On the influence of substrate morphology and surface area on phytofauna

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 575, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-128

  Becerra Muñoz, Salvador ^a,b   Schramm Jr , Harold L ^a,c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial substrates; Epiphytic invertebrates; Phytofauna; Playa lakes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAKES; MORPHOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUBSTRATES;

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATES; EPIPHYTIC INVERTEBRATES; PHYTOFAUNA; PLAYA LAKES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOMASS; COLONIZATION; INVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DENSITY; SUBSTRATE; SURFACE AREA;

CASTRO COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; PLAYA LAKES; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845409647     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0359-x     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. American Public Health Association, 1985. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. 16th edn. American Public Health Association, Washington, DC.
2. Atil, H. & Y. Unver, 2001. Multiple comparisons. Online Journal of Biological Sciences 1: 723-727.
3. Atilla, N., J. W. Fleeger & C. M. Finelli, 2005. Effects of habitat complexity and hydrodynamics on the abundance and diversity of small invertebrates colonizing artificial substrates. Journal of Marine Research 63: 1151-1172.
4. Biochino, A. A. & G. I. Biochino, 1980. Quantitative estimation of phytophilous invertebrates. Hydrobiologia 15: 74-76.
5. Bownik, L. J., 1970. The periphyton of the submerged macrophytes of Mikolajskie Lake. Ekologia Polska 18: 503-520.
6. Brouha, P. & C. E. Von Geldern, Jr., 1979. Habitat manipulation for centrarchid production in western reservoirs. In Johnson, D. L. & R. A. Stein (eds), Response of fish to habitat structure in standing waters. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD: 11-17.
7. Brown, C. L., T. P. Poe, J. R. French III & D. W. Schloesser, 1988. Relationships of phytomacrofauna to surface area in naturally occurring macrophyte stands. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 7: 129-139.
8. Cheruvelil, K. S., P. A. Soranno, J. D. Madsen & M. J. Roberson, 2000. Plant architecture and epiphytic macroinvertebrate communities: the role of an exotic dissected macrophyte. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 21: 261-277.
9. Chilton, E. W. II, 1990. Macroinvertebrate communities associated with three aquatic macrophytes (Ceratophyllum demersum, Myriophyllum spicatum and Vallisneria americana) in Lake Onalaska, Wisconsin. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 5: 455-466.
10. Coull, B. C. & J. B. J. Wells, 1983. Refuges from fish predation. Experiments with phytal meiofauna from New Zealand rocky intertidal. Ecology 64: 1599-1609.
11. Cyr, H. & J. A. Downing, 1988a. Empirical relationships of phytomacrofaunal abundance to plant biomass and macrophyte bed characteristics. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 45: 976-984.
12. Cyr, H. & J. A. Downing, 1988b. The abundance of phytophilous invertebrates on different species of submerged macrophytes. Freshwater Biology 20: 365-374.
13. Downing, J. A. & H. Cyr, 1985. Quantitative estimation of epiphytic invertebrate populations. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 42: 1570-1579.
14. Drake, C. M., 1983. Spatial distribution of chironomid larvae (Diptera) on leaves of the bulrush in a chalk stream. Journal of Animal Ecology 52: 421-437.
15. Gaevskaya, N. S., 1969. The role of higher aquatic plants in the nutrition of the animals of fresh-water basins. In Mann. K. H. (ed.),. National Lending Library for Science and Technology, Vols I-III. Yorkshire, England.
16. Gerking, S. D., 1957. A method of sampling the littoral macrofauna and its application. Ecology 38: 219-226.
17. Hansen, K. L., E. G. Ruby & R. L. Thompson, 1971. Trophic relationships in the water hyacinth community. Quarterly Journal of Florida Academy of Sciences 34: 107-113.
18. Harrod, J. J., 1964. The distribution of invertebrates on submerged aquatic plants in a chalk stream. Journal of Animal Ecology 33: 335-348.
19. Jeffries, M., 1993. Invertebrate colonization of artificial pondweeds of differing fractal dimension. Oikos 67: 142-148.
20. Junk, W. J., 1973. Investigations on the ecology and production-biology of the floating meadows (Paspalo-Echinochloetum) on the middle Amazon. Part II. The aquatic fauna in the root zone of floating vegetation. Amazoniana 4: 9-102.
21. Junk, W. J., 1977. The invertebrate fauna of the floating vegetation of Bung Borapet, a reservoir in central Thailand. Hydrobiologia 53: 229-238.
22. Kangas, P., 1978. On the quantity of meiofauna among the epiphytes of Fucus vesiculosus in the Asko area, northern Baltic Sea. Contributions from Asko Laboratory. University of Stockholm, Sweden 24: 1-32.
23. Kirk, R. E., 1995. Experimental design: Procedures for the behavioral sciences. 3rd edn. Brooks-Cole Publishing Company, Pacific Grove, CA.
24. Krecker, F. H., 1939. A comparative study of the animal population of certain submerged aquatic plants. Ecology 20: 553-562.
25. Krull, J. N., 1970. Aquatic plant-macroinvertebrate associations and waterfowl. Journal of Wildlife Management 34: 707-718.
