Upward cascading effects of nutrients: Shifts in a benthic microalgal community and a negative herbivore response

Oecologia

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 560-567

  Armitage, Anna R ^a,b   Fong, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerithidea californica; Cyanobacteria; Diatom; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; HERBIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; TIDAL FLAT; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGY; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEDIMENT; SNAIL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOMASS; CALIFORNIA; DIATOMS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEASONS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SNAILS;

CALIFORNIA; MUGU LAGOON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CERITHIDEA; CERITHIDEA CALIFORNICA; CHROMATIACEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 2942620007     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1530-6     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. Armitage AR (2003) Community structure and trophic interactions in restored and natural estuarine mudflats: complex trophic cascades and positive and negative effects of nutrients. Ph.D. thesis. University of California, Los Angeles
2. Berman-Frank I, et al (2001) Segregation of nitrogen fixation and oxygenic photosynthesis in the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium. Science 294:1534-1537
3. Byers JE (2000) Differential susceptibility to hypoxia aids estuarine invasion. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 203:123-132
4. Carpenter SR, Kitchell JF, Hodgson JR (1985) Cascading trophic interactions and lake productivity. Bioscience 35:634-639
5. Carrick HJ, Lowe RL (1988) Response of Lake Michigan benthic algae to in situ enrichment with silicon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 45:271-279
6. Childs CR, Rabalais NN, Turner RE, Proctor LM (2002) Sediment denitrification in the Gulf of Mexico zone of hypoxia. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 240:285-290
7. Clarke KD, Knoechel R, Ryan PM (1997) Influence of trophic role and life-cycle duration on timing and magnitude of benthic macroinvertebrate response to whole-lake enrichment. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 54:89-95
8. 2-fixation and denitrification in a transplanted Spartina alterniflora marsh: implications for N-flux dynamics. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci 42:597-616
9. Decho AW, Castenholz RW (1986) Spatial patterns and feeding of meiobenthic harpacticoid copepods in relation to resident microbial flora. Hydrobiologia 131:87-96
10. Ferrão-Filho AS, Azevedo SMFO, DeMott WR (2000) Effects of toxic and non-toxic cyanobacteria on the life history of tropical and temperate cladocerans. Freshwater Biol 45:1-19
11. Fong P, Donohoe RM, Zedler JB (1993) Competition with macroalgae and benthic cyanobacterial mats limits phytoplankton abundance in experimental microcosms. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 100:97-102
12. Fulton RS III, Paerl HW (1987) Effects of colonial morphology on zooplankton utilization of algal resources during blue-green algal (Microcystis aeruginosa) blooms. Limnol Oceanogr 32:634-644
13. Geddes P, Trexler JC (2003) Uncoupling of omnivore-mediated positive and negative effects on periphyton mats. Oecologia 136:585-595
14. Goldfinch AC, Carman KR (2000) Chironomid grazing on benthic microalgae in a Louisiana salt marsh. Estuaries 23:536-547
15. Hann BJ, Mundy CJ, Goldsborough LG (2001) Snail-periphyton interactions in a prairie lacustrine wetland. Hydrobiology 457:167-175
16. Hauxwell J, McClelland J, Behr PJ, Valiela I (1998) Relative importance of grazing and nutrient controls of macroalgal biomass in three temperate shallow estuaries. Estuaries 21:347-360
17. Javor BJ, Castenholz RW (1984) Invertebrate grazers of microbial mats, Laguna Guerrero Negro, Mexico. In: Cohen Y, Castenholz RW, Halvorson HO (eds) Microbial mats: stromatolites, vol 3. Alan R. Liss, New York, pp 85-94
18. Keating KI (1978) Blue-green algal inhibition of diatom growth transition from mesotrophic to eutrophic community structure. Science 199:971-973
19. Kuffner IB, Paul VJ (2001) Effects of nitrate, phosphate and iron on the growth of macroalgae and benthic cyanobacteria from Cocos Lagoon, Guam. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 222:63-72
20. Lafferty KD (1993) Effects of parasitic castration on growth, reproduction and population dynamics of the marine snail Cerithidea californica. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 96:229-237
21. Lafferty KD, Morris AK (1996) Altered behavior of parasitized killifish increases susceptibility to predation by bird final hosts. Ecology 77:1390-1397
22. Lorenzen CJ (1967) Determination of chlorophyll and pheopigments: spectrophotometric equations. Limnol Oceanogr 12:343-346
23. McQueen DJ, Post JR, Mills EL (1986) Trophic relationships in freshwater pelagic ecosystems. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 43:1571-1581
24. Menge BA (1992) Community regulation: under what conditions are bottom-up factors important on rocky shores? Ecology 73:755-765
25. Menge BA (2000) Top-down and bottom-up community regulation in marine rocky intertidal habitats. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 250:257-289
