The Odonata of newly constructed ponds with life history and production of dominant species

Aquatic Insects

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-130

  Braccia, Amy ^a   Voshell Jr , J Reese ^a   Christman, Van D ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Life history; New ponds; Odonata; Secondary production

Indexed keywords

ANAX JUNIUS; ENALLAGMA CIVILE; GOMPHUS EXILIS; LIBELLULIDAE; ODONATA;

EID: 34249069496     PISSN: 01650424     EISSN: 17444152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650420701329279     Document Type: Article

References (61)

1. American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association, and Water Pollution Control Federation. 1989. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. 17th edition. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association. 1624 p.
2. Barnes LE. 1983. The colonization of ball-clay ponds by macroinvertebrates and macrophytes. Freshwater Biology 13:561-578.
3. Beesley C. 1974. Simulated field predation of single-prey (Culex peus) and alternative-prey (Culex peus: Chironomus sp. 51) by Anax junius Drury (Odonata: Aeshnidae). Proceedings of the Mosquito Control Association 42:73-76.
4. Benke AC. 1984. Secondary production of aquatic insects In: Resh VH, Rosenburg DM, editors. The Ecology of Aquatic Insects. New York: Praeger Publishers. p 289-322.
5. Benke AC. 1976. Dragonfly production and prey turnover. Ecology 57:915-927.
6. Benke AC. 1979. A modification of the Hynes method for estimating secondary production with particular significance for multivoltine populations. Limnology & Oceanography 24:169-171.
7. Benke AC, Benke SS. 1975. Comparative dynamics and life histories of coexisting dragonfly populations. Ecology 56:302-317.
8. Benke AC, Crowley PH, Johnson DM. 1982. Interactions among coexisting larval Odonata: an in situ experiment using small enclosures. Hydrobiologia 94:121-130.
9. Benke, AC Huryn AD. 2006. Secondary production of macroinvertebrates. In: Hauer RF, Lamberti GA, editors. Methods in Stream Ecology. New York: Elsevier. p 691-710.
10. Benke AC, Van Arsdall TC, Gillespie DM, Parrish FK. 1984. Invertebrate productivity in a subtropical blackwater river: the importance of habitat and life history. Ecological Monographs 54:25-63.
11. Benke AC, Wallace JB. 1980. Trophic basis of production among net-spinning caddisflies in a southern Appalachian stream. Ecology 61:103-118.
12. Benke AC, Wallace JB, Harrison JW, Koebel JW. 2001. Food web quantification using secondary production analysis: predaceous invertebrates of the snag habitat in a subtropical river. Freshwater Biology 46:329-346.
13. Bick GH, Bick JC. 1963. Behavior and population structure of the damselfly, Enallagma civile (Hagen) (Odonata: Coenagriidae). Southwestern Naturalist 8:57-84.
14. Blois-Heulin C, Crowley PH, Arrington M, Johnson DM. 1990. Direct and indirect effects of predators on the dominant invertebrates of two freshwater littoral communities. Oecologia 84:295-306.
15. Brigham AR, Brigham WW, Gnilka A. 1982. Aquatic Insects and Oligochaetes of North and South Carolina. Mahomet, IL: Midwest Aquatic Enterprises. 837 p.
16. Calvert PP. 1934. The rates of growth, larval development and seasonal distribution of dragonflies of the genus Anax (Odonata: Aeshnidae). Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 73:1-70.
17. Christman VD, Voshell JR. 1993. Changes in the benthic macroinvertebrate community in two years of colonization of new experimental ponds. Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie 78:481-491.
18. Corbet PS. 1980. Biology of Odonata. Annual Review of Entomology 25:189-217.
19. Corbet PS. 1999. Dragonflies: Behavior and Ecology of Odonata. New York: Cornell University Press. 829 p.
20. Crowley PH, Johnson DM. 1982. Co-occurrence of Odonata in the eastern United States. Advances in Odonatology 1:15-37.
21. Dudgeon D. 1989a. Gomphid (Odonate: Anisoptera) life cycles and production in a Hong Kong forest stream. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 114:531-536.
22. Dudgeon D. 1989b. Patterns of variation in secondary production in a tropical stream. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 144:271-281.
23. Dudgeon D. 1989c. Life cycle, production, microdistribution and diet of the damselfly Euphaea decorata (Odonata: Euphaeidae) in a Hong Kong forest stream. Journal of the Zoological Society of London 217:57-72.
24. Gaines WL, Cushing CE, Smith SD. 1992. Secondary production estimates of benthic insects in three cold desert streams. Great Basin Naturalist 52:11-24.
25. Hamilton AL. 1969. On estimating secondary production. Limnology & Oceanography 14:771-782.
26. Huryn AD. 1996. An appraisal of the Allen paradox in a New Zealand trout stream. Limnology & Oceanography 41:243-252.
27. Huryn AD. 1998. Ecosystem-level evidence for top-down and bottom-up control of production in a grassland stream system. Oecologia 115:173-183.
28. Ingram BR, Jenner CE. 1976. Life histories of Enallagma hageni (Walsh) and E. aspersum (Hagen) (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica 5:331-345.
