The role of fish predators and their foraging traits in shaping zooplankton community structure
Abstract Differentiation of foraging traits among predator populations may help explain observed variation in the structure of prey communities. However, few studies have investigated the phenotypic effects of predators on their prey in natural communities. Here, we use a comparative analysis of 78...
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crwiley:10.1111/ele.14382 2024-06-02T08:01:26+00:00 The role of fish predators and their foraging traits in shaping zooplankton community structure Moosmann, Marvin Greenway, Ryan Oester, Rebecca Matthews, Blake Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 2024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.14382 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ele.14382 en eng Wiley http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ecology Letters volume 27, issue 2 ISSN 1461-023X 1461-0248 journal-article 2024 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14382 2024-05-03T11:32:27Z Abstract Differentiation of foraging traits among predator populations may help explain observed variation in the structure of prey communities. However, few studies have investigated the phenotypic effects of predators on their prey in natural communities. Here, we use a comparative analysis of 78 Greenlandic lakes to examine how foraging trait variation among threespine stickleback populations can help explain variation in zooplankton community composition among lakes. We find that landscape‐scale variation in zooplankton composition was jointly explained by lake properties, such as size and water chemistry, and the presence and absence of both stickleback and arctic char. Additional variation in zooplankton community structure can be explained by stickleback jaw protrusion, a trait with known utility for foraging on zooplankton, but only in lakes where stickleback co‐occur with arctic char. Overall, our results illustrate how trait variation of predators, alongside other ecosystem properties, can influence the composition of prey communities in nature. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic greenlandic Zooplankton Wiley Online Library Arctic Ecology Letters 27 2 |
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Abstract Differentiation of foraging traits among predator populations may help explain observed variation in the structure of prey communities. However, few studies have investigated the phenotypic effects of predators on their prey in natural communities. Here, we use a comparative analysis of 78 Greenlandic lakes to examine how foraging trait variation among threespine stickleback populations can help explain variation in zooplankton community composition among lakes. We find that landscape‐scale variation in zooplankton composition was jointly explained by lake properties, such as size and water chemistry, and the presence and absence of both stickleback and arctic char. Additional variation in zooplankton community structure can be explained by stickleback jaw protrusion, a trait with known utility for foraging on zooplankton, but only in lakes where stickleback co‐occur with arctic char. Overall, our results illustrate how trait variation of predators, alongside other ecosystem properties, can influence the composition of prey communities in nature. |
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Moosmann, Marvin Greenway, Ryan Oester, Rebecca Matthews, Blake The role of fish predators and their foraging traits in shaping zooplankton community structure |
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Moosmann, Marvin Greenway, Ryan Oester, Rebecca Matthews, Blake |
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Moosmann, Marvin |
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The role of fish predators and their foraging traits in shaping zooplankton community structure |
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The role of fish predators and their foraging traits in shaping zooplankton community structure |
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The role of fish predators and their foraging traits in shaping zooplankton community structure |
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The role of fish predators and their foraging traits in shaping zooplankton community structure |
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The role of fish predators and their foraging traits in shaping zooplankton community structure |
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role of fish predators and their foraging traits in shaping zooplankton community structure |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.14382 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ele.14382 |
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Arctic greenlandic Zooplankton |
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Arctic greenlandic Zooplankton |
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Ecology Letters volume 27, issue 2 ISSN 1461-023X 1461-0248 |
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