Behavioural responses to chemical cues of predation risk in a three-trophic-level baltic sea food chain

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 165, Issue , 1998, Pages 137-144

  Ejdung, Gunilla ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Behaviour; Benthos; Chemical cues; Fish; Monoporeia affinis; Saduria entomon; Three trophic level food chain

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; FOOD CHAIN; PREDATION RISK; SHORT-HORNED SCULPIN; TRITOPHIC INTERACTION; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION; VIDEO;

BALTIC SEA;

AMPHIPODA; ISOPODA; MONOPOREIA AFFINIS; MONOSPOREIA AFFINIS; MYOXOCEPHALUS SCORPIUS; SADURIA ENTOMON;

EID: 0032493094     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps165137     Document Type: Article

References (67)

1. Abrahams MV (1994) Risk of predation and its influence on the relative competitive abilities of two species of freshwater fishes. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 51:1629-1633
2. Abrahams MV, Dill LM (1989) A determination of the energetic equivalence of the risk of predation. Ecology 70: 999-1007
3. Alexander JE, Covich AP (1991a) Predator avoidance by the freshwater snail Physella virgata in response to the crayfish Procambarus simulans. Oecologia 87:435-442
4. Alexander JE, Covich AP (1991b) Predation risk and avoidance behavior in two freshwater snails. Biol Bull (Woods Hole) 180:387-393
5. Aneer G (1975) Composition of food of the Baltic herring (Clupea harengus v. membras L.), fourhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus quadricornis L.) and eel-pout (Zoarces viviparus L.) from deep soft bottom trawling in the Askö-Landsort area during two consecutive years. Merentutkimuslaitoksen Julk 239:146-154
6. Appelberg M, Söderbäck B, Odelström T (1993) Predator detection and perception of predation risk in the crayfish Astacus astacus L. Nord J Freshwat Res 68:55-62
7. Appleton RD, Palmer AR (1988) Waterborne stimuli released by predatory crabs and damaged prey induce more predator-resistent shells in marine gastropods. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 85:4387-4391
8. Atema J (1988) Distribution of chemical stimuli. In: Atema J, Fay RR, Popper AN, Tavolga WN (eds) Sensory biology of aquatic animals. Springer-Verlag, New York, p 29-56
9. Blomqvist S, Lundgren L (1996) A sled for sampling soft bottoms. Helgoländer Meeresunters 50:453-456
10. Burrows MT, Hughes RN (1991) Optimal foraging decisions by dogwhelks, Nucella lapillus (L.): influences of mortality risk and rate-constrained digestion. Funct Ecol 5:461-475
11. Busdosh M, Robilliard GA, Tarbox K, Beehler CL (1982) Chemoreception in an arctic amphipod crustacean: a field study. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 62:261-269
12. Cederwall H (1990) Övervakning av mjukbottenfauna i Östersjöns kustområde. Rapport frän verksamheten 1989. SNV rapport 3796. ISBN 91-620-3796X, ISSN 0282-7298
13. Covich AP, Crowl TA, Alexander JE Jr, Vaughn CC (1994) Predator-avoidance responses in freshwater decapod-gastropod interactions mediated by chemical stimuli. J North Am Benthol Soc 13:283-290
14. Crowl TA, Covich AP (1990) Predator-induced life-history shifts in a freshwater snail. Science 247:949-951
15. Dill LM (1987) Animal decision making and its ecological consequences: the future of aquatic ecology and behaviour. Can J Zool 65:803-811
16. Dill LM, Fraser AHG (1984) Risk of predation and the feeding behavior of juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhyncus kisutch). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 16:65-71
17. Dix TL, Hamilton PV (1993) Chemically mediated escape behavior in the marsh periwinkle Littoraria irrorata Say. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 166:135-149
