| Autor: |
Soto, Ismael, Le Hen, Gwendaline, Buřič, Miloš, Cuthbert, Ross N., Haubrock, Phillip J., Sentis, Arnaud, Veselý, Lukáš, Kouba, Antonín |
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Inland Waters; October 2023, Vol. 13 Issue: 4 p534-544, 11p |
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ABSTRACTHuman activities have significantly accelerated the translocation of species outside their native range with severe consequences for global biodiversity. Freshwater crayfish are a particularly successful group of invasive species, as exemplified by the increasingly widespread marbled crayfish Procambarus virginalisLyko, 2017. A significant portion of crayfish populations has regenerating or missing claws. At the same time, claws play important roles in crayfish feeding and intraspecific interactions, altering their ability to invade new areas and impact native communities. Here, using functional response analyses, we combined laboratory experiments and modeling to investigate whether the number of claws on marbled crayfish modulates its ecological impact (focusing on predation rate) as well as its intraspecific interactions via population dynamic modeling. We found that the number of claws did not affect the marbled crayfish’s functional response type (hyperbolic type II), attack rates, or handling times when preying on chironomid larvae. Rates of partial prey consumption were overall low (<2%), and claw number had a significant effect on the partial consumption rate of prey, which tended to increase with the number of claws and prey density. The presence of multiple intraspecific predators influenced marbled crayfish non-trophic behavior, with antagonistic effects prevalent between crayfish pairs regardless of claw status. Moreover, the impact of multiple predators was prey density-dependent, with the highest levels of antagonism shown at the lowest prey density across crayfish groups. Our findings indicate that the ecological influence of invasive crayfish remains unchanged by the number of claws, highlighting the escalating, context-independent threat these species pose to freshwater ecosystems. |
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