Caddisfly diapause aggregations facilitate benthic invertebrate colonization

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1015-1026

  McCabe, Declan J ^a,b   Gotelli, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b SAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogenic structures; Community; Ecosystem engineering; Positive interactions; Rarefaction

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; BENTHOS; CADDISFLY; DIAPAUSE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRACHYCENTRIDAE; BRACHYCENTRUS; INVERTEBRATA; NEOPHYLAX; TRICHOPTERA; UENOIDAE;

EID: 0344585960     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00779.x     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Andersen, D.C. & MacMahon, J.A. (1985) Plant succession following the Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption: facilitation by a burrowing rodent, Thomomys talpoides. American Midland Naturalist, 114, 62-69.
2. Beam, B.D. & Wiggins, G.B. (1987) A comparative study of five species of Neophylax (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) in southern Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 65, 1741-1754.
3. Bergey, E.A. & Resh, V.H. (1994) Interactions between a stream caddisfly and the algae on its case: factors affecting algal quantity. Freshwater Biology, 31, 153-163.
4. Bertness, M.D. & Callaway, R. (1994) Positive interactions in communities. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 191-193.
5. Bially, A. & MacIsaac, H.J. (2000) Fouling mussels (Dreissena spp.) colonize soft sediments in Lake Erie and facilitate benthic invertebrates. Freshwater Biology, 43, 85-97.
6. Botts, P.S., Patterson, B.A. & Schloesser, D.W. (1996) Zebra mussel effects on benthic invertebrates: physical or biotic? Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 15, 179-184.
7. Boucher, D.H., James, S. & Keeler, K.H. (1982) The ecology of mutualism. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 13, 315-347.
8. Cardinale, B.J., Palmer, M.A. & Collins, S.L. (2002) Species diversity enhances ecosystem functioning through interspecific facilitation. Nature, 415, 426-429.
9. Casey, R.J. & Kendall, S.A. (1996) Comparisons among colonization of artificial substratum types and natural substratum by benthic macroinvertebrates. Hydrobiologia, 341, 57-64.
10. Chapin, F.S.I., Walker, L.R., Fastie, C.L. & Sharman, L.C. (1994) Mechanisms of primary succession following deglaciation at Glacier Bay, Alaska. Ecological Monographs, 64, 149-175.
11. Diamond, J.M. (1986) Effects of larval retreats of the caddisfly Cheumatopsyche on macroinvertebrate colonization in Piedmont, USA streams. Oikos, 47, 13-18.
12. Downes, B.J., Lake, P.S., Schreiber, S.G. & Glaister, A. (1998) Habitat structure and regulation of local species diversity in a stony, upland stream. Ecological Monographs, 68, 237-257.
13. Downes, B.J., Lake, P.S., Schreiber, S.G. & Glaister, A. (2000) Habitat structure, resources and diversity: the separate effects of surface roughness and macroalgae on stream invertebrates. Oecologia, 124, 569-581.
14. Duggins, D.O. (1981) Interspecific facilitation in a guild of benthic marine herbivores. Oecologia, 48, 157-163.
15. Englund, G. (1993) Interactions in a lake outlet stream community: direct and indirect effects of net-spinning caddis larvae. Oikos, 66, 431-438.
16. Englund, G. & Evander, D. (1999) Interactions between sculpins, net-spinning caddis larvae and midge larvae. Oikos, 85, 117-126.
17. Fager, E.W. (1964) Marine sediments: effects of a tube-building polychaete. Science, 143, 356-359.
18. Flint, O.S. (1984) The Genus Brachycentrus in North America with a Proposed Phylogeny of the Genera of Brachycentridae (Trichoptera). Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington, DC.
19. Gallagher, E.D., Jumars, P.A. & Trueblood, D.D. (1983) Facilitation of soft-bottom benthic succession by tube builders. Ecology, 64, 1200-1216.
20. González, M.J. & Downing, A. (1999) Mechanisms underlying amphipod responses to zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) invasion and implications for fish-amphipod interactions. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, 56, 679-685.
21. Gosselin, L.A. & Chia, F.S. (1995) Distribution and dispersal of early juvenile snails: effectiveness of intertidal microhabitats as refuges and food resources. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 128, 213-223.
22. Gotceitas, V. (1985) Formation of aggregations by overwintering fifth instar Dicosmoecus atripes larvae (Trichoptera). Oikos, 44, 313-318.
23. Gotelli, N.J. & Colwell, R.K. (2001) Quantifying biodiversity: procedures and pitfalls in the measurement and comparison of species richness. Ecology Letters, 4, 379-391.
24. Gotelli, N.J. & Entsminger, G.L. (2001) ECOSIM: Null Models Software for Ecology, version 6.0. Acquired Intelligence Inc. & Kesey-Bear, Burlington. Available from: http:// homepages.together.net/~gentsmin/ecosim.htm.
25. Hacker, S.D. & Gaines, S.D. (1997) Some implications of direct positive interactions for community species diversity. Ecology, 78, 1990-2003.
26. Hart, D.D. (1978) Diversity in stream insects: regulation by rock size and microspatial complexity. Verhandlungen der Internationalen Vereinigung für und Angewandte Limnologie Theoretische, 20, 1376-1381.