18. Dodson SI, Crowl TA, Peckarsky BL, Kats LB, Covich AP, Culp JM (1994) Non-visual communication in freshwater benthos: an overview. J North Am Benthol Soc 13:268-282
19. Donner KO (1971) On vision in Pontoporeia affinis and P. femorata (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Commentat Biol Soc Sci Fenn 41:1-17
20. Donner KO, Lindström M (1980) Sensitivity to light and circadian activity of Pontoporeia affinis (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Ann Zool Fenn 17:203-212
21. Duval MA, Calzetta AM, Rittschof D (1994) Behavioral responses of Littoraria irrorata (SAY) to waterborne odors. J Chem Ecol 20:3321-3334
22. Ejdung G, Bonsdorff E (1992) Predation on the bivalve Macoma balthica (L.) by the isopod Saduria entomon (L.): laboratory and field experiments. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 88: 207-214
23. Elmgren R (1978) Structure and dynamics of Baltic benthos communities with particular reference to the relationship between macro-and meiofauna. Kieler Meeresforsch 4:1-22
24. Folt C, Goldman CR (1981) Allelopathy between zooplankton: a mechanism for interference competition. Science 213: 1133-1135
25. Gilliam JF, Fraser DF (1987) Habitat selection under predation hazard: test of a model with foraging minnows. Ecology 68:1856-1862
26. Green J (1957) The feeding mechanism of Mesidotea entomon (Linn.) (Crustacea: Isopoda). Proc Zool Soc Lond 129: 245-254
27. Haahtela I (1990) What do Baltic studies tell us about the isopod Saduria entomon (L.)? Ann Zool Fenn 27:269-278
28. Hill C, Elmgren R (1987) Vertical distribution in the sediment in the co-occurring benthic amphipods Pontoporeia affinis and P. femorata. Oikos 49:221-229
29. Holomuzki JR, Short TM (1988) Habitat use and fish avoidance behaviors by the stream-dwelling isopod Lirceus fontinalis. Oikos 52:79-86
30. Houtman R, Dill LM (1994) The influence of substrate color on the alarm response of tidepool sculpins (Oligocottus maculosus, Pisces, Cottidae). Ethology 96:147-154
31. Hughes RN (1980) Optimal foraging theory in the marine context. Oceanogr Mar Biol Annu Rev 18:423-481
32. Hugie DM, Thuringer PL, Smith RJ (1991 ) The response of the tidepool sculpin, Oligocottus maculosus, to chemical stimuli from injured conspecifics, alarm signalling in the Cottidae (Pisces). Ethology 89:322-334
33. Jachner A (1995) Chemically-induced habitat shifts in bleak (Alburnus alburnus L.). Arch Hydrobiol 133:71-79
34. Kaufman RS (1994) Structure and function of chemoreceptors in scavenging lysianassoid amphipods. J Crustac Biol 14: 54-71
35. Larsson P, Dodson S (1993) Invited review. Chemical communication in planktonic animals. Arch Hydrobiol 129: 129-155
36. Laverack MS, Ardill DJ (1965) The innervation of the aesthetasc hairs of Panulirus argus. Q J Microsc Sci 106: 45-60
37. Legault C, Himmelman JH (1993) Relation between escape behaviour of benthic marine invertebrates and the risk of predation. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 170:55-74
38. Leonardsson K (1991) Effects of cannibalism and alternative prey on population dynamics of Saduria entomon (Isopoda). Ecology 72:1273-1285
39. Lima SL, Dill LM (1990) Behavioral decisions made under the risk of predation: a review and prospectus. Can J Zool 68: 619-640
40. Lindström M (1991) Factors affecting the horizontal migration of the amphipod Pontoporeia affinis Lindström. I. Recording method and response to water currents. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 150:149-162
41. Lindström M, Fortelius W, Meyer-Rochow VB (1991) Exposure to bright light has little effect on eye sensitivity and ultrastructure of Saduria entomon (Crustacea, Isopoda, Valvifera). Zool Sci 8:653-663
42. Lindström M, Lindström A (1980) Swimming activity of Pontoporeia affinis (Crustacea, Amphipoda) - seasonal variations and usefulness for environmental studies. Ann Zool Fenn 17:213-220
