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Abonyi A, Fornberg J, Rasconi S, Ptacnik R, Kainz MJ, Lafferty KD. The chytrid insurance hypothesis: integrating parasitic chytrids into a biodiversity-ecosystem functioning framework for phytoplankton-zooplankton population dynamics. Oecologia 2024; 204:279-288. [PMID: 38366067 PMCID: PMC10907492 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-024-05519-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
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In temperate lakes, eutrophication and warm temperatures can promote cyanobacteria blooms that reduce water quality and impair food-chain support. Although parasitic chytrids of phytoplankton might compete with zooplankton, they also indirectly support zooplankton populations through the "mycoloop", which helps move energy and essential dietary molecules from inedible phytoplankton to zooplankton. Here, we consider how the mycoloop might fit into the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) framework. BEF considers how more diverse communities can benefit ecosystem functions like zooplankton production. Chytrids are themselves part of pelagic food webs and they directly contribute to zooplankton diets through spore production and by increasing host edibility. The additional way that chytrids might support BEF is if they engage in "kill-the-winner" dynamics. In contrast to grazers, which result in "eat-the-edible" dynamics, kill-the-winner dynamics can occur for host-specific infectious diseases that control the abundance of dominant (in this case inedible) hosts and thus limit the competitive exclusion of poorer (in this case edible) competitors. Thus, if phytoplankton diversity provides functions, and chytrids support algal diversity, chytrids could indirectly favour edible phytoplankton. All three mechanisms are linked to diversity and therefore provide some "insurance" for zooplankton production against the impacts of eutrophication and warming. In our perspective piece, we explore evidence for the chytrid insurance hypothesis, identify exceptions and knowledge gaps, and outline future research directions.
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- András Abonyi
- WasserCluster Lunz-Biologische Station GmbH, Dr. Carl Kupelwieser Promenade 5, 3293, Lunz Am See, Austria.
- MTA-ÖK Lendület "Momentum" Fluvial Ecology Research Group, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Karolina Street 29, 1113, Budapest, Hungary.
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Université Savoie Mont Blanc, INRAE, CARRTEL, 74200, Thonon-Les-Bains, France
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- WasserCluster Lunz-Biologische Station GmbH, Dr. Carl Kupelwieser Promenade 5, 3293, Lunz Am See, Austria
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- WasserCluster Lunz-Biologische Station GmbH, Dr. Carl Kupelwieser Promenade 5, 3293, Lunz Am See, Austria
- Donau-Universität Krems, Dr. Karl Dorrek Straße 30, 3500, Krems, Austria
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, at Marine Science Institute, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106-6150, USA
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Parra Garcia EA, Rivera Parra N, Rodriguez Rey BA, Hoyos Rincón IC. SIMULATION OF BIOMASS DYNAMICS IN PLANKTON OF A HIGH-ALTITUDE ANDEAN TROPICAL RESERVOIR IN COLOMBIA. ACTA BIOLÓGICA COLOMBIANA 2021. [DOI: 10.15446/abc.v26n3.83182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The understanding of the relationships between the planktonic communities in a reservoir allows us to infer possible changes in the redistribution of matter and energy flows in these systems. This work proposes a dynamic model for the trophic network of the Riogrande II tropical reservoir, which integrates the planktonic trophic chains of detritus and grazing, limiting the prey-predator interactions by introducing the prey meeting factor (pmf). We built a dynamic model of mass balance supported by an extensive bibliographic search. The limitations of consumers and resources were represented simultaneously by means of the pmf. The data used to validate the model were compiled from previous investigations carried out in this reservoir from 2010 to 2013. The values of pmf that we found in each simulation suggest that the top predator can access its main prey in certain concentrations of total phosphorus, with a probability of encounter ranging from 9.3 % to 17.7 %. Our simulations indicate that most of the primary production is poorly used by the primary consumers in the photic zone, however, it enters in the flows of the detrital chain and supports the production of zooplankton almost entirely. According to this finding, the biomass densities obtained in the previous studies can be better explained by the causal relationships assumed in this model.
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Tiberti R, Buscaglia F, Callieri C, Rogora M, Tartari G, Sommaruga R. Food Web Complexity of High Mountain Lakes is Largely Affected by Glacial Retreat. Ecosystems 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10021-019-00457-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Boulion VV. Biotic Energy Flow Passing through the Microbial Trophic Web in the Pelagic Zone of Lake Ecosystems. CONTEMP PROBL ECOL+ 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s1995425519020033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Osidele O, Beck M. Food web modelling for investigating ecosystem behaviour in large reservoirs of the south-eastern United States: lessons from Lake Lanier, Georgia. Ecol Modell 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2003.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Delong MD, Thorp JH, Greenwood KS, Miller MC. Responses of consumers and food resources to a high magnitude, unpredicted flood in the upper Mississippi River basin. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/rrr.614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Hansson LA, Brönmark C, Nyström P, Greenberg L, Lundberg P, Nilsson PA, Persson A, Pettersson LB, Romare P, Tranvik LJ. Consumption patterns, complexity and enrichment in aquatic food chains. Proc Biol Sci 1998. [DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1998.0376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Lars-Anders Hansson
- Department of Ecology, Ecology Building, Lund University, S–223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Ecology Building, Lund University, S–223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Ecology Building, Lund University, S–223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Ecology Building, Lund University, S–223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Ecology Building, Lund University, S–223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Ecology Building, Lund University, S–223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Ecology Building, Lund University, S–223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Ecology Building, Lund University, S–223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Ecology Building, Lund University, S–223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Ecology Building, Lund University, S–223 62 Lund, Sweden
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Langenheim JH. EARLY HISTORY AND PROGRESS OF WOMEN ECOLOGISTS: Emphasis Upon Research Contributions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.27.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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▪ Abstract Although women are increasingly prominent as ecologists, a report on their progress through the history of ecology in overcoming personal and societal obstacles provides interesting insights regarding their research achievements. Selected, predominantly American, women ecologists are presented within five time frames according to the date of their PhD, an event marking the beginning of their careers. A general view is given for pre-1900 Protoecologists, followed by brief professional sketches for 10 Early Pioneers (1900–1934), 16 Late Pioneers (1935–1960), and 28 members of the irst Modern Wave (1961–1975). The relatively large number of women who earned doctorates after 1975 precludes discussion of individuals from this time in this review. The following issues are discussed in the context of their research contributions: 1) motivating factors, 2) graduate education and subfield entered, 3) mentors and role models, 4) employment, 5) marriage and family constraints, and 6) recognition. These issues are compared with data from recent surveys for post-1976 women doctorates. Each selected woman still alive was contacted for her assessment of her research; 156 research citations display the significance and range of subjects studied. A steady, albeit slow, progress since 1900 is evident, although some problems regarding gender equality in professional development of women ecologists persist. These issues, however, are now more clearly recognized and addressed.
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- Jean H. Langenheim
- Department of Biology, Sinsheimer Laboratories, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064
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