Feeding ecology and predation impact of the recently established amphipod, Themisto libellula, in the St. Lawrence marine system, Canada

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 373, Issue , 2008, Pages 53-70

  Marion, Alexandra ^a,b   Harvey, Michel ^b   Chabot, Denis ^b   Brêthes, Jean Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digestion time; Feeding ecology; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Hyperiid amphipod; Ingestion rate; Predation impact; Themisto libellula

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BIOMASS; CARNIVORE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIGESTION; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FLY; INGESTION RATE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

NORTH AMERICA; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

AMPHIPODA; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CHAETOGNATHA; COPEPODA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; HYPERIIDAE; MYSIDA; THEMISTO; THEMISTO LIBELLULA;

EID: 58849120913     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07716     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Auel H, Werner I (2003) Feeding, respiration and life history of the hyperiid amphipod Themisto libellula in the arctic marginal ice zone of the Greenland Sea. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 296:183-197
2. Auel H, Harjes M, da Rocha R, Stubing D, Hagen W (2002) Lipid biomarkers indicate different ecological niches and trophic relationships of the arctic hyperiid amphipods Themisto abyssorum and T. libellula. Polar Biol 25:374-383
3. Bajkov AD (1935) How to estimate the daily food consumption of fish under natural conditions. Trans Am Fish Soc 65:288-289
4. Båmstedt U, Karlson K (1998) Euphausiid predation on copepods in coastal waters of the Northeast Atlantic. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 172:149-168
5. Bousfield EL (1951) Pelagic amphipoda of the Belle Isle Strait region. J Fish Res Board Can 8:134-163
6. Cartes JE, Maynou F (2001) Trophodynamics of the deepwater suprabenthic mysid Boreomysis arctica in the Catalan Sea (western Mediterranean). Mar Ecol Prog Ser 211:225-234
7. Cartes JE, Maynou F, Morales-Nin B, Massuti E, Moranta J (2001) Trophic structure of a bathyal benthopelagic boundary layer community south of the Balearic Islands (southwestern Mediterranean). Mar Ecol Prog Ser 215:23-35
8. Chipps SR (1998) Temperature-dependent consumption and gut-residence time in the opossum shrimp Mysis relicta. J Plankton Res 20:2401-2411
9. Dalpadado P (2002) Inter-specific variations in distribution, abundance and possible life-cycle patterns of Themisto spp. (Amphipoda) in the Barents Sea. Polar Biol 25:656-666
10. Dalpadado P, Borkner N, Bogstad B, Mehl S (2001) Distribution of Themisto (Amphipoda) spp. in the Barents Sea and predator-prey interactions. ICES J Mar Sci 58:876-895
11. Darbyson E, Swain DP, Chabot D, Castonguay M (2003) Diel variation in feeding rate and prey composition of herring and mackerel in the southern Gulf of St Lawrence. J Fish Biol 63:1235-1257
12. Dempson JB, Shears M, Bloom M (2002) Spatial and temporal variability in the diet of anadromous arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus, in northern Labrador. Environ Biol Fishes 64:49-62
13. Dunbar MJ (1946) On Themisto libellula in Baffin Island coastal waters. J Fish Res Board Can 6:419-434
14. Dunbar MJ (1957) The determinants of production in northern seas: a study of the biology of Themisto libellula Mandt. Can J Zool 35:797-819
15. Eiane K, Daase M (2002) Observations of mass mortality of Themisto libellula (Amphipoda, Hyperidae). Polar Biol 25:396-398
16. Falk-Petersen S, Sargent JR, Tande KS (1987) Lipid composition of Zooplankton in relation to the sub-arctic food web. Polar Biol 8:115-120
17. Fortier M, Fortier L, Hattori H, Saito H, Legendre L (2001) Visual predators and the diel vertical migration of copepods under arctic sea ice during the midnight sun. J Plankton Res 23:1263-1278
18. Froneman PW, Pakhomov EA (1998) Trophic importance of the chaetognaths Eukrohnia hamata and Sagitta gazellae in the pelagic system of the Prince Edward Islands (Southern Ocean). Polar Biol 19:242-249
19. Froneman PW, Pakhomov EA, Treasure A (2000) Trophic importance of the hyperiid amphipod, Themisto gaudichaudi, in the Prince Edward Archipelago (Southern Ocean) ecosystem. Polar Biol 23:429-436
20. Gibbons MJ, Painting SJ (1992) The effects and implications of container volume on clearance rates of the ambush entangling predator Pleurobranchia pileus (Ctenophora: Tentaculata). J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 163:199-208
21. Harvey M, Galbraith PS, Descroix A (2008) Vertical distribution and diel migration of macrozooplankton in the St. Lawrence marine system (Canada) in relation with the cold intermediate layer thermal properties. Prog Oceanogr doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2008.09.001
22. Harvey M, St. Pierre JF, Devine L, Gagné A, Gagnon Y, Beaulieu MF (2004) Oceanographic conditions in the Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence during 2003: Zooplankton. Fish Oceans Can Can Sci Advis Secretariat Res Doc 2004/080
