Invertebrates and microbiota associated with aquatic macrophyte degradation in a shallow lake in southern Brazil
Abstract
Aquatic macrophytes are the main producers of organic matter in shallow aquatic ecosystems. They are also food sources for many herbivores. When macrophytes die, they enter the debris chain, are conditioned by microbial action and colonized by benthic invertebrates which remobilize nutrients from their biomass. In subtropical aquatic systems, the participation of shredder invertebrates has been questioned, highlighting the participation of fungi and bacteria in the degradation of organic matter. This study evaluated the degradation of two submerged aquatic macrophytes, Mayaca fluviatilis and Stuckenia pectinata, determining the quality of debris and microbiota and invertebrate trophic group density throughout the degradation process. Our results indicated that plants with lower polyphenol concentrations had higher degradation speeds. The shredders invertebrates had reduced abundance in both macrophytes, emphasizing the importance of bacteria and fungi in the nutrient cycling process in subtropical shallow lakes.
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/ecologiaaustral_v028_n01_p093
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Carvalho, E. M., & Uieda, V. S. (2009). Diet of invertebrates sampled in leaf-bags incubated in a tropical headwater stream. Zoologia, 26(4), 694-704. doi: 10.1590/S1984-46702009000400014
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Gessner M. O. & Chauvet, E. (1994) Importance of stream microfungi in controlling breakdown rates of leaf litter. Ecology 75, 1897–1817
Gonçalves Jr, J. F., Graça, M. A. S., & Callisto, M. (2006). Leaf-litter breakdown in 3 streams in temperate, Mediterranean, and tropical Cerrado climates. Journal of North American Benthological Society,25(2), 344–355. doi: 10.1899/0887-3593
Gonçalves Jr, J. F., Graça, M. A. S., & Callisto, M. (2007). Litter decomposition in a cerrado savannah stream is retarded by leaf toughness, low dissolved nutrients and a low density of shredders. Freshwater Biology, 52, 1440-1451. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01769.x
Gonçalves Jr., J. F., Martins, R. T., Ottoni, B. M. P., & Couceiro, S. R. M. (2014). Uma visão sobre a decomposição foliar em sistemas aquáticos brasileiros. In: Hamada, N.,
Nessimian, J. L., Querino, R. B. (Eds) Insetos aquáticos na Amazônia brasileira: taxonomia, biologia e ecologia. (Cap. 6, pg 89-116) Manaus: Editora do INPA.
Graça, M. A., Bärlocher, F., & Gessner, M. O. (Eds.). (2005). Methods to study litter decomposition: a practical guide. Springer Science & Business Media.
Hammer, Ø., Harper, D.A.T., & Ryan, P.D. (2001). PAST: Paleontological
Statistics Software Package for Education and Data Analysis.
Palaeontology Electronic, 4, 1-9. https://palaeo-electronica.org/2001_1/past/past.pdf
Hickenbick, G. R., Ferro, A. L., & Abreu, P. C. O. V. (2004). Produção de detrito de macrófitas emergentes em uma marisma do estuário da lagoa dos Patos: taxas de decomposição e dinâmica microbiana. Atlântica, 26, (1), 61-75. Recovered from http://repositorio.furg.br/handle/1/3430
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Mille-Lindblom C., & Tranvik L. J. (2003). Antagonism between bacteria and fungi on decomposing aquatic plant litter. Microbial Ecology 45, 173-182. doi:10.1007/s00248-002-2030-z
Monteiro, J.M., Allbuquerque, U.P., Araújo, E.L. (2005) Taninos: uma abordagem da química à ecologia. Química Nova, 28, 892-896.