43. Lockwood APM, Croghan PC (1957) The chloride regulation of the brackish and fresh-water races of Mesidotea entomon (L.). J Exp Biol 34:253-258
44. Loose CJ, von Elert E, Dawidowicz P (1993) Chemically-induced diel vertical migration in Daphnia: a new bioassay for kairomones exuded by fish. Arch Hydrobiol 126: 329-337
45. Lopez G, Elmgren R (1989) Feeding depths and organic absorption for the deposit-feeding benthic amphipods Pontoporeia affinis and Pontoporeia femorata. Limnol Oceanogr 34:982-991
46. Mangel M, Clark CW (1986) Towards a unified foraging theory. Ecology 5:1127-1138
47. McNamara JM, Houston AI (1986) The common currency for behavioral decisions. Am Nat 127:358-378
48. McNamara JM, Houston AI (1992) Risk-sensitive foraging: a review of the theory. Bull Math Biol 54:355-378
49. Norberg Å (1977) An ecological theory on foraging time and energetics and choice of optimal food-searching method. J Anim Ecol 46:511-529
50. Phillips DW (1977) Avoidance and escape responses of the gastropod mollusc Olivella biplicata (Sowerby) to predatory asteroids. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 28:77-86
51. Phillips DW (1978) Chemical mediation of invertebrate defensive behaviors and the ability to distinguish between foraging and inactive predators. Mar Biol 49:237-243
52. Pynnönen K (1985) The structure of long distance (antennular) chemoreceptors in Saduria entomon (L.), Isopoda, and their role in feeding behaviour. Annl Zool Fenn 22:423-432
53. Rittschof D (1993) Body odors and neutral-basic peptide mimics: a review of responses by marine organisms. Am Zool 33:487-493
54. Rochette R, Hamel JF, Himmelman JH (1994) Foraging strategy of the asteroid Leptasterias polaris: role of prey odors, current and feeding status. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 106:93-100
55. Schmitt BC, Ache BW (1979) Olfaction: responses of a decapod crustacean are enhanced by flicking. Science 205: 204-206
56. Sih A (1982) Foraging strategies and the avoidance of predation by an aquatic insect, Notonecta hoffmanni. Ecology 63:786-796
57. Sih A (1986) Antipredator responses and the perception of danger by mosquito larvae. Ecology 67:434-441
58. Sih A (1993) Effects of ecological interactions on forager diets: composition, predation risk, parasitism and prey behaviour. In: Hughes RN (ed) Diet selection: an interdisciplinary approach to foraging behaviour. Blackwell, Oxford, p 182-211
59. Sparrevik E, Leonardsson K (1995) Effects of large Saduria entomon (Isopoda) on spatial distribution of their small S. entomon and Monoporeia affinis (Amphipoda) prey. Oecologia 101:177-184
60. Stirling G (1995) Daphnia behaviour as a bioassay of fish presence or predation. Funct Ecol 8:778-784
61. Turner AM (1996) Freshwater snails alter habitat use in response to predation. Anim Behav 51:747-756
62. Vadas RLS, Burrows MT, Hughes RN (1994) Foraging strategies of dogwhelks, Nucella lapillus (L.): interacting effectof age, diet, and chemical cues to the threat of predation Oecologia 100:439-450
63. von Elert E, Loose CJ (1996) Predator-induced diel vertical migration in Daphnia: enrichment and preliminary chemical characterization of a kairomone exuded by fish. J Chem Ecol 22:885-895
64. Weissburg MJ, Zimmer-Faust RK (1993) Life and death in moving fluids: hydrodynamic effects on chemosensory-mediated predation. Ecology 74:1428-1443
65. Westin L (1970) The food ecology and the annual food cycle in the Baltic population of fourhorn sculpin, Myoxocephalus quadricornis (L.). Pisces. Rep Inst Freshwat Res Drottningholm 50:168-210
66. Westin L, Aneer G (1987) Locomotor activity patterns of nineteen fish and five crustacean species from the Baltic Sea. Environ Biol Fishes 20:49-65
67. Zar JH (1984) Biostatistical analysis, 2nd edn. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