Home
  >  
Section 37
  >  
Chapter 36,432

Fading out of the trophic cascade at the base of the microbial food web caused by changes in the grazing community in mesocosm experiments

Iwona Jasser; Iwona Kostrzewska-Szlakowska

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies 41(1): 1-11

2012

ISSN/ISBN: 1730-413X
DOI: 10.2478/s13545-012-0001-7
Accession: 036431027
Download citation:  
Text
  |  
BibTeX
  |  
RIS
Biomanipulation of consumer populations can have strong top-down impacts on the composition and biomass of lower trophic levels. In this paper, we assess how changes in crustaceans biomass influence classical grazing and the microbial food web in an oligo-mesohumic, low-pH lake (Mazurian Lake District, Poland). Removal of mesozooplankton from the experimental mesocosms created a gradient of crustacean biomass resulting in the biomass increase of rotifers, phytoplankton and protozooplankton, while autotrophic eukaryotic picoplankton (eu-APP) and bacteria were not affected. The strongest modifications concerned the rotifer biomass and phytoplankton community structure. Our results imply that the trophic cascade generated in the experiment did not extend to bacteria and eu-APP.

PDF emailed within 0-6 h: $19.90




Related References

Mazzeo, N.; Iglesias, C.; Teixeira-de Mello, F.; Borthagaray, A.; Fosalba, C.; Ballabio, R.; Larrea, D.; Vilches, J.; Garcia, S.; Pacheco, J.P.; Jeppesen, E. 2010: Trophic cascade effects of Hoplias malabaricus Characiformes, Erythrinidae in subtropical lakes food webs a mesocosm approach Hydrobiologia 644(1): 325-335
Pree, B.; Larsen, A.; Egge, J.K.; Simonelli, P.; Madhusoodhanan, R.; Tsagaraki, T.M.; Våge, S.; Erga, S.R.; Bratbak, G.; Thingstad, T.F. 2016: Dampened copepod-mediated trophic cascades in a microzooplankton-dominated microbial food web: a mesocosm study Limnology and Oceanography 62(3): 1031-1044
Ahoutou, M.K.; Yao, E.K.é; Djeha, R.Y.; Kone, M.; Tambosco, K.; Duval, C.; Hamlaoui, S.; Bernard, C.éc.; Bouvy, M.; Marie, B.; Montuelle, B.; Troussellier, M.; Konan, F.K.; Coulibaly, J.K.; Dosso, M.; Humbert, J.-F.ço.; Quiblier, C. 2022: Impacts of nutrient loading and fish grazing on the phytoplankton community and cyanotoxin production in a shallow tropical lake: Results from mesocosm experiments Microbiologyopen 11(2): E1278
Yang, N.; Li, Y.; Zhang, W.; Lin, L.; Qian, B.; Wang, L.; Niu, L.; Zhang, H. 2020: Cascade dam impoundments restrain the trophic transfer efficiencies in benthic microbial food web Water Research 170: 115351
Le, V.V.; Ko, S.-R.; Kang, M.; Park, C.-Y.; Lee, S.-A.; Oh, H.-M.; Ahn, C.-Y. 2022: The cyanobactericidal bacterium Paucibacter aquatile DH15 caused the decline of Microcystis and aquatic microbial community succession: a mesocosm study Environmental Pollution 311: 119849
Wang, Y.; Zou, X. 2020: On mechanisms of trophic cascade caused by anti-predation response in food chain systems Mathematics in Applied Sciences and Engineering 1(2): 1-27
Epstein 1997: Microbial Food Webs in Marine Sediments. I. Trophic Interactions and Grazing Rates in two Tidal Flat Communities Microbial Ecology 34(3): 188-198
Nakajima, R; Yamazaki, H; Lewis, L S.; Khen, A; Smith, J E.; Nakatomi, N; Kurihara, H 2017: Planktonic trophic structure in a coral reef ecosystem Grazing versus microbial food webs and the production of mesozooplankton Progress in Oceanography 156: 104-120
Bautista, B.; Rodriguez, V.; Jimenez Gomez, F. 1994: Trophic interactions in the microbial food web at a coastal station in the Alboran Sea in winter Microplankton grazing impact on nanoplankton and free bacteria Scientia Marina 58(1-2): 143-152
Xu, C.; Zhang, S.; Beaver, M.; Wozniak, A.; Obeid, W.; Lin, Y.; Wade, T.L.; Schwehr, K.A.; Lin, P.; Sun, L.; Hatcher, P.G.; Chin, W.; Chiu, M.; Knap, A.H.; Dean, K.; Quigg, A.; Santschi, P.H. 2018: Decreased sedimentation efficiency of petro- and non-petro-carbon caused by a dispersant for Macondo surrogate oil in a mesocosm simulating a coastal microbial community Marine Chemistry 206: 34-43
Agis, M.; Granda, A.; Dolan, J., R. 2007: A cautionary note: Examples of possible microbial community dynamics in dilution grazing experiments Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 341(2): 176-183
Moran, M.D.; Hurd, L.E. 1997: A trophic cascade in a diverse arthropod community caused by a generalist arthropod predator Oecologia 113(1): 126-132
Hurd, M.D.M.andL.E. 1998: A Trophic Cascade in a Diverse Arthropod Community Caused by a Generalist Arthropod Predator Oecologia 113(1): 126-132
Moran, M.D.; Hurd, L.E. 1998: A trophic cascade in a diverse arthropod community caused by a generalist arthropod predator Oecologia (Berlin) 113(1): 126-132
Pachiadaki, M.G.; Taylor, C.; Oikonomou, A.; Yakimov, M.M.; Stoeck, T.; Edgcomb, V. 2016: In situ grazing experiments apply new technology to gain insights into deep-sea microbial food webs Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 129: 223-231
Trombetta, T.; Vidussi, F.; Roques, C.éc.; Scotti, M.; Mostajir, B. 2020: Marine Microbial Food Web Networks During Phytoplankton Bloom and Non-bloom Periods: Warming Favors Smaller Organism Interactions and Intensifies Trophic Cascade Frontiers in Microbiology 11: 502336
Epstein 1997: Microbial Food Webs in Marine Sediments. II. Seasonal Changes in Trophic Interactions in a Sandy Tidal Flat Community Microbial Ecology 34(3): 199-209
Boveri, M.B.; Quiros, R. 2003: Trophic interactions in pampean shallow lakes: evaluation of silverside predatory effects in mesocosm experiments Internationale Vereinigung fuer Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie Verhandlungen 283: 1274-1278
Katechakis, A.; Stibor, H.; Sommer, U.; Hansen, T. 2002: Changes in the phytoplankton community and microbial food web of Blanes Bay under prolonged grazing pressure by doliolids , cladocerans or copepods Marine Ecology Progress Series 234: 55-69
Adrian, R.; Wickham, S.A.; Butler, N.M. 2001: Trophic interactions between zooplankton and the microbial community in contrasting food webs: The epilimnion and deep chlorophyll maximum of a mesotrophic lake Aquatic Microbial Ecology 24(1): 83-97