29. Jenkins DG. 1990. Structure and function of zooplankton colonization in twelve new experimental ponds [dissertation]. Blacksburg (VA): Virginia Tech. 216 p. Available from: University Libraries, Blacksburg, VA: LD5655.V856.
30. Johnson DM, Crowley PH, Bohanan RE, Watson CN, Martin TH. 1985. Competition among larval dragonflies: a field enclosure experiment. Ecology 66:119-128.
31. Johnson DM. 1991. Behavioral ecology of larval dragonflies and damselflies. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 6:8-13.
32. Johnson DM, Pierce CL, Martin TH, Watson CN, Bohanan RE, Crowley PH. 1987. Prey depletion by odonate larvae: combining evidence from multiple field experiments. Ecology 65:1459-1465.
33. Kedzierski WM, Smock LA. 2001. Effects of logging on macroinvertebrate production in a sand-bottomed, low-gradient stream. Freshwater Biology 46:821-833.
34. Kirk EJ, Perry SA. 1994. Macroinvertebrate production estimates in the Kanawha River, West Virginia. Hydrobiologia 281:39-50.
35. Kusler JA, Kentula ME. 1990. Wetland Creation and Restoration: the Status of the Science. Washington, DC: Island Press. 616 p.
36. Lawton JH. 1971. Ecological energetics studies on larvae of the damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer) (Odonata: Zygoptera). Journal of Animal Ecology 40:385-423.
37. Layton RJ, Voshell JR. 1991. Colonization of new experimental ponds by benthic macroinvertebrates. Environmental Entomology 20:110-117.
38. Macklin JM. 1963. Notes on the life history of Anax junius (Drury) (Odonata: Aeshnidae). Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 73:154-163.
39. McPeek MA. 1990a. Determination of species composition in the Enallagma damselfly assemblages of permanent lakes. Ecology 71:83-98.
40. McPeek MA. 1990b. Behavioral differences between Enallagma species (Odonata) influencing differential vulnerability to predators. Ecology 71:1714-1726.
41. Merritt RW, Cummins KW, editors. 1996. An introduction to the aquatic insects of North America, 3rd edition. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co. 862 p.
42. Morin A, Mousseau TA, Roff DA. 1987. Accuracy and precision of secondary production estimates. Limnology & Oceanography 32:1342-1352.
43. National Research Council. 1992. Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. 576 p.
44. Needham JG, Westfall MJ, May ML. 2000. Dragonflies of North America. Gainesville, FL: Scientific Publishers. 939 p.
45. Paulson DR, Jenner CE. 1971. Population structure in overwintering larval Odonata in North Carolina in relation to adult flight season. Ecology 52:96-107.
46. Runck C, Blinn DW. 1993. Secondary production by Telebasis salva. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 12:136-147.
47. Smith LC, Smock LA. 1992. Ecology of invertebrate predators in a Coastal Plain stream. Freshwater Biology 28:319-329.
48. Smock LA, Gladden JE, Riekenberg LC, Black CR. 1992. Lotic macroinvertebrate production in three dimensions: channel surface, hyporheic, and floodplain environments. Ecology 73:876-886.
49. Street M, Titmus G. 1979. The Colonisation of Experimental Ponds by Chironomidae (Diptera). Aquatic Insects 1:233-244.
50. Streever WJ, Portier KM, Crisman TL. 1996. A comparison of dipterans from ten created and ten natural wetlands. Wetlands 16:416-428.
51. Suhling F, Schenk K, Padeffke T, Martens A. 2004. A field study of larval development in a dragonfly assemblage in African desert ponds (Odonata). Hydrobiologia 528:75-85.
52. Trottier R. 1971. Effect of temperature on the life-cycle of Anax junius (Odonata: Aeshnidae) in Canada. Canadian Entomologist 103:1671-1683.
53. Van Buskirk J. 1988. Interactive effects of dragonfly predation in experimental pond communities. Ecology 69:857-867.
54. Voshell JR, Simmons GM. 1978. The Odonata of a new reservoir in the southeastern United States. Odonatologica 7:67-76.
55. Wallace JB, Cuffney TF, Lay CC, Vogel D. 1987. The influence of an ecosystem-level manipulation on prey consumption by lotic dragonflies. Canadian Journal of Zoology 65:35-40.
56. Waters TF. 1977. Secondary production in inland waters. Advances in Ecological Research 10:91-164.
57. Wetzel RG. 2001. Limnology. 3rd edition. San Diego, CA: Academic Press. 1006 p.
58. Wilbur HM, Fauth JE. 1990. Experimental aquatic food webs: interactions between two predators and two prey. American Naturalist 135:176-204.
59. Wissinger SA. 1988a. Effects of food availability on larval development and inter-instar predation rates among larvae of Libellula lydia and Libellula luctuosa (Odonata: Anisoptera). Canadian Journal of Zoology 66:543-549.
60. Wissinger SA. 1988b. Spatial distribution, life history and estimates of survivorship in a fourteen-species assemblage of larval dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera). Freshwater Biology 20:329-340.
61. Wissinger SA, McGrady J. 1993. Intraguild predation and competition between larval dragonflies: direct and indirect effects on shared prey. Ecology 74:207-218.