Macroinvertebrate communities of hypoxic habitats created by an invasive plant (Trapa natans) in the freshwater tidal Hudson River

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 199-207

  Kornijów, Ryszard ^a,b   Strayer, David L ^b   Caraco, Nina F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien species; Estuary; Exotic species; Hypoxia; Invasive species; Macroinvertebrates; Macrophyte

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPIPHYTE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; MICROHABITAT; PREDATION; SAMPLER;

HUDSON RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); TRAPA; TRAPA NATANS;

EID: 77954609096     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2010/0176-0199     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Armitage, P. D., Cranston, P. S. & Pinder, L. C., 1995: The Chironomidae: Biology and ecology of non-biting midges. Chapman and Hall, London.
2. Bass, D. & Potts, C., 2001: Invertebrate community composition and physicochemical conditions of Boehler Lake, Atoka County, Oklahoma. - Proc. Oklahoma Acad. Sci. 81: 21-29.
3. Caraco, N. F. & Cole, J. J., 2002: Contrasting impacts of a native and alien macrophyte on dissolved oxygen in a large river. - Ecol. Appl. 12: 1496-1509.
4. Caraco, N., Cole, J., Findlay, S. & Wigand, C., 2006: Vascular plants as engineers of oxygen in aquatic systems. - BioScience 56: 219-225.
5. Cattaneo, A., Galanti, G., Gentinetta S. & Romo, S., 1998: Epiphytic algae and macroinvertebrates on submerged and floating-leaved macrophytes in an Italian lake. - Freshwat. Biol. 39: 725-740.
6. Coote, T. W., Schmidt, R. E. & Caraco, N., 2001 : Use of periodically anoxic Trapa natans bed by fishes in the Hudson River. - In: Waldman, J. R. & Nieder, W. C. (eds): Final reports of the Tibor T. Polgar Fellowship Program for 2000. - Hudson River Foundation, New York City, pp. IV-1 to IV-20.
7. Downing, J. A., 1986: A regression technique for the estimation of epiphytic invertebrate populations. - Freshwat. Biol. 16: 161-173.
8. Efitre, J., Chapman, L. J. & Makanga, B., 2001: The inshore benthic macroinvertebrates of Lake Nabugabo, Uganda: seasonal and spatial patterns. - Afr. Zool. 36: 205-216.
9. Epler, J. H., 2001: Identification manual for the larval Chironomidae (Diptera) of North and South Carolina. - Available at http://h2o.enr.state.nc. us/esb/BAUwww/Chironomid.htm.
10. Feldman, R. S., 2001: Taxonomic and size structures of phytophilous macroinvertebrate communities in Vallisneria and Trapa beds of the Hudson River, New York. - Hydrobiologia 452: 233-245.
11. Findlay, S., Howe, K. & Austin, H. K., 1990: Comparison of detritus dynamics in two tidal fresh-water wetlands. - Ecology 71: 288-295. (Pubitemid 20424943)
12. Goodwin, K., Caraco, N. & Cole, J., 2008: Temporal dynamics of dissolved oxygen in a floating-leaved macrophyte bed. Freshwat. Biol. 53: 1632-1641.
13. Hamburger, K., Dali, P. C., Lindegaard, C. & Nilson, I. B., 2000: Survival and energy metabolism in an oxygen deficient environment. Field and laboratory studies on the bottom fauna from the profundal zone of Lake Esrom, Denmark. - Hydrobiologia 432: 173-188.
14. Hummel, M. & Findlay, S., 2006: Effects of water chestnut (Trapa natans) beds on water chemistry in the tidal freshwater Hudson River. - Hydrobiologia 559: 169-181.
15. Int Panis, L. I., Goddeeris, B. & Verheyen, R., 1996: On the relationship between vertical distribution and adaptations to oxygen stress in littoral Chironomidae (Diptera). - Hydrobiologia 318: 61-67.
16. Kathman, R. D. & Brinkhurst, R. O., 1998: Guide to the freshwater oligochaetes of North America. - Aquatic Resources Center, College Grove, TN.
17. Kornijów, R., Gulati, R. D., & van Donk, E., 1990: Hydrophytemacroinvertebrate interactions in Zwemlust, a lake undergoing biomanipulation. - Hydrobiologia 200/201: 467-474.
18. Kornijów, R. & Moss, B., 2002: Do night oxygen depletions contribute to the summer decline in abundance of zoobenthos in lake littoral? - Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 28: 1899-1901.
19. Masifwa, W. F., Twongo, T. & Denny, P., 2001: The impact of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart) Solms on the abundance and diversity of aquatic macrophytes along the shores of northern Lake Victoria, Uganda. - Hydrobiologia 452: 79-88.
20. McCune, B. & Grace, J. B., 2002: Analysis of ecological communities. - MjM Software Design, Gleneden Beach, OR.
21. McMahon, R. F., 1983: Physiological ecology of freshwater pulmonates. - In: Russell-Hunter, W. D. (ed.): The Mollusca, Volume 6: ecology. - Academic Press, New York, pp. 359-430.
22. Nieder, W. C., Barnaba, E., Findlay, S. E. G., Hoskins, S., Holochuck, N. & Blair, E. A., 2004: Distribution and abundance of submerged aquatic vegetation and Trapa natans in the Hudson River estuary. - J. Coastal Res. 45: 150-161.
23. Peckarsky, B. L., Fraissinet, P. R., Penton, M. A. & Conklin, D. J., 1990: Freshwater macroinvertebrates of northeastern North America. - Cornell University Press, Ithaca.
24. Schramm, H. L. & Jirka, K. J., 1989: Effect of aquatic macrophytes on benthic macroinvertebrates in two Florida lakes. - J. Freshwat. Ecol. 5: 1-12.
25. Stierhoff, K .L., Targett, T. E. & Grecay, P. A., 2003: Hypoxia tolerance of the mummichog: the role of access to the water surface. - J. Fish Biol. 63: 580-592.
26. Strayer, D. L., Lutz, C., Malcom, H. M., Munger, K. & Shaw, W. H., 2003: Invertebrate communities associated with a native (Vallisneria americana) and an alien (Trapa natans) macrophyte in a large river. - Freshwat. Biol. 48: 1938-1949.
27. Strayer, D. L. & Malcom, H. M., 2007: Submersed vegetation as habitat for invertebrates in the Hudson River estuary. - Estuaries Coasts 30: 253-264.
28. Strayer, D. L. & Smith, L. C., 2001: The zoobenthos of the freshwater tidal Hudson River and its response to the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) invasion. - Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 139: 1-52.
29. Tinson, S. & Laybourn-Parry, J., 1985: The behavioural responses and tolerance of freshwater benthic cyclopoid copepods to hypoxia and anoxia. - Hydrobiologia 127: 257-263. (Pubitemid 17248822)
30. USEPA, 1986: Quality criteria for water. - United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water EPA-440/5-86-001, Washington, DC.
31. USEPA, 2000: Ambient aquatic life water quality criteria for dissolved oxygen (saltwater): Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras. - United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water EPA-822-R-00-012, Washington, DC.
32. Wiederholm, T. (ed.), 1983: Chironomidae of the Holarctic region: keys and diagnosis. Part. 1. Larvae. - Entomol. Scand. Suppl. 19: 1-157.
33. Williams, D. D. & Feltmate, B. W., 1992: Aquatic insects. CAB International, Wallingford.