Exotic crayfish in a brown water stream: Effects on juvenile trout, invertebrates and algae

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 466-475

  Stenroth, Patrik ^a   Nyström, Per ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crayfish; Indirect effects; Invertebrates; Omnivory; Stream

Indexed keywords

ALGA; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CRAYFISH; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; SALMONID; STREAM;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ASTACIDAE; ASTACOIDEA; CRUSTACEA; HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA; PACIFASTACUS; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS; SALMO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0037333973     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01020.x     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Abrahamsson S.A.A. (1966) Dynamics of an isolated population of the crayfish. Astacus astacus Linné. Oikos, 17, 96-107.
2. Appelberg M. & Odelström T. (1986) Habitat distribution, growth and abundance of the crayfish. Astacus Astacus L. in the littoral zone of four neutralized lakes. In: The crayfish Astacus astacus L. in acid and neutralized environments (Ed. M. Appelberg), pp. 1-35. D.Phil Thesis, Uppsala University, Sweden.
3. Brönmark C. (1992) Leech predation on juvenile freshwater snails: effects of size, species and substrate. Oecologia, 91, 526-529.
4. Brönmark C. (1994) Effects of tench and perch on interactions in a freshwater, benthic food chain. Ecology, 75, 1818-1828.
5. Charlebois P.M. & Lamberti G.A. (1996) Invading crayfish in a Michigan stream: direct and indirect effects on periphyton and macroinvertebrates. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 15, 551-563.
6. Cooper S.D., Walde S.J. & Peckarsky B.L. (1990) Prey exchange rates and the impact of predators on prey populations in streams. Ecology, 71, 1503-1514.
7. Creed R.P. Jr (1994) Direct and indirect effects of crayfish grazing in a stream community. Ecology, 75, 2091-2103.
8. Dahl J. (1998) The impact of vertebrate and invertebrate predators on a stream benthic community. Oecologia, 117, 217-226.
9. Dahl J. & Greenberg L. (1999) Effects of prey dispersal on predator-prey interactions in streams. Freshwater Biology, 41, 771-780.
10. Dean J.L. (1969) Biology of the crayfish Orconectes causeyi and its use for control of aquatic weeds in trout lakes. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Technical paper 24.
11. Diehl S. (1992) Fish predation and benthic community structure: the role of omnivory and habitat complexity. Ecology, 73, 1646-1661.
12. Diehl S. (1993) Relative consumer sizes and the strengths of direct and indirect interactions in omnivorous feeding relationships. Oikos, 68, 151-157.
13. Diehl S. (1995) Direct and indirect effects of omnivory in a littoral lake community. Ecology, 76, 1727-1740.
14. Eklöv A.G., Greenberg L.A., Brönmark C., Larsson P. & Berglund O. (1999) Influence of water quality habitat and species richness on brown trout populations. Journal of Fish Biology, 54, 33-43.
15. Gherardi F. & Holdich D.M., Eds. (1999) Crayfish in Europe as Alien Species. How to Make the Best of a Bad Situation? A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam and Brookfield.
16. Guan R. & Wiles R.P. (1996) Growth, density and biomass of crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus, in a British lowland river. Aquatic Living Resources, 9, 265-272.
17. Guan R. & Wiles R.P. (1997) Ecological impact of introduced crayfish on benthic fishes in a British lowland river. Conservation Biology, 11, 641-647.
18. Guan R. & Wiles R.P. (1998) Feeding ecology of the signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus in a British lowland river. Aquaculture, 169, 177-193.
19. Hildrew A.G., Townsend C.R. & Hasham A. (1985) The predatory Chironomidae of an iron-rich stream: feeding ecology and food web structure. Ecological Entomology, 10, 403-413.
20. IIhéu M. & Bernardo M. (1993) Experimental evaluation of food preferences of red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii: vegetal versus animal. Freshwater Crayfish, 9, 359-364.
21. Jespersen A.-M. & Christoffersen K. (1987) Measurements of chlorophyll-a from phytoplankton using ethanol as extraction solvent. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 109, 445-454.
22. Keller T.R. & Ruman L.C. (1998) Short-term crayfish effects on stream algae and invertebrates. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 13, 97-104.
