The effects of dredging and fish stocking on the trophic status of shallow,peaty ditches

Size selective predation on molluscs was apparent for lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) and round whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum), but not for arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus), in the Toolik Lake region of arctic Alaska during the summer of 1986. Lake trout consumed significantly larger molluscs of all taxa than did round whitefