables. Based on the observed time lag between plant and insect invasions, we estimated that the global insect invasion debt consists of 3,442 region-level introductions, representing a potential increase of 35% of insect invasions. This debt was most important in the Afrotropics, the Neotropics, and Indomalaya, where we expect a 10 to 20-fold increase in discoveries of new nonnative insect species. Overall, our results highlight the strong link between plant and insect invasions and show that limiting the spread of nonnative plants might be key to preventing future invasions of both plants and insects.
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- Aymeric Bonnamour
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Northern Research Station, Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture, Morgantown, WV26505
- Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 16500Prague, Czech Republic
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- Forest Industries Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Buderim, QLD4556, Australia
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UR 0633, Zoologie Forestière, 4575Orléans, France
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- Scion (New Zealand Forest Research Institute), Christchurch8440, New Zealand
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- Research Center for Agricultural Information Technology, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 305-8517Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015Lausanne, Switzerland
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DeWeese NE, Favot EJ, Branstrator DK, Reavie ED, Smol JP, Engstrom DR, Rantala HM, Schottler SP, Paterson AM. Early presence of Bythotrephes cederströmii (Cladocera: Cercopagidae) in lake sediments in North America: evidence or artifact? JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY 2021; 66:389-405. [PMID: 34720408 PMCID: PMC8536630 DOI: 10.1007/s10933-021-00213-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
The spiny water flea (Bythotrephes cederströmii), a freshwater crustacean considered to be the world's best-studied invasive zooplankter, was first recorded in North America in the Laurentian Great Lakes during the 1980s. Its arrival is widely considered to be the result of ocean-going cargo ships that translocated contaminated ballast water from Eurasia to the Great Lakes during the 1970-1980s. The subsequent first discovery of the species in inland lakes is consistent with the hypothesis that propagules dispersed initially from established Great Lakes populations. Here we present evidence of exoskeletal remains, including mandibles, tail spines, and resting eggs, in 210Pb-dated lake sediment cores, which suggests that B. cederströmii was already resident in four inland North American lakes (two in Minnesota, USA; two in Ontario, Canada) by at least the early 1900s. Densities of exoskeletal remains were low and relatively steady from first appearance until about 1990, after which time they increased in all cores. The earliest evidence that we found was a mandible at 33-cm depth (pre-1650) in the sediments of Three Mile Lake, Ontario, Canada. These unexpected findings challenge the current paradigm of B. cederströmii invasion, renew uncertainty about the timing and sequence of its colonization of North American lakes, and potentially question our ability to detect invasive species with traditional sampling methods. We attempted to eliminate errors in the dated stratigraphies of the exoskeletal remains that might have been introduced either methodologically (e.g., core-wall smearing) or naturally (e.g., bioturbation). Nonetheless, given the very low numbers of subfossils encountered, questions remain about the possible artifactual nature of our observations and therefore we regard our results as 'preliminary findings' at this time.
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- Nichole E. DeWeese
- Department of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth, 1035 Kirby Drive, Duluth, MN 55812 USA
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- Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL), Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth, 1035 Kirby Drive, Duluth, MN 55812 USA
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- Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth, 5013 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, MN 55811 USA
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- Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL), Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada
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- St. Croix Watershed Research Station, Science Museum of Minnesota, 16910 152nd St. N., Marine on St. Croix, MN 55047 USA
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- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 5351 North Shore Dr, Duluth, MN 55804 USA
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- St. Croix Watershed Research Station, Science Museum of Minnesota, 16910 152nd St. N., Marine on St. Croix, MN 55047 USA
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- Dorset Environmental Science Centre, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, Dorset, ON P0A 1E0 Canada
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Spear MJ, Walsh JR, Ricciardi A, Zanden MJV. The Invasion Ecology of Sleeper Populations: Prevalence, Persistence, and Abrupt Shifts. Bioscience 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaa168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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It is well established that nonnative species are a key driver of global environmental change, but much less is known about the underlying drivers of nonnative species outbreaks themselves. In the present article, we explore the concept and implications of nonnative sleeper populations in invasion dynamics. Such populations persist at low abundance for years or even decades—a period during which they often go undetected and have negligible impact—until they are triggered by an environmental factor to become highly abundant and disruptive. Population irruptions are commonly misinterpreted as a recent arrival of the nonnative species, but sleeper populations belie a more complex history of inconspicuous occurrence followed by an abrupt shift in abundance and ecological impact. In the present article, we identify mechanisms that can trigger their irruption, and the implications for invasive species risk assessment and management.