26. Kuflikowski, T., 1986. Development and structure of the Goczalkowice ecosystem. XIII. Plant-dwelling fauna. Ekologia Polska 34: 473-489.
27. Lalonde, S. & J. A. Downing, 1992. Phytofauna of eleven macrophyte beds of differing trophic status, depth and composition. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49: 992-1000.
28. Linhart, J., V. Uvíra, M. Rulík & K. Rulíkova, 1998. A study of the composition of phytomacrofauna in Batrachium aquatile vegetation. Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis. Facultas Rerum Naturalium Biologica 36: 39-60.
29. Marcus, J. H., D. W. Sutcliffe & L. G. Willoughby, 1978. Feeding and growth of Asellus aquaticus (Isopoda) on food items from the littoral of Windermere, including green leaves of Elodea canadensis. Freshwater Biology 8: 505-519.
30. Merritt, R. W., K. W. Cummins, M. B. Berg, J. A. Novak, M. J. Higgins, K. J. Wessel & J. L. Lessard, 2002. Development and application of a macroinvertebrate functional groups approach in the bioassessment of remnant oxbows in the Caloosahatchee River, southwest Florida. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 21: 290-310.
31. Mrachek, R. J., 1966. Macroscopic invertebrates on the higher aquatic plants at Clear Lake, Iowa. Iowa Academy of Science 73: 168-177.
32. Ohtaka, A. & H. Morino, 1986. Seasonal changes in the epiphytic animals on the Potamogeton malaianus in Lake Kita-Ura, with special reference to oligochaetes. Japanese Journal of Limnology Rikusuitzatsu 47: 63-75.
33. Pardue, W. J. & D. J Webb, 1985. A comparison of aquatic macroinvertebrates occurring in association with Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum L.) with those found in the open littoral zone. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 3: 69-79..
34. Pieczynski, E., 1977. Numbers and biomass of the littoral fauna in Mikolajskie Lake and in other Masurian lakes. Ekologia Polska 25: 45-57.
35. Robertson, A. I. & J. S. Lucas, 1983. Food choice, feeding rates and the turnover of macrophyte biomass by a surf zone inhabiting amphipod. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology 72: 99-124.
36. Roca, J. R. & D. L. Danielopol, 1991. Exploration of interstitial habitats by the phytophilous ostracod Cypridopsis vidua (O.F. Müller): Experimental evidence. Annales de Limnologie 27: 243-252.
37. Rooke, J. B., 1984. The invertebrate fauna of four macrophytes in a lotic system. Freshwater Biology 14: 507-513.
38. Rooke, J. B., 1986a. Macroinvertebrates associated with macrophytes and plastic imitations in the Eramosa River, Ontario, Canada. Archiv für Hidrobiologie 106: 307-325.
39. Rooke, J. B., 1986b. Seasonal aspects of the invertebrate fauna of three species of plants and rock surfaces in a small stream. Hydrobiologia 134: 81-87.
40. SAS Institute, 1990. SAS/STAT User's Guide. Version 6, 4th Edn. SAS Institute, Cary, NC.
41. Schramm, H. L. Jr., K. J. Jirka & M. V. Hoyer, 1987. Epiphytic macroinvertebrates on dominant macrophytes in two central Florida lakes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 118: 416-426.
42. Schramm, H. L. Jr. & K. J. Jirka, 1989. Epiphytic macroinvertebrates as a food resource for bluegills in Florida lakes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 118: 416-426.
43. Smock, L. A. & D. L. Stoneburner, 1980. The response of macroinvertebrates to aquatic macrophyte decomposition. Oikos 35: 397-403.
44. Smock, L. A. & K. L. Harlowe, 1983. Utilization and processing of freshwater wetland macrophytes by the detritivore Asellus forbesi. Ecology 64: 1556-1565.
45. Soszka, G. J., 1975a. Ecological relations between invertebrates and submerged macrophytes in the lake littoral. Ekologia Polska 23: 393-415.
46. Soszka, G. J., 1975b. The invertebrates on submerged macrophytes in three Masurian lakes. Ekologia Polska 23: 371-391.
47. Steel, R. G. D., Torrie, J. H. & D. A. Dickey, 1997. Principles and Procedures of Statistics. A Biometrical Approach. 3rd edn. McGraw-Hill Publishing, New York.
48. Taniguchi, H., Nakano, S. & M. Tokeshi, 2003. Influences of habitat complexity on the diversity and abundance of epiphytic invertebrates on plants. Freshwater Biology 48: 718-728.
49. Taniguchi, H. & M. Tokeshi, 2004. Effects of habitat complexity on benthic assemblages in a variable environment. Freshwater Biology 49: 1164-1178.
50. Tokeshi, M., 1986a. Population dynamics, life histories and species richness in an epiphytic chironomid community. Freshwater Biology 16: 431-441.
51. Tokeshi, M., 1986b. Resource utilization, overlap and temporal community dynamics: a null model analysis of an epiphytic chironomid community. Journal of Animal Ecology 55: 491-506.
52. Tokeshi, M. & L. C. V. Pinder, 1986. Dispersion of epiphytic chironomid larvae and the probability of random colonization. Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie 71: 613-620.
53. Trivinho-Strixino, S., L. C. S. Correia & K. Sonoda, 2000. Phytophilous chironomid (Diptera) and other macroinvertebrates in the ox-bow Infernão Lake (Jatai Ecological Station, Luiz Antonio SP, Brazil). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 60: 527-535.
54. Urban, E., 1975. The mining fauna of four macrophyte species in Mikolajskie Lake. Ekologia Polska 23: 417-435.
55. Winer, B. J., D. R. Brown & K. M. Michels, 1991. Statistical principles in experimental design. 3rd edn. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.