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Effect of the invasive New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) on the littoral macroinvertebrate community in a temperate mesotrophic lake

Vytautas Rakauskas A B E , Eglė Šidagytė A , Rokas Butkus A and Andrius Garbaras C D
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A Nature Research Center, Akademijos Street 2, LT-08412, Vilnius, Lithuania.

B Life Sciences Centre, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio Avenue 7, LT-10221, Vilnius, Lithuania.

C Centre for Physical Sciences and Technology, Saulėtekio Avenue 3, LT-10257, Vilnius, Lithuania.

D Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio Avenue 9, LT-10222, Vilnius, Lithuania.

E Corresponding author. Email: vytucio@gmail.com

Marine and Freshwater Research 69(1) 155-166 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF17059
Submitted: 1 March 2017  Accepted: 8 June 2017   Published: 25 August 2017

Abstract

The chief aim of the present study was to reveal changes in a littoral macroinvertebrate community induced by the invasion of the New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum). For that purpose, we compared relevant aspects of the lake littoral macroinvertebrate community in pre- and post-invasion periods and determined the trophic position of P. antipodarum in the lake food web by performing the stable isotope-ratio analysis. The analyses performed showed that P. antipodarum is a primary consumer that may utilise a wide range of primary food sources. Overall, our study showed the following effects of the P. antipodarum invasion on the macroinvertebrate community: a definite increase in the total macroinvertebrate biomass, a significant increase in the local macroinvertebrate family richness and diversity, a shift in the community composition from crustacean- to gastropod-dominated. However, P. antipodarum invasion was not found to affect the biomass of local macroinvertebrates, which remained unchanged.

Additional keywords: aquatic invasion, stable isotope-ratio analysis, secondary production.


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