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Berasategui AA, Calliari DL, Amodeo M, Spetter CV, Guinder V, Biancalana F. Interannual changes in winter-spring zooplankton estuarine community forced by hydroclimatic variability - With special reference to bioindicator species Eurytemora americana. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 186:105898. [PMID: 36780804 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.105898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Climatic variability and anthropogenic pressures impact the structure and dynamics of pelagic ecosystems and copepods are good indicators of such changes. This investigation aims to explore the interannual pattern of the mesozooplankton community, in relation to environmental variables in the Bahía Blanca Estuary during winter-spring from last two decades focusing on the dominant species Eurytemora americana. Main changes recorded include increased temperature, alteration of the nutrient balance, a decrease in chlorophyll-a, modifications in the abundance-structure of the phytoplankton assemblages, and changes in the abundance-structure of the mesozooplankton community. A significant decrease was observed in species richness of the mesozooplankton over time. Alterations in abundance and reproductive traits of E. americana, were also found. The population of E. americana dropped from mean relative abundance of 47% in first years to 20-12% in lasts one, accompanied with an increase of copepod species characterized by higher trophic plasticity in eutrophic conditions, like Acartia tonsa and Euterpina acutifrons.
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- A A Berasategui
- Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO-UNS-CONICET), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Camino La Carrindanga Km 7.5, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, Argentina.
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225, CP 11400, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO-UNS-CONICET), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Camino La Carrindanga Km 7.5, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO-UNS-CONICET), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Camino La Carrindanga Km 7.5, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, Argentina; Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Av. Alem 1253, 8000, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO-UNS-CONICET), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Camino La Carrindanga Km 7.5, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO-UNS-CONICET), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Camino La Carrindanga Km 7.5, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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Byers JE, Blaze JA, Dodd AC, Hall HL, Gribben PE. Exotic asphyxiation: interactions between invasive species and hypoxia. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2023; 98:150-167. [PMID: 36097368 PMCID: PMC10087183 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12900] [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: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Non-indigenous species (NIS) and hypoxia (<2 mg O2 l-1 ) can disturb and restructure aquatic communities. Both are heavily influenced by human activities and are intensifying with global change. As these disturbances increase, understanding how they interact to affect native species and systems is essential. To expose patterns, outcomes, and generalizations, we thoroughly reviewed the biological invasion literature and compiled 100 studies that examine the interaction of hypoxia and NIS. We found that 64% of studies showed that NIS are tolerant of hypoxia, and 62% showed that NIS perform better than native species under hypoxia. Only one-quarter of studies examined NIS as creators of hypoxia; thus, NIS are more often considered passengers associated with hypoxia, rather than drivers of it. Paradoxically, the NIS that most commonly create hypoxia are primary producers. Taxa like molluscs are typically more hypoxia tolerant than mobile taxa like fish and crustaceans. Most studies examine individual-level or localized responses to hypoxia; however, the most extensive impacts occur when hypoxia associated with NIS affects communities and ecosystems. We discuss how these influences of hypoxia at higher levels of organization better inform net outcomes of the biological invasion process, i.e. establishment, spread, and impact, and are thus most useful to management. Our review identifies wide variation in the way in which the interaction between hypoxia and NIS is studied in the literature, and suggests ways to address the number of variables that affect their interaction and refine insight gleaned from future studies. We also identify a clear need for resource management to consider the interactive effects of these two global stressors which are almost exclusively managed independently.
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- James E. Byers
- Odum School of EcologyUniversity of Georgia140 E. Green St.AthensGA30602USA
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- Odum School of EcologyUniversity of Georgia140 E. Green St.AthensGA30602USA
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- Odum School of EcologyUniversity of Georgia140 E. Green St.AthensGA30602USA
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- Odum School of EcologyUniversity of Georgia140 E. Green St.AthensGA30602USA
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- Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental ScienceUniversity of New South WalesRm 4115, Building E26SydneyNew South Wales2052Australia
- Sydney Institute of Marine ScienceChowder Bay RdMosmanNew South Wales2088Australia
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Hu N, Bourdeau PE, Harlos C, Liu Y, Hollander J. Meta-analysis reveals variance in tolerance to climate change across marine trophic levels. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 827:154244. [PMID: 35245550 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Marine ecosystems are currently facing a variety of anthropogenic perturbations, including climate change. Trophic differences in response to climate change may disrupt ecological interactions and thereby threaten marine ecosystem function. Yet, we still do not have a comprehensive understanding of how different trophic levels respond to climate change stressors in marine ecosystems. By including 1278 experiments, comprising 236 different marine species from 18 different phyla in a meta-analysis of studies measuring the direct effect of ocean acidification and ocean warming on marine organisms, we found that higher trophic level species display greater tolerance to ocean acidification but greater sensitivity to warming. In contrast, marine herbivores were the most vulnerable trophic level to both acidification and warming. Such imbalances in the community and a general reduction of biodiversity and biomass in lower trophic levels can significantly disrupt the system and could drive negative bottom-up effects. In conclusion, with ocean acidification and elevated temperatures, there is an alarming risk that trophic disparity may disrupt species interactions, and thereby drive community destabilization under ocean climate change.
