Life‐history traits buffer against heat wave effects on predator–prey dynamics in zooplankton
Abstract In addition to an increase in mean temperature, extreme climatic events, such as heat waves, are predicted to increase in frequency and intensity with climate change, which are likely to affect organism interactions, seasonal succession, and resting stage recruitment patterns in terrestrial...
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crwiley:10.1111/gcb.14371 2024-09-15T18:41:38+00:00 Life‐history traits buffer against heat wave effects on predator–prey dynamics in zooplankton Zhang, Huan Urrutia‐Cordero, Pablo He, Liang Geng, Hong Chaguaceda, Fernando Xu, Jun Hansson, Lars‐Anders China Scholarship Council 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14371 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fgcb.14371 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gcb.14371 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Global Change Biology volume 24, issue 10, page 4747-4757 ISSN 1354-1013 1365-2486 journal-article 2018 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14371 2024-08-30T04:10:48Z Abstract In addition to an increase in mean temperature, extreme climatic events, such as heat waves, are predicted to increase in frequency and intensity with climate change, which are likely to affect organism interactions, seasonal succession, and resting stage recruitment patterns in terrestrial as well as in aquatic ecosystems. For example, freshwater zooplankton with different life‐history strategies, such as sexual or parthenogenetic reproduction, may respond differently to increased mean temperatures and rapid temperature fluctuations. Therefore, we conducted a long‐term (18 months) mesocosm experiment where we evaluated the effects of increased mean temperature (4°C) and an identical energy input but delivered through temperature fluctuations, i.e., as heat waves. We show that different rotifer prey species have specific temperature requirements and use limited and species‐specific temperature windows for recruiting from the sediment. On the contrary, co‐occurring predatory cyclopoid copepods recruit from adult or subadult resting stages and are therefore able to respond to short‐term temperature fluctuations. Hence, these different life‐history strategies affect the interactions between cyclopoid copepods and rotifers by reducing the risk of a temporal mismatch in predator–prey dynamics in a climate change scenario. Thus, we conclude that predatory cyclopoid copepods with long generation time are likely to benefit from heat waves since they rapidly “wake up” even at short temperature elevations and thereby suppress fast reproducing prey populations, such as rotifers. In a broader perspective, our findings suggest that differences in life‐history traits will affect predator–prey interactions, and thereby alter community dynamics, in a future climate change scenario. Article in Journal/Newspaper Copepods Rotifer Wiley Online Library Global Change Biology 24 10 4747 4757 |
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Abstract In addition to an increase in mean temperature, extreme climatic events, such as heat waves, are predicted to increase in frequency and intensity with climate change, which are likely to affect organism interactions, seasonal succession, and resting stage recruitment patterns in terrestrial as well as in aquatic ecosystems. For example, freshwater zooplankton with different life‐history strategies, such as sexual or parthenogenetic reproduction, may respond differently to increased mean temperatures and rapid temperature fluctuations. Therefore, we conducted a long‐term (18 months) mesocosm experiment where we evaluated the effects of increased mean temperature (4°C) and an identical energy input but delivered through temperature fluctuations, i.e., as heat waves. We show that different rotifer prey species have specific temperature requirements and use limited and species‐specific temperature windows for recruiting from the sediment. On the contrary, co‐occurring predatory cyclopoid copepods recruit from adult or subadult resting stages and are therefore able to respond to short‐term temperature fluctuations. Hence, these different life‐history strategies affect the interactions between cyclopoid copepods and rotifers by reducing the risk of a temporal mismatch in predator–prey dynamics in a climate change scenario. Thus, we conclude that predatory cyclopoid copepods with long generation time are likely to benefit from heat waves since they rapidly “wake up” even at short temperature elevations and thereby suppress fast reproducing prey populations, such as rotifers. In a broader perspective, our findings suggest that differences in life‐history traits will affect predator–prey interactions, and thereby alter community dynamics, in a future climate change scenario. |
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Zhang, Huan Urrutia‐Cordero, Pablo He, Liang Geng, Hong Chaguaceda, Fernando Xu, Jun Hansson, Lars‐Anders Life‐history traits buffer against heat wave effects on predator–prey dynamics in zooplankton |
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Life‐history traits buffer against heat wave effects on predator–prey dynamics in zooplankton |
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Life‐history traits buffer against heat wave effects on predator–prey dynamics in zooplankton |
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Life‐history traits buffer against heat wave effects on predator–prey dynamics in zooplankton |
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life‐history traits buffer against heat wave effects on predator–prey dynamics in zooplankton |
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