23. Lodge D.M., Kershner M.W., Aloi J.E. & Covich A. (1994) Effects of an omnivorous crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) on a freshwater littoral food web. Ecology, 75, 1265-1281.
24. Menge B.A. & Sutherland J.P. (1987) Community regulation: variation in disturbance, competition, and predation in relation to environmental stress and recruitment. American Naturalist, 130, 730-757.
25. Momot W.T. (1995) Redefining the role of crayfish in aquatic ecosystems. Reviews in Fisheries Science, 3, 33-63.
26. Moore K.A. & Williams D.D. (1990) Novel strategies in the complex defence repertoire of a stonefly (Pteronarcys dorsata) nymph. Oikos, 57, 49-56.
27. Nilsson A., Ed. (1996) Aquatic Insects of North Europe A Taxonomic Handbook. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark.
28. Nilsson A., Ed. (1997) Aquatic Insects of North Europe 2 A Taxonomic Handbook. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark.
29. Nyström P. (1999) Ecological impact of introduced and native crayfish on freshwater communities. In: Crayfish as Alien Species: How to make the best of a bad situation? (Eds F. Gherardi & D.M. Holdich), pp. 63-85. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
30. Nyström P., Brönmark C. & Granéli W. (1996) Patterns in benthic food webs: a role for omnivorous crayfish? Freshwater Biology, 36, 631-646.
31. Nyström P., Brönmark C. & Granéli W. (1999) Influence of an exotic and a native crayfish species on a littoral benthic community. Oikos, 85, 545-553.
32. Parkyn S.M., Rabeni C.F. & Collier K.J. (1997) Effects of crayfish (Paranephrops planifrons: Parastacidae) on in-stream processes and benthic faunas: a density manipulation experiment. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 31, 685-692.
33. Parkyn S.M., Collier K.J. & Hicks B.J. (2001) New Zealand crayfish: functional omnivores but trophic predators? Freshwater Biology, 46, 641-652.
34. Perry W.L., Lodge D.M. & Lamberti G.A. (1997) Impact of crayfish predation on exotic zebra mussels and native invertebrates in a lake-outlet stream. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 54, 120-125.
35. Polis G.A. & Strong D.R. (1996) Food web complexity and community dynamics. American Naturalist, 147, 813-846.
36. Pringle C.M. & Hamazaki T. (1998) The role of omnivory in a neotropical stream: separating diurnal and nocturnal effects. Ecology, 79, 269-280.
37. Rubin J.-F. & Svensson M. (1993) Predation by the noble crayfish, Astacus Astacus (L.), on emerging fry of sea trout, Salmo trutta (L.). Nordic Journal of Freshwater Research, 68, 100-104.
38. Schmid-Araya J.M., Hildrew A.G., Robertson A., Schmid P.E. & Winterbottom J. (2002). The importance of meiofauna in food webs: evidence from an acid stream. Ecology, 83, 1271-1285.
39. Shimizu S.J. & Goldman C.R. (1983) Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana) production in the Sacramento River. Freshwater Crayfish, 5, 210-228.
40. Statzner B., Fiévet E., Champagne J.-Y., Morel R. & Herouin E. (2000) Crayfish as geomorphic agents and ecosystem engineers: biological behavior affects sand and gravel erosion in experimental streams. Limnology and Oceanography, 45, 1030-1040.
41. Stelzer R.S. & Lamberti G.A. (1999) Independent and interactive effects of crayfish and darters on a stream benthic community. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 18, 524-532.
42. Usio N. (2000) Effects of crayfish on leaf processing and invertebrate colonisation of leaves in a headwater stream: decoupling of atrophic cascade. Oecologia, 124, 608-614.
43. Whitledge G.W. & Rabeni C.F. (1996) Diel and seasonal variation in the food habits of crayfishes in a Missouri Ozark stream. Freshwater Crayfish, 11, 159-169.
44. Whitledge G.W. & Rabeni C.F. (1997) Energy sources and ecological role of crayfishes in an Ozark stream: insights from stable isotopes and gut analysis. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 54, 2555-2563.
45. Whitmore N. (1997) Population ecology of freshwater crayfish Paranephrops zealandicus and its effect on the community structure of a low-land bush stream. MSc Thesis, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
46. Woodward G. & Hildrew A.G. (2001) Invasion of a stream food web by a new top predator. Journal of Animal Ecology, 70, 273-288.
47. Xinya S. (1995) Effect of the crayfish Prcocambarus clarkii on the survival of the fry and fingerlings of fishes cultivated in China. Freshwater Crayfish, 8, 528-532.