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- Nan Hu
- Department of Biology- Aquatic ecology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology- Aquatic ecology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Biology- Aquatic ecology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650504, China
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- Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute, World Maritime University, Malmö, Sweden.
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Muñoz-Mas R, Carrete M, Castro-Díez P, Delibes-Mateos M, Jaques JA, López-Darias M, Nogales M, Pino J, Traveset A, Turon X, Vilà M, García-Berthou E. Management of invasive alien species in Spain: A bibliometric review. NEOBIOTA 2021. [DOI: 10.3897/neobiota.70.68202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Scientific and grey literature on invasive alien species (IAS) is conditioned by social, economic and political priorities, editorial preferences and species and ecosystem characteristics. This leads to knowledge gaps and mismatches between scientific research interests and management needs. We reviewed the literature on IAS management in Spain found in Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar and Dialnet to identify key deficiencies and priority research areas. The collected literature was classified, employing features describing formal aspects and content. We used bibliometric and keyword co-occurrence network analyses to assess the relationship between features and reveal the existence of additional topics. Most of the compiled documents (n = 388) were focused on terrestrial ecosystems and inland waters, whereas marine and urban ecosystems were under-represented. The literature was largely generic and not species-specific, focusing on raising awareness and proposing changes on current regulation as prominent approaches to prevent further introductions. The compiled authors exhibited many clear publishing preferences (e.g. language or document type), but less regarding target taxa. In addition, there was a strong association between species and the different features considered, especially between the methodological approach (e.g. review, field experiment) and the primary emphasis of study (i.e. basic/theoretical, applied or interdisciplinary). This indicates that research on IAS has had a strong species-specific focus. References about terrestrial species focused mainly on vascular plants, whereas references about inland waters were mostly on fishes and the giant reed (Arundo donax), which has been managed with partial success. Animal culling and plant removal were the most frequent eradication and small-scale control treatments, whereas the documents addressing wider spatial scales were largely theoretical. Consequently, the success of described treatments was largely uncertain. Spanish invasion science research has been occasionally innovative, incorporating novel technologies (e.g. species distribution modelling) and engaging society with citizen-science approaches. However, the ratio between basic/theoretical and applied studies indicates that more applied research/management is needed, especially in inland waters and marine ecosystems. We call for increasing effort in the effective dissemination of experience in IAS management to enhance current practical knowledge, including that of schemes undertaken by public agencies.
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Khan MF, Panikkar P, Salim SM, Leela RV, Sarkar UK, Das BK, Eregowda VM. Modeling impacts of invasive sharp tooth African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) and Mozambique tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852) on the ecosystem of a tropical reservoir ecosystem in India. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:58310-58321. [PMID: 34117543 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-14667-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Invasive species exert a strong impact on the trophic structure and functioning of the ecosystem they occupy. A modeling software globally used to assess these impacts is Ecopath with Ecosim. This study measures the effects of two invasive species, African catfish Clarias gariepinus, in the food web of the Karapuzha reservoir ecosystem in India. The findings show that the two invasive species directly and indirectly influence several ecosystem elements. The high level of niche overlap (92%) and strong competition for similar resources was exhibited by C. gariepinus. The adverse effects of African catfish on all fish and crustaceans in the reservoir were revealed by mixed trophic impact. Oreochromis mossambicus impacts were both positive and negative. It had a beneficial impact on its predator aquatic birds and was negative towards minnows. This study will help fishery managers to make informed decisions for ecosystem-based fishery management of fish resources.
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- Mohamed Feroz Khan
- Regional Centre, Hessarghatta Lake Post, Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560089, India.
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- Regional Centre, Hessarghatta Lake Post, Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560089, India
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- Regional Centre, Hessarghatta Lake Post, Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560089, India
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- Regional Centre, Hessarghatta Lake Post, Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560089, India
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- Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700 120, India
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- Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700 120, India
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Curti JN, Fergus CE, De Palma-Dow AA. State of the ART: Using artificial refuge traps to control invasive crayfish in southern California streams. FRESHWATER SCIENCE (PRINT) 2021; 40:429-565. [PMID: 36582981 PMCID: PMC9797035 DOI: 10.1086/716185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Invasive species are a widespread threat to stream ecosystems across the planet. In Southern California, USA, the invasive red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) poses a significant threat to native aquatic fauna. Studies have suggested that artificial refuge traps (ARTs) resembling crayfish burrows can be used to remove invasive crayfish, but, to date, no studies have focused on optimizing ART design and deployment to maximize crayfish catch. This month-long study tested the effect of modifications on ART diameter, color, and soak time on P. clarkii catch effectiveness across 160 traps. We evaluated catch data by creating multiple candidate generalized linear mixed models predicting P. clarkii catches with different modeling parameterizations and a priori hypothesized predictor variables. During the study period, ARTs removed a total of 240 red swamp crayfish with no incidental bycatch. Larger P. clarkii (2-6-cm carapace length) were found more frequently in 5.1-cm-diameter traps, and smaller P. clarkii (1-4 cm) were found more frequently in 2.5-cm-diameter traps. Catch numbers varied between trap types, with black-colored 5.1-cm-diameter traps removing the greatest amount of the total P. clarkii caught in the study (mean = 0.27, SD = 0.29; 35% of the total caught) and black-colored 2.5-cm-diameter traps removing the least amount (mean = 0.09, SD = 0.55; 12% of the total). Further, ART deployment duration was an important predictor variable for candidate models, where ARTs with 4-d and 7-d deployment durations had lower catch/unit effort than traps with 1-d and 2-d deployments. This factorial experiment is the 1st study to suggest specific design modifications to ARTs that optimize invasive red swamp crayfish removal without incurring non-target incidental bycatch. This study demonstrates that ARTs can be a valuable tool for conservation managers interested in restoring streams through invasive crayfish removal, especially where there are sensitive biological resources.
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- Joseph N Curti
- University of California, Los Angeles, 610 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, California 90095 USA
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- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, c/o USEPA Pacific Ecological Systems Division, 200 Southwest 35th Street, Corvallis, Oregon 97333 USA
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- Lake County Water Resources Department, 255 North Forbes Street, Lakeport, California 95453 USA
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Darrigran G, Agudo-Padrón I, Baez P, Belz C, Cardoso F, Carranza A, Collado G, Correoso M, Cuezzo MG, Fabres A, Gutiérrez Gregoric DE, Letelier S, Ludwig S, Mansur MC, Pastorino G, Penchaszadeh P, Peralta C, Rebolledo A, Rumi A, Santos S, Thiengo S, Vidigal T, Damborenea C. Non-native mollusks throughout South America: emergent patterns in an understudied continent. Biol Invasions 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-019-02178-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Muñoz-Mas R, Gil-Martínez E, Oliva-Paterna FJ, Belda EJ, Martínez-Capel F. Tree-based ensembles unveil the microhabitat suitability for the invasive bleak (Alburnus alburnus L.) and pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus L.): Introducing XGBoost to eco-informatics. ECOL INFORM 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2019.100974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Epstein G, Foggo A, Smale DA. Inconspicuous impacts: Widespread marine invader causes subtle but significant changes in native macroalgal assemblages. Ecosphere 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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- Graham Epstein
- The Laboratory Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB UK
- Ocean and Earth Science National Oceanography Centre Southampton University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus European Way Southampton SO14 3ZH UK
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- Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre University of Plymouth Drake Circus Plymouth PL4 8AA UK
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- The Laboratory Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB UK
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Anton A, Geraldi NR, Lovelock CE, Apostolaki ET, Bennett S, Cebrian J, Krause-Jensen D, Marbà N, Martinetto P, Pandolfi JM, Santana-Garcon J, Duarte CM. Global ecological impacts of marine exotic species. Nat Ecol Evol 2019; 3:787-800. [DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0851-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Colin N, Villéger S, Wilkes M, de Sostoa A, Maceda-Veiga A. Functional diversity measures revealed impacts of non-native species and habitat degradation on species-poor freshwater fish assemblages. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 625:861-871. [PMID: 29306829 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2017] [Revised: 12/27/2017] [Accepted: 12/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Trait-based ecology has been developed for decades to infer ecosystem responses to stressors based on the functional structure of communities, yet its value in species-poor systems is largely unknown. Here, we used an extensive dataset in a Spanish region highly prone to non-native fish invasions (15 catchments, N=389 sites) to assess for the first time how species-poor communities respond to large-scale environmental gradients using a taxonomic and functional trait-based approach in riverine fish. We examined total species richness and three functional trait-based indices available when many sites have ≤3 species (specialization, FSpe; originality, FOri and entropy, FEnt). We assessed the responses of these taxonomic and functional indices along gradients of altitude, water pollution, physical habitat degradation and non-native fish biomass. Whilst species richness was relatively sensitive to spatial effects, functional diversity indices were responsive across natural and anthropogenic gradients. All four diversity measures declined with altitude but this decline was modulated by physical habitat degradation (richness, FSpe and FEnt) and the non-native:total fish biomass ratio (FSpe and FOri) in ways that varied between indices. Furthermore, FSpe and FOri were significantly correlated with Total Nitrogen. Non-native fish were a major component of the taxonomic and functional structure of fish communities, raising concerns about potential misdiagnosis between invaded and environmentally-degraded river reaches. Such misdiagnosis was evident in a regional fish index widely used in official monitoring programs. We recommend the application of FSpe and FOri to extensive datasets from monitoring programs in order to generate valuable cross-system information about the impacts of non-native species and habitat degradation, even in species-poor systems. Scoring non-native species apart from habitat degradation in the indices used to determine ecosystem health is essential to develop better management strategies.
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- Nicole Colin
- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology & Environmental Sciences-Institute of Research in Biodiversity (IRBio-UB), University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; Center for Research on Biodiversity and Sustainable Environments (CIBAS), Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
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- Biodiversité marine et ses usages (UMR 9190 MARBEC), CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, CP 34095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University, Ryton Organic Gardens, Wolston Lane, Ryton-On-Dunsmore, CV8 3LG, UK
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology & Environmental Sciences-Institute of Research in Biodiversity (IRBio-UB), University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology & Environmental Sciences-Institute of Research in Biodiversity (IRBio-UB), University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; Department of Integrative Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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Capmourteres V, Rooney N, Anand M. Assessing the causal relationships of ecological integrity: a re-evaluation of Karr's iconic Index of Biotic Integrity. Ecosphere 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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- Virginia Capmourteres
- School of Environmental Sciences; University of Guelph; 50 Stone Road East Guelph Ontario N1G 2W1 Canada
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- School of Environmental Sciences; University of Guelph; 50 Stone Road East Guelph Ontario N1G 2W1 Canada
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- School of Environmental Sciences; University of Guelph; 50 Stone Road East Guelph Ontario N1G 2W1 Canada
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Guy-Haim T, Lyons DA, Kotta J, Ojaveer H, Queirós AM, Chatzinikolaou E, Arvanitidis C, Como S, Magni P, Blight AJ, Orav-Kotta H, Somerfield PJ, Crowe TP, Rilov G. Diverse effects of invasive ecosystem engineers on marine biodiversity and ecosystem functions: A global review and meta-analysis. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2018; 24:906-924. [PMID: 29211336 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2017] [Revised: 11/03/2017] [Accepted: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Invasive ecosystem engineers (IEE) are potentially one of the most influential types of biological invaders. They are expected to have extensive ecological impacts by altering the physical-chemical structure of ecosystems, thereby changing the rules of existence for a broad range of resident biota. To test the generality of this expectation, we used a global systematic review and meta-analysis to examine IEE effects on the abundance of individual species and communities, biodiversity (using several indices) and ecosystem functions, focusing on marine and estuarine environments. We found that IEE had a significant effect (positive and negative) in most studies testing impacts on individual species, but the overall (cumulative) effect size was small and negative. Many individual studies showed strong IEE effects on community abundance and diversity, but the direction of effects was variable, leading to statistically non-significant overall effects in most categories. In contrast, there was a strong overall effect on most ecosystem functions we examined. IEE negatively affected metabolic functions and primary production, but positively affected nutrient flux, sedimentation and decomposition. We use the results to develop a conceptual model by highlighting pathways whereby IEE impact communities and ecosystem functions, and identify several sources of research bias in the IEE-related invasion literature. Only a few of the studies simultaneously quantified IEE effects on community/diversity and ecosystem functions. Therefore, understanding how IEE may alter biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships should be a primary focus of future studies of invasion biology. Moreover, the clear effects of IEE on ecosystem functions detected in our study suggest that scientists and environmental managers ought to examine how the effects of IEE might be manifested in the services that marine ecosystems provide to humans.
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- Tamar Guy-Haim
- National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Haifa, Israel
- GEOMAR, Marine Ecology, Helmholtz Centre of Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Marine Biology Department, The Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- School of Biology & Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion, Greece
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- Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion, Greece
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per l'Ambiente Marino Costiero (CNR-IAMC), Torregrande, Oristano, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per l'Ambiente Marino Costiero (CNR-IAMC), Torregrande, Oristano, Italy
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- Scottish Oceans Institute, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
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- Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu, Tallinn, Estonia
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- School of Biology & Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Haifa, Israel
- Marine Biology Department, The Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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Buoro M, Olden JD, Cucherousset J. Global Salmonidae introductions reveal stronger ecological effects of changing intraspecific compared to interspecific diversity. Ecol Lett 2016; 19:1363-1371. [DOI: 10.1111/ele.12673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2016] [Revised: 05/04/2016] [Accepted: 08/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Mathieu Buoro
- Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB UMR 5174); Université de Toulouse; CNRS; ENFA; UPS; 118 route de Narbonne F-31062 Toulouse France
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences; University of Washington; Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB UMR 5174); Université de Toulouse; CNRS; ENFA; UPS; 118 route de Narbonne F-31062 Toulouse France
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Fitzgerald DB, Tobler M, Winemiller KO. From richer to poorer: successful invasion by freshwater fishes depends on species richness of donor and recipient basins. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2016; 22:2440-2450. [PMID: 26582547 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
Evidence for the theory of biotic resistance is equivocal, with experiments often finding a negative relationship between invasion success and native species richness, and large-scale comparative studies finding a positive relationship. Biotic resistance derives from local species interactions, yet global and regional studies often analyze data at coarse spatial grains. In addition, differences in competitive environments across regions may confound tests of biotic resistance based solely on native species richness of the invaded community. Using global and regional data sets for fishes in river and stream reaches, we ask two questions: (1) does a negative relationship exist between native and non-native species richness and (2) do non-native species originate from higher diversity systems. A negative relationship between native and non-native species richness in local assemblages was found at the global scale, while regional patterns revealed the opposite trend. At both spatial scales, however, nearly all non-native species originated from river basins with higher native species richness than the basin of the invaded community. Together, these findings imply that coevolved ecological interactions in species-rich systems inhibit establishment of generalist non-native species from less diverse communities. Consideration of both the ecological and evolutionary aspects of community assembly is critical to understanding invasion patterns. Distinct evolutionary histories in different regions strongly influence invasion of intact communities that are relatively unimpacted by human actions, and may explain the conflicting relationship between native and non-native species richness found at different spatial scales.
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- Daniel B Fitzgerald
- Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-2258, USA
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- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
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- Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-2258, USA
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The structure of biogenic habitat and epibiotic assemblages associated with the global invasive kelp Undaria pinnatifida in comparison to native macroalgae. Biol Invasions 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-015-1037-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hutchings JA. Unintentional selection, unanticipated insights: introductions, stocking and the evolutionary ecology of fishes. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2014; 85:1907-1926. [PMID: 25469951 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
Natural environmental change has produced countless opportunities for species to disperse into and persist in habitats where they previously did not exist. Introduction and stocking programmes have facilitated similar sorts of colonization opportunities across considerably greater geographical scales and often in much shorter periods of time. Even though the mechanism of colonization differs, the result can be the same: evolutionary change in the colonizing population in response to novel selection pressures. As a consequence, some human-mediated fish transfers have unintentionally yielded novel research opportunities to study how phenotypes and genes interact with their environment and affect ecological and evolutionary change. The primary purpose here is to explore how work, directly or indirectly involved with human-mediated transfers, has unintentionally yielded novel research and research opportunities in fish ecology and evolution. Insights have produced new knowledge or altered previously held perceptions on topics such as local adaptation, rate of evolutionary change, phenotypic plasticity, alternative reproductive strategies, population structure and colonization probability. Well-documented stocking programmes, especially in terms of history, numbers and original population sources, can provide highly fertile ground for generating further insights on the ecology and evolution of fishes and of the factors likely to influence the success of conservation-based, restoration programmes.
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- J A Hutchings
- Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford Street, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada; Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, P. O. Box 1066, Blindern, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway
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