23. Harvey M, St. Pierre JF, Devine L, Gagné A, Gagnon Y, Beaulieu MF (2005) Oceanographic conditions in the Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence during 2004: Zooplankton. Fish Oceans Can Can Sci Advis Secretariat Res Doc 2005/043
24. Hoffer SA (1971) Some aspects of the biology of Parathemisto (Amphipoda: Hyperiidea) from the Gulf of St. Lawrence. MSc thesis, McGill University, Montreal
25. Huntsman AG, Baily WB, Hachey HB (1954) The general oceanography of the Strait of Belle Isle. J Fish Res Board Can 11:198-260
26. Ikeda T, Shiga N (1999) Production, metabolism and production/biomass (P/B) ratio of Themisto japonica (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in Toyama Bay, southern Japan Sea. J Plankton Res 21:299-308
27. Kane JE (1963) Observation on the moulting and feeding of a hyperiid amphipod. Crustaceana 6:129-132
28. Karamushko LI, Shatunovskij MI (1993) Quantitative regularities of temperature effect on the rate of energy metabolism in Gadus morhua, Anarhichas lupus and Pleuro nectes platessa. Vopr Ikhtiol 33:111-120
29. Koszteyn J, Timofeev S, Weslawski JM, Malinga B (1995) Size structure of Themisto abyssorum Boeck and Themisto libellula (Mandt) populations in European arctic seas. Polar Biol 15:85-92
30. Lowry LF, Frost KJ (1984) Foods and feeding of bowhead whales in western and northern Alaska. Sci Rep Cetacean Res 35:1-16
31. Maynou F, Cartes JE (1998) Daily ration estimates and comparative study of food consumption in nine species of deep-water decapod crustaceans of the NW Mediterranean. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 171:221-231
32. Nielssen KT, Haug T, Potelov V, Timoshenko YK (1995) Feeding habits of harp seals (Phoca groenlandica) during early summer and autumn in the northern Barents Sea. Polar Biol 15:485-493
33. Pakhomov EA, Perissinotto R (1996) Trophodynamics of the hyperiid amphipod Themisto gaudichaudi in the South Georgia region during late austral summer. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 134:91-100
34. Pakhomov EA, Perissinotto R (1997) Mesozooplankton community structure and grazing impact in the region of the Subtropical Convergence south of Africa. J Plankton Res 19:675-691
35. Pedersen CE, Falk K (2001) Chick diet of dovekies Alle alle in northwest Greenland. Polar Biol 24:53-58
36. Percy JA (1993a) Energy consumption and metabolism during starvation in the arctic hyperiid amphipod Themisto libellula Mandt. Polar Biol 13:549-555
37. Percy JA (1993b) Reproduction and growth of the arctic hyperiid amphipod Themisto libellula Mandt. Polar Biol 13:131-139
38. Percy JA, Fife FJ (1993) Macrozooplankton, particularly species of Themisto (Amphipoda, Hyperiidea), and temperature, salinity and density data collected in eastern Hudson Strait in 1987-88. Can Data Rep Fish Aquat Sci 905, Ottawa
39. Plourde S, Dodson JJ, Runge JA, Therriault JC (2002) Spatial and temporal variations in copepod community structure in the lower St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 230:211-224
40. R Development Core Team (2006) R: a language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, www.R-project.org
41. Sameoto DD (1988) Feeding of lantern fish Benthosema glaciale off the Nova Scotia Shelf. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 44:113-129
42. Sameoto DD, Jaroszynski LO (1973) Distribution of euphausiid scattering layers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Estuary. Fish Res Board Can Tech Rep 430, Ottawa
43. Sheader M, Evans F (1975) Feeding and gut structure of Parathemisto gaudichaudi (Guerin) (Amphipoda, Hyperiidea). J Mar Biol Assoc UK 55:641-656
44. Tönnesson K, Tiselius P (2005) Diet of the chaetognaths Sagitta setosa and S. elegans in relation to prey abundance and vertical distribution. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 289:177-190
45. Vinogradov GM (1999) Deep-sea near-bottom swarms of pelagic amphipods Themisto: observations from submersibles. Sarsia 84:465-467
46. Wood S (2005) mgcv: GAMs with GCV smoothness estimation and GAMMs by REML/PQL. R package version 1.3-7, R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna
47. Yamada Y, Ikeda T (2006) Production, metabolism and trophic importance of four pelagic amphipods in the Oyashio region, western subarctic Pacific. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 308:155-163
48. Yamashita Y, Aoyama T, Kitagawa D (1984) Laboratory studies of predation by the hyperiid amphipod Parathemisto japonica on larvae of the Japanese sand-eel Ammodytes personatus. Bull Jpn Soc Sci Fish 50:1089-1093
49. Yamashita Y, Kitagawa D, Aoyama T (1985) A field study of predation of the hyperiid amphipod Parathemisto japonica on larvae of the Japanese sand eel Ammodytes personatus. Bull Jpn Soc Sci Fish 51:1599-1607
50. Zakardjian B, Runge JA, Plourde S, Gratton Y (1999) A biophysical model of the interaction between vertical migration of crustacean zooplankton and circulation in the lower St. Lawrence Estuary. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 56:2420-2432