27. Holzapfel, C. & Mahall, B.E. (1999) Bidirectional facilitation and interference between shrubs and annuals in the Mojave Desert. Ecology, 80, 1747-1761.
28. Horvath, T.G., Martin, K.M. & Lamberti, G.A. (1999) Effects of mussels, Dreissena polymorpha, on macroinvertebrates in a lake-outlet stream. American Midland Naturalist, 142, 340-347.
29. Hunter, A.F. & Aarssen, L.W. (1988) Plants helping plants; new evidence indicates that beneficence is important in vegetation. Bioscience, 38, 34-40.
30. Hurlbert, S.H. (1971) The nonconcept of species diversity: a critique and alternative parameters. Ecology, 52, 577-585.
31. James, F.C. & Wamer, N.O. (1982) Relationship between temperate forest bird communities and vegetation structure. Ecology, 63, 159-171.
32. Jones, C.G., Lawton, J.H. & Shachak, M. (1994) Organisms as ecosystem engineers. Oikos, 69, 373-386.
33. Kareiva, P.M. & Bertness, M.D. (1997) Re-examining the role of positive interactions in communities. Ecology, 78, 1945-1945.
34. Lawton, J.H., Jones, C.G. (1995) Linking species and ecosystems: organisms as ecosystem engineers. Linking Species and Ecosystems (eds C.G. Jones & J.H. Lawton), pp. 141-150. Chapman & Hall, London.
35. Martin, I.D. & Barton, D.R. (1987) The formation of diapause aggregations by larvae of Neophylax fuscus Banks (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) and their influence on mortality and development. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 65, 2612-2618.
36. McAuliffe, J.R. (1984) Competition for space, disturbance, and the structure of a benthic stream community. Ecology, 65, 894-908.
37. O'Connor, N.A. (1993) Resource enhancement of grazing mayfly nymphs by retreat-building caddisfly larvae in a sandbed stream. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 44, 353-362.
38. Otto, C. & Svensson, B.S. (1981) Why do Potamophylax cingulatus (Steph.) (Trichoptera) larvae aggregate at pupation? Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Trichoptera, 285-291.
39. Pawlik, J.R., Butman, C.A. & Starczak, V.R. (1991) Hydrodynamic facilitation of gregarious settlement of a reef-building tube worm. Science, 251, 421-424.
40. Poff, N.L. & Ward, J.V. (1988) Use of occupied Glossosoma verdona (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae) cases by early instars of Baetis spp. (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in a rocky mountain stream. Entomological News, 99, 97-101.
41. Pollock, M.M., Naiman, R.J., Erickson, H.E., Johnston, C.A., Pastor, J. & Pinay, G. (1995) Beaver as engineers: influences on biotic and biotic characteristics. Linking Species and Ecosystems. (eds C.G. Jones, & J.H. Lawton), pp. 117-126. Chapman & Hall, London.
42. Poulin, R. & Grutter, A.S. (1996) Cleaning symbioses: proximate and adaptive explanations. Bioscience, 46, 512-517.
43. Power, M.E. (1990) Resource enhancement by indirect effects of grazers: armored catfish, algee, and sediment. Ecology, 71, 897-904.
44. Power, M.E., Tilman, D., Estes, J.A., Menge, B.A., Bond, W.J., Mills, L.S., Daily, G., Castilla, J.C., Lubchenco, J. & Paine, R.T. (1996) Challenges in the quest for keystones. Bioscience, 46, 609-620.
45. Pringle, C.M. (1985) Effects of chironomid (Insecta: Diptera) tube-building activities on stream diatom communities. Journal of Phycology, 21, 185-194.
46. Rosenberg, D.M. & Resh, V.H. (1982) The use of artificial substrates in the study of freshwater benthic macroinvertebrates. Artificial Substrates (ed. J.J. Cairns), pp. 175-235. Ann Arbor Science Publishers, Ann Arbor.
47. Simberloff, D. (1978) Use of rarefaction and related methods in ecology. Biology Data in Water Pollution Assessment: Quantitative and Statistical Analyses (eds K.L. Dickson, J. Cairns Jr & R.J. Livingston), pp. 150-165. American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia.
48. Stachowicz, J.J. (2001) Mutualism, facilitation, and the structure of ecological communities. Bioscience, 51, 235-246.
49. Stewart, T.W., Gafford, J.C., Miner, J.G. & Lowe, R.L. (1999) Dreissena-shell habitat and antipredator behavior: combined effects on survivorship of snails co-occurring with molluscivorous fish. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 18, 274-283.
50. Tardiff, S.E. & Stanford, J.A. (1998) Grizzly bear digging: effects on subalpine meadow plants in relation to mineral nitrogen availability. Ecology, 79, 2219-2228.
51. Underwood, A.J. (1997) Experiments in Ecology: Their Logical Design and Interpretation Using Analysis of Variance. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
52. Vinson, M.R. & Hawkins, C.P. (1996) Effects of sampling area and subsampling procedure on comparisons of taxa richness among streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 15, 392-399.
53. Wieczorek, S.K. & Todd, C.D. (1997) Inhibition and facilitation of bryozoan and ascidian settlement by natural multi-species biofilms: effects of film age and the roles of active and passive larval attachment. Marine Biology, 128, 463-473.
54. Wieczorek, S.K. & Todd, C.D. (1998) Inhibition and facilitation of settlement of epifaunal marine invertebrate larvae by microbial biofilm cues. Biofouling, 12, 81-118.
55. Wiggins, G.B. (1998) Larvae of the North American Caddisfly Genera (Trichoptera). University of Toronto Press, Toronto.