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- Michael J Spear
- University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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- Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota, time of this work, and is now the invasive species grants and research coordinator for the Ecological and Water Resources Division of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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- Redpath Museum and McGill School of Environment, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and is a research associate at the Centre for Invasion Biology at Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Hoffman JC, Meredith C, Pilgrim E, Trebitz A, Hatzenbuhler C, Kelly JR, Peterson G, Lietz J, Okum S, Martinson J. Comparison of Larval Fish Detections Using Morphology-Based Taxonomy versus High-Throughput Sequencing for Invasive Species Early Detection. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES. JOURNAL CANADIEN DES SCIENCES HALIEUTIQUES ET AQUATIQUES 2021; 78:752-764. [PMID: 35619733 PMCID: PMC9132201 DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2020-0224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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When first introduced, invasive species typically evade detection; DNA barcoding coupled with high-throughput sequencing (HTS) may be more sensitive and accurate than morphology-based taxonomy, and thereby improve invasive (or rare) species detection. We quantified the relative error of species detection between morphology-based and HTS-based taxonomic identification of ichthyoplankton collections from the Port of Duluth, Minnesota, an aquatic non-native species introduction 'hot-spot' in the Laurentian Great Lakes. We found HTS-based taxonomy identified 28 species and morphology-based taxonomy 30 species, of which 27 were common to both. Among samples, 76% of family-level taxonomic assignments agreed; however, only 42% of species assignments agreed. Most errors were attributed to morphology-based taxonomy, whereas HTS-based taxonomy error was low. For this study system, for most non-native fishes, the detection probability by randomized survey for larvae was similar to that by a survey that is optimized for non-native species early detection of juveniles and adults. We conclude that classifying taxonomic errors by comparing HTS results against morphology-based taxonomy is an important step toward incorporating HTS-based taxonomy into biodiversity surveys.
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- Joel Christopher Hoffman
- US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division, 6201 Congdon Blvd, Duluth, Minnesota, 55804, USA
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- Montana Department of Environmental Quality, 1520 E. 6th Avenue, Helena, Montana, 59601, USA
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- US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, Watershed and Ecosystem Characterization Division, 26 West Martin Luther King Dr, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45268, USA
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- US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division, 6201 Congdon Blvd, Duluth, Minnesota, 55804, USA
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- Badger Technical Services c/o US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division, 6201 Congdon Blvd, Duluth, Minnesota, 55804, USA
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- US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division, 6201 Congdon Blvd, Duluth, Minnesota, 55804, USA
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- US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division, 6201 Congdon Blvd, Duluth, Minnesota, 55804, USA
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- US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division, 6201 Congdon Blvd, Duluth, Minnesota, 55804, USA
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- US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, Watershed and Ecosystem Characterization Division, 26 West Martin Luther King Dr, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45268, USA
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- US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division, 26 West Martin Luther King Dr, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45268, USA
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Walsh JR, Hansen GJA, Read JS, Vander Zanden MJ. Comparing models using air and water temperature to forecast an aquatic invasive species response to climate change. Ecosphere 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Jake R. Walsh
- Center for Limnology University of Wisconsin – Madison 680 N. Park Street Madison Wisconsin53706USA
- Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology University of Minnesota – Twin Cities 2003 Upper Buford Cir St Paul Minnesota55108USA
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- Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology University of Minnesota – Twin Cities 2003 Upper Buford Cir St Paul Minnesota55108USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey 8505 Research Way Middleton Wisconsin53562USA
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- Center for Limnology University of Wisconsin – Madison 680 N. Park Street Madison Wisconsin53706USA
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Evaluation of a method that uses one cubic meter mesocosms to elucidate a relationship between inoculation density and establishment probability for the nonindigenous, invasive zooplankter, Bythotrephes longimanus. Biol Invasions 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-019-02077-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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