Overbeek, C. C., van der Geest, H. G., van Loon, E. E., Klink, A. D., van Heeringen, S. F., Harpenslager, S. F., & Admiraal, W. (2018). Decomposition of aquatic pioneer vegetation in newly constructed wetlands. Ecological Engineering, 114, 154–161. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.06.046
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Romaní, A. M., Fischer, H., Mille-Lindblom, C., & Tranvik, L. J. (2006) Interactions of Bacteria and Fungi on Decomposing Litter: Differential Extracellular Enzyme Activities. Ecology, 87(10), 2559-2569. Recovered from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20069266
Santschi, F., Gounand, I.Harvey, E., & Altermatt, F. (2018). Leaf litter diversity and structure of microbial decomposer communities modulate litter decomposition in aquatic systems. Functional Ecology 32,522–532. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12980
Shilla, D., Asaeda, T., Fujino, T., & Sanderson, B. (2006). Decomposition of dominantsubmerged macrophytes: implications for nutrient release in Myall Lake, NSW, Australia. Wetland Ecology and Management 5(14), 427–433. doi: 10.1007/s11273-006-6294-9
Silva, F. L., Oliveira, H. R. N., Escarpinati, S., C.; Fonseca-Gessner, A. A. & Paula, M. C. (2011). Colonization of leaf litter of two aquatic macrophytes, Mayaca fluviatilis, Aublet and Salvinia auriculata, Aublet by aquatic macroinvertebrates in a tropical reservoir. Ambi-Agua, 6 (1), 30-39. doi:10.4136/ambi-agua.171
Silva, J. S., Silveira, W. T., Albertoni, E. F., & Palma-Silva, C. (2010). Diversity of Chironomidae (Diptera) in decomposing Nymphoides indica (L.) Kuntze in two subtropical lakes with different trophic conditions. Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences, 5(4), 557-571. Recovered from http://repositorio.furg.br/handle/1/3089
Song, N., Yan, Z. S., Cai, H. Y., & Jiang, H. L. (2013). Effect of temperature on submerged macrophyte litter decomposition within sediments from a large shallow and subtropical freshwater lake. Hydrobiologia, 714, 131– 144. doi: 10.1007/s10750-013-1529-2
Suberkroop, K. & Klug, M. J. (1976). Fungi and bacteria associated with leaves during processing in a woodland stream. Ecology, 57, 707-719. doi: 10.2307/1936184
Palma-Silva, C., Marinho, C.C., Albertoni, E.F., Giacomini, I.B., Figueiredo-Barros, M.P., Furlanetto, L.M., Trindade, C.R.T., & Esteves, F.A. (2013). Methane emissions in two small shallow neotropical lakes: the role of temperature and trophic level. Atmospheric Environment, 81, 373-379 doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.09.029
Telöken, F., Albertoni, E.F., Palma-Silva, C. (2011). Leaf degradation of Salix hum-boldtiana Willd, (Salicaceae) and invertebrate colonization in a subtropical lake (Brazil). Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia, 23(1), 30-41. doi:10.4322/actalb.2011.016
Telöken, F., Albertoni, E.F., Hepp, L. U. & Palma-Silva, C. (2014). Invertebrados aquáticos associados a serapilheira de Salix humboldtiana em um riacho subtropical. Ecología Austral 24, 220-228. Recovered from http://ojs.ecologiaaustral.com.ar/index.php/Ecologia_Austral/article/view/25
Tomanova, S., Goitia, E., & Heles, J. (2006). Trophic levels and functional feeding groups of macroinvertebrates in neotropical streams. Hydrobiologia, 556, 251-264. doi:10.1007/s10750-005-1255-5
Webster, J.R., & Benfield, E.F. (1986). Vascular plant breakdown in freshwater ecosystems. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 17, 567–594. doi:10.1146/annurev.es.17.110186.003031
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2020-01-20
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ALBERTONI, Edelti Faria et al.
Invertebrates and microbiota associated with aquatic macrophyte degradation in a shallow lake in southern Brazil.
Acta Brasiliensis, [S.l.], v. 4, n. 1, p. 38-44, jan. 2020.
ISSN 2526-4338.
Available at: <http://revistas.ufcg.edu.br/ActaBra/index.php/actabra/article/view/253>. Date accessed: 19 apr. 2024.
doi: https://doi.org/10.22571/2526-4338253.
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Ecology
