Academic Journal
Multiple predator effects in an intertidal food web
| العنوان: | Multiple predator effects in an intertidal food web |
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| المؤلفون: | VAN SON, THIJS CHRISTIAAN, THIEL, MARTIN |
| المصدر: | Journal of Animal Ecology ; volume 75, issue 1, page 25-32 ; ISSN 0021-8790 1365-2656 |
| بيانات النشر: | Wiley |
| سنة النشر: | 2005 |
| المجموعة: | Wiley Online Library (Open Access Articles via Crossref) |
| الوصف: | Summary We examined the effects of multiple predators from an intertidal boulder food web to test whether and how three different predator species affected the survival of a small amphipod species. Predators were chosen because they differ in their foraging mode, two feeding at the bottom and in benthic refuges (nemertean and shrimp) and one in the water‐column (juveniles of a fish). Mortality of amphipods was not affected by nemerteans, but was high in the presence of shrimp or fish. Highest mortalities were observed in predator‐combinations that contained both shrimp and fish. Amphipods responded to shrimp by escaping into the water column, while they avoided fish by remaining in the refuge. We conclude that predator‐specific defence causes conflicts for prey when both shrimp and fish are present. Comparing observed effects of multiple predators with expected effects revealed risk enhancement for the shrimp + fish combination. A comparison of different predictive models revealed that the multiplicative model was most appropriate, although additive models may work well under certain conditions. Based on known consumption‐ranges of the predators used, we conclude that nemerteans were saturated with prey while fish were far from their saturation point. A predator's functional response curve (prey consumption in relation to prey abundance) determines its impact on prey populations. This knowledge appears essential in order to predict whether prey organisms face risk enhancement, risk reduction or additive effects of multiple predators. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.01019.x |
| الاتاحة: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.01019.x https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.01019.x |
| Rights: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.4DA8358B |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.01019.x |
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