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Article: Effects of Macrobrachium hainanense predation on benthic community functioning in tropical Asian streams
Title | Effects of Macrobrachium hainanense predation on benthic community functioning in tropical Asian streams |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Density Manipulation Forest Stream Hong Kong Litter Processing Periphyton |
Issue Date | 2004 |
Publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/FWB |
Citation | Freshwater Biology, 2004, v. 49 n. 10, p. 1306-1319 How to Cite? |
Abstract | 1. Macrobrachium hainanense is a large predatory palaemonid shrimp, present at high densities in pools of low-order forested streams in Hong Kong. The present study investigated the impacts of M. hainanense on benthic community structure and functions in pools of two streams: Tai Po Kau Forest Stream and Tai Shing Stream. 2. Repeated whole-pool experiments involving shrimp density manipulations (removal, control and addition) were conducted in both streams between October 2000 and April 2002, and included a wet (May to September) and two dry (October to April) seasons. The three objectives of the study were to determine the effects of M. hainanense predation on benthic macroinvertebrate abundance and species richness, rates of leaf litter breakdown because of effects on detritivores, and periphyton standing stocks by way of an effect on herbivores. 3. Wet season results showed consistent reductions in benthos densities and species richness following heavy rainfall, irrespective of shrimp manipulation. These results suggested that spate-induced disturbances might override biotic effects and play a dominant role in structuring benthic communities in stream pools in Hong Kong. 4. No significant, reproducible effects on any of the response variables measured in either stream were found during the dry season. Litter breakdown was reduced in the absence of shrimps during one experiment only, suggesting it might be a type I error. These results signified no effect of shrimp removal on benthic communities, or on the functional processes of litter breakdown, or on periphyton accumulation. The large scale of the experimental units (8-40 m2), refuge availability, and the presence of benthic predatory fishes that cropped excess prey made available by removal of M. hainanense, may have contributed to the lack of any effect, despite the abundance of the predatory shrimps. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/179061 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.8 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.020 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Mantel, SK | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Dudgeon, D | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-12-19T09:51:42Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-12-19T09:51:42Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Freshwater Biology, 2004, v. 49 n. 10, p. 1306-1319 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0046-5070 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/179061 | - |
dc.description.abstract | 1. Macrobrachium hainanense is a large predatory palaemonid shrimp, present at high densities in pools of low-order forested streams in Hong Kong. The present study investigated the impacts of M. hainanense on benthic community structure and functions in pools of two streams: Tai Po Kau Forest Stream and Tai Shing Stream. 2. Repeated whole-pool experiments involving shrimp density manipulations (removal, control and addition) were conducted in both streams between October 2000 and April 2002, and included a wet (May to September) and two dry (October to April) seasons. The three objectives of the study were to determine the effects of M. hainanense predation on benthic macroinvertebrate abundance and species richness, rates of leaf litter breakdown because of effects on detritivores, and periphyton standing stocks by way of an effect on herbivores. 3. Wet season results showed consistent reductions in benthos densities and species richness following heavy rainfall, irrespective of shrimp manipulation. These results suggested that spate-induced disturbances might override biotic effects and play a dominant role in structuring benthic communities in stream pools in Hong Kong. 4. No significant, reproducible effects on any of the response variables measured in either stream were found during the dry season. Litter breakdown was reduced in the absence of shrimps during one experiment only, suggesting it might be a type I error. These results signified no effect of shrimp removal on benthic communities, or on the functional processes of litter breakdown, or on periphyton accumulation. The large scale of the experimental units (8-40 m2), refuge availability, and the presence of benthic predatory fishes that cropped excess prey made available by removal of M. hainanense, may have contributed to the lack of any effect, despite the abundance of the predatory shrimps. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/FWB | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Freshwater Biology | en_US |
dc.rights | Freshwater Biology. Copyright © Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | - |
dc.subject | Density Manipulation | en_US |
dc.subject | Forest Stream | en_US |
dc.subject | Hong Kong | en_US |
dc.subject | Litter Processing | en_US |
dc.subject | Periphyton | en_US |
dc.title | Effects of Macrobrachium hainanense predation on benthic community functioning in tropical Asian streams | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Dudgeon, D: ddudgeon@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Dudgeon, D=rp00691 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01268.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-4644328305 | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 91691 | - |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-4644328305&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 49 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 10 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 1306 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 1319 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000223906000006 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Mantel, SK=6603720784 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Dudgeon, D=7006559840 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0046-5070 | - |