Trophic position of zebra mussel veligers and their use of dissolved organic carbon

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1473-1484

  Barnard, Christine ^a   Martineau, Christine ^b   Frenette, Jean Jacques ^a   Dodson, Julian J ^b   Vincent, Warwick F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FOOD WEB; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOLLUSC; TRANSITION ZONE; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPEPODA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 33744933943     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.3.1473     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. ANDERSON, J. W., AND G. C. STEPHENS. 1969. Uptake of organic material by aquatic invertebrates, VI. Role of epiflora in apparent uptake of glycine by marine crustaceans. Mar. Biol. 4: 243-249.
2. ARMSTRONG, F. A. J., P. M. WILLIAMS, AND J. D. H. STRICKLAND. 1966. Photo-oxidation of organic matter in sea water by ultraviolet radiation, analytical and other applications. Nature 211: 481-484.
3. BAINES, S. B., N. S. FISHER, AND J. J. COLE. 2005. Uptake of dissolved organic matter (DOM) and its importance to metabolic requirements of the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha. Limnol. Oceanogr. 50: 36-47.
4. BARNARD, C., J.-J. FRENETTE, AND W. F. VINCENT. 2003. Planktonic invaders of the St. Lawrence estuarine transition zone: Environmental factors controlling the distribution of zebra mussel veligers. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 60: 1245-1257.
5. BELZILE, C., J. A. E. GIBSON, AND W. F. VINCENT. 2002. Colored dissolved organic matter and dissolved organic carbon exclusion from lake ice: Implications for irradiance transmission and carbon cycling. Limnol. Oceanogr. 47: 1283-1293.
6. BENNER, R., AND S. OPSAHL. 2001. Molecular indicators of the sources and transformations of dissolved organic matter in the Mississippi River Plume. Org. Geochem. 32: 597-611.
7. BERNIER, S. 2003. Efficacité et sélectivité alimentaire des larves de la Moule Zébrée: Effets potentiels sur le réseau alimentaire de la zone de transition estuarienne du Saint-Laurent. MSc thesis, Université Laval.
8. CABANA, G., AND J. RASMUSSEN. 1996. Comparison of aquatic food chains using nitrogen isotopes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93: 10844-10847.
9. CHIN-LEO, G., AND R. BENNER. 1992. Enhanced bacterioplankton production and respiration at intermediate salinities in the Mississippi River plume. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 87: 87-103.
10. CIBOROWSKI, J. J. H., D. A. CRAIG, AND K. M. FRY. 1997. Dissolved organic matter as food for black fly larvae (Diptera: Simuliidae). J. North Am. Benthol. Soc. 16: 771-780.
11. DAGG, M. J., R. BENNER, S. LOHRENZ, J. O'DONNELL, AND D. LAWRENCE. 2004. Transport and transformation of dissolved and particulate materials on continental shelves influenced by large rivers: Plume processes. Cont. Shelf Res. 24: 833-858.
12. FOGEL, M. L., L. A. CIFUENTES, D. L. VELIINSKY, AND J. H. SHARP. 1992. Relationship of carbon availability in estuarine phytoplankton to isotopic composition. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 82: 291-300.
13. 15N relationships. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 174: 301-306.
14. FRENETTE, J.-J., W. F. VINCENT, J. J. DODSON, AND C. LOVEJOY. 1995. Size-dependent variations in phytoplankton and protozoan community structure across the St. Lawrence River transition region. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 120: 99-110.
15. HÉLIE, J.-F., C. HILLAIRE-MARCEL, AND B. RONDEAU. 2002. Seasonal changes in the sources and fluxes of dissolved inorganic carbon through the St. Lawrence River - isotopic and chemical constraint. Chem. Geol. 186: 117-138.
16. _. 2004. Géochimie de carbone organique et inorganique dans les milieux aquatiques de l'est du Canada: Exemples du Saint-Laurent et du réservoir Robert-Bourassa - approche isotopique. Ph.D. thesis, Université du Québec a Montréal.
17. JOHNSON, L. E. 1995. Enhanced early detection and enumeration of zebra mussel (Dreissena sp.) veligers using cross-polarized light microscopy. Hydrobiologia 312: 139-146.
18. KORB, R. E., P. J. SAVILLE, A. M. JOHNSTON, AND J. A. RAVEN. 1997. Sources of inorganic carbon for photosynthesis by three species of marine diatom. J. Phycol. 33: 433-440.
19. 13C data from batch culture studies of Thalassiosira pseudonana and Emiliana huxleyi. Limnol. Oceanogr. 43: 136-142.
20. LECOMTE, F., AND J. J. DODSON. 2005. Distinguishing trophic and habitat partitioning among sympatric populations of an estuarine fish (Osmerus mordax Mitchell). J. Fish Biol. 66: 1601-1623.
21. MANAHAN, D. T., S. H. WRIGHT, G. C. STEPHENS, AND M. A. RICE. 1982. Transport of dissolved amino acids by the mussel, Mytilus edulis: Demonstration of net uptake from natural seawater. Science 215: 1253-1255.
22. MARTINEAU, C., W. F. VINCENT, J.-J. FRENETTE, AND J. J. DODSON. 2004. Primary consumers and particulate organic matter: Isotopic evidence of strong selectivity in the estuarine transition zone. Limnol. Oceanogr. 49: 1679-1686.