26. Meyer-Reil L-A, Köster M (2000) Eutrophication of marine waters: effects on benthic microbial communities. Mar Pollut Bull 41:255-263
27. Micheli F (1999) Eutrophication, fisheries, and consumer-resource dynamics in marine pelagic ecosystems. Science 285:1396-1398
28. Miller MW, Hay ME, Miller SL, Malone D, Sotka EE, Szmant AM (1999) Effects of nutrients versus herbivores on reef algae: a new method for manipulating nutrients on coral reefs. Limnol Oceanogr 44:1847-1861
29. O'Neil JM (1999) Grazer interactions with nitrogen-fixing marine cyanobacteria: adaptation for N-acquisition? Bull Inst Oceanogr 19:293-317
30. Onuf CP (1987) The ecology of Mugu Lagoon, California: an estuarine profile. 85 (7.15). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C.
31. Overmann J, Hall KJ, Northcote TG, Ebenhöh W, Chapman MA, Beatty T (1999) Structure of the aerobic food chain in a meromictic lake dominated by purple sulfur bacteria. Arch Hydrobiol 144:127-156
32. Paerl HW (1996) A comparison of cyanobacterial bloom dynamics in freshwater, estuarine and marine environments. Phycologia 35:25-35
33. Paerl HW, Fitzpatrick M, Bebout BM (1996) Seasonal nitrogen fixation dynamics in a marine microbial mat: potential roles of cyanobacteria and microheterotrophs. Limnol Oceanogr 41:419-427
34. Page HM (1997) Importance of vascular plant and algal production to macro-invertebrate consumers in a southern California salt marsh. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci 45:823-834
35. Piehler MF, Currin CA, Cassanova R, Paerl HW (1998) Development and N2-fixing activity of the benthic microbial community in transplanted Spartina alterniflora marshes in North Carolina. Restor Ecol 6:290-296
36. Pinckney J, Piceno Y, Lovell CR (1994) Short-term changes in thé vertical distribution of benthic microalgal biomass in intertidal muddy sediments. Diatom Res 9:143-153
37. Pinckney J, Paerl HW, Fitzpatrick M (1995) Impacts of seasonality and nutrients on microbial mat community structure and function. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 123:207-216
38. Pinckney JL, Paerl HW, Harrington MB (1999) Responses of the phytoplankton community growth rate to nutrient pulses in variable estuarine environments. J Phycol 35:1455-1463
39. Posey M, Powell C, Cahoon L, Lindquist D (1995) Top down vs. bottom up control of benthic community composition on an intertidal tideflat. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 185:19-31
40. Posey MH, Alphin TD, Cahoon LB, Lindquist DG, Mallin MA, Nevers MB (2002) Top-down versus bottom-up limitation in benthic infaunal communities: direct and indirect effects. Estuaries 25:999-1014
41. Race MS (1981) Field ecology and natural history of Cerithidea californica (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) in San Francisco Bay. Veliger 24:18-27
42. Sardá R, Valiela I, Foreman K (1996) Decadal shifts in a salt marsh macroinfaunal community in response to sustained long-term experimental nutrient enrichment. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 205:63-81
43. Sommer U (1997) Selectivity of Idothea chelipes (Crustacea: Isopoda) grazing on benthic microlagae. Limnol Oceanogr 42:1622-1628
44. Sommer U (2001) Reversal of density dependence of juvenile Littorina littorea (Gastropoda) growth in response to periphyton nutrient status. J Sea Res 45:95-103
45. Sullivan MJ, Currin CA (2000) Community structure and functional dynamics of benthic microalgae in salt marshes. In: Weinstein MP, Kreeger DA (eds) Concepts and controversies in tidal marsh ecology. Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp 81-106
46. Sullivan MJ, Moncreiff CA (1990) Edaphic algae are an important component of salt marsh food-webs: evidence from multiple stable isotope analyses. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 62:149-160
47. Sweeney RA (1989) Generic combustion method for determination of crude protein in feeds: collaborative study. J Assoc Off Anal Chem 72:770-774
48. Thacker RW, Ginsburg DW, Paul VJ (2001) Effects of herbivore exclusion and nutrient enrichment on coral reef macroalgae and cyanobacteria. Coral Reefs 19:318-329
49. Underwood GJC (1997) Microalgal colonization in a saltmarsh restoration scheme. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci 44:471-481
50. Valiela I, McClelland J, Hauxwell J, Behr PJ, Hersh D, Foreman K (1997) Macroalgal blooms in shallow estuaries: controls and ecophysiological and ecosystem consequences. Limnol Oceanogr 42:1105-1118
51. Van Raalte CD, Valiela I, Teal JM (1976) Production of epibenthic salt marsh algae: light and nutrient limitation. Limnol Oceanogr 21:862-872
52. Whitlatch RB, Obrebski S (1980) Feeding selectivity and coexistence in two deposit feeding gastropods. Mar Biol 58:219-226
53. Williams SL, Ruckelshaus MH (1993) Effects of nitrogen availability and herbivory on eelgrass (Zostera marina) and epiphytes. Ecology 74:904-918
54. Wiltse WI, Foreman KH, Teal JT, Valiela I (1984) Effects of predators and food resources on the macrobenthos of salt marsh creeks. J Mar Res 42:923-942
55. Zedler JB (1980) Algal mat productivity: comparisons in a salt marsh. Estuaries 3:122-131
56. Zedler JB (1996) Coastal mitigation in southern California: the need for a regional restoration strategy. Ecol Appl 6:84-93