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High predation is of key importance for dominance of small-bodied zooplankton in warm shallow lakes: Evidence from lakes, fish exclosures and surface sediments

Iglesias, Carlos; Mazzeo, Néstor; Meerhoff, Mariana; Lacerot, Gissell; Clemente, Juan M.; Scasso, Flavio; Kruk, Carla; Goyenola, Guillermo; García Alonso, Javier; Amsinck, Susanne L.; Paggi, Juan CesarIcon ; Jose, Susana BeatrizIcon ; Jeppesen, Erik
Fecha de publicación: 06/2011
Editorial: Springer
Revista: Hydrobiologia
ISSN: 0018-8158
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de recurso: Artículo publicado
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The mean body size of limnetic cladocerans decreases from cold temperate to tropical regions, in both the northern and the southern hemisphere. This size shift has been attributed to both direct (e.g. physiological) or indirect (especially increased predation) impacts. To provide further information on the role of predation, we compiled results from several studies of subtropical Uruguayan lakes using three different approaches: (i) field observations from two lakes with contrasting fish abundance, Lakes Rivera and Rodó, (ii) fish exclusion experiments conducted in in-lake mesocosms in three lakes, and (iii) analyses of the Daphnia egg bank in the surface sediment of eighteen lakes. When fish predation pressure was low due to fish kills in Lake Rivera, large-bodied Daphnia appeared. In contrast, small-sized cladocerans were abundant in Lake Rodó, which exhibited a typical high abundance of fish. Likewise, relatively large cladocerans (e.g. Daphnia and Simocephalus) appeared in fishless mesocosms after only 2 weeks, most likely hatched from resting egg banks stored in the surface sediment, but their abundance declined again after fish stocking. Moreover, field studies showed that 9 out of 18 Uruguayan shallow lakes had resting eggs of Daphnia in their surface sediment despite that this genus was only recorded in three of the lakes in summer water samples, indicating that Daphnia might be able to build up populations at low risk of predation. Our results show that medium and large-sized zooplankton can occur in subtropical lakes when fish predation is removed. The evidence provided here collectively confirms the hypothesis that predation, rather than high-temperature induced physiological constraints, is the key factor determining the dominance of small-sized zooplankton in warm lakes.
Palabras clave: Fish Predation , Subtropical Shallow Lakes , Zooplankton Community Structure
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/76336
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0645-0
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Articulos de INST.NAC.DE LIMNOLOGIA (I)
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Iglesias, Carlos; Mazzeo, Néstor; Meerhoff, Mariana; Lacerot, Gissell; Clemente, Juan M.; et al.; High predation is of key importance for dominance of small-bodied zooplankton in warm shallow lakes: Evidence from lakes, fish exclosures and surface sediments; Springer; Hydrobiologia; 667; 1; 6-2011; 133-147
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