23. 15N) approach. Limnol. Oceanogr. 49: 1687-1702.
24. MCWHINNIE, M. A., AND R. JOHANNECK. 1966. Utilization of inorganic and organic carbon compounds by Antarctic zooplankton. Antarct. J. U.S. 1: 210.
25. MITCHELL, M. J., E. L. MILLS, N. IDRISI, AND R. MICHENER. 1996. Stable isotopes of nitrogen and carbon in an aquatic food web recently invaded by Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 53: 1445-1450.
26. MOOK, W. G., J. C. BOMMERSON, AND W. H. STAVERMAN. 1974. Carbon isotope fractionation between dissolved bicarbonate and gaseous carbon dioxide. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 22: 169-176.
27. MORAN, A. L., AND D. T. MANAHAN. 2004. Physiological recovery from prolonged 'starvation' in larvae of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 306: 17-36.
28. PACE, M. L., AND OTHERS. 2004. Whole-lake carbon-13 additions reveal terrestrial support of aquatic food webs. Nature 427: 240-243.
29. PAINCHAUD, J., J.-C. THERRIAULT, AND L. LEGENDRE. 1995. Assessment of salinity-related mortality of freshwater bacteria in the St. Lawrence Estuary. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61: 205-208.
30. PENNINGTON, J. T., AND M. G. HADFIELD. 1989. A simple nontoxic method for the decalcification of living invertebrate larvae. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 130: 1-7.
31. PHILLIPS, D. L., AND J. W. GREGG. 2003. Source partitioning using stable isotopes: Coping with too many sources. Oecologia 136: 261-269.
32. POLIS, G. A., W. B. ANDERSON, AND R. D. HOLT. 1997. Toward an integration of landscape and food web ecology: The dynamics of spatially subsidized food webs. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 28: 289-316.
33. POST, D. M. 2002. Using stable isotopes to estimate trophic position: Models, methods, and assumptions. Ecology 83: 703-718.
34. RAIKOW, D. F., AND S. K. HAMILTON. 2001. Bivalve diets in a midwestern U.S. stream: A stable isotope enrichment study. Limnol. Oceanogr. 46: 514-522.
35. 2 uptake. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 133: 275-285.
36. RICCIARDI, A., AND J. B. RASMUSSEN. 1998. Predicting the identity and impact of future biological invaders: a priority for aquatic resource management. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 55: 1759-1765.
37. RODITI, H. A., N. S. FISHER, AND S. A. SANUDO-WILHELMY. 2000. Uptake of dissolved organic carbon and trace elements by zebra mussels. Nature 407: 78-80.
38. ROLFF, C., AND R. ELMGREN. 2000. Use of riverine organic matter in plankton food webs of the Baltic Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 197: 81-101.
39. SCOTT, W. B., AND E. J. CROSSMAN. 1974. Freshwater fishes of Canada. Bulletin 184, Fisheries Research Board of Canada. Ottawa.
40. SPRUNG, M. 1993. The other life: An account of present knowledge of the larval phase of Dreissena polymorpha, p. 39-53. In T. F. Nalepa and D. W. Schloesser [eds.], Zebra mussels: Biology, impacts and control. Lewis.
41. THORP, J. H., M. D. DELONG, K. S. GREENWOOD, AND A. F. CASPER. 1998. Isotopic analysis of three food web theories in constricted and floodplain regions of a large river. Oecologia 117: 551-563.
42. TORTELL, P. D., J. R. REINFELDER, AND F. M. M. MOREL. 1997. Active uptake of bicarbonate by diatoms. Nature 390: 243-244.
43. TREMBLAY, M. J., L. D. MEADE, AND G. V. HURLEY. 1987. Identification of planktonic sea scallop larvae (Placopecten magellanicus) (Gmelin). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 44: 1361-1366.
44. VOETS, J., L. BERVOETS, AND R. BLUST. 2004. Cadmium bioavailability and accumulation in the presence of humic acid to the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38: 1003-1008.
45. WACKER, A., P. BECHER, AND E. V. ELERT. 2002. Food quality effects of unsaturated fatty acids on larvae of the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha. Limnol. Oceanogr. 47: 1242-1248.
46. WETZEL, R. G. 2001. Limnology: Lake and river ecosystems. Academic.
47. WILCOX, J. R., AND H. P. JEFFRIES. 1974. Feeding habits of the shrimp Crangon septemspinosa. Biol. Bull. 146: 424-434.
48. WINKLER, G., J. J. DODSON, N. BERTRAND, D. THIVIERGE, AND W. F. VINCENT. 2003. Trophic coupling across the St. Lawrence River estuarine transition zone. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 251: 59-73.
49. _, P. SIROIS, L. E. JOHNSON, AND J. J. DODSON. 2005. Invasion of an estuarine transition zone by Dreissena polymorpha veligers had no detectable effect on zooplankton community structure. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 62: 578-592.
50. WRIGHT, S., AND D. MANAHAN. 1989. Integumental nutrient uptake by aquatic organisms. Annu. Rev. Physiol. 51: 585-600.
51. ZIMMERMANN-TIMM, H. 2002. Characteristics, dynamics and importance of aggregates in rivers - an invited review. Int. Rev. Hydrobiol. 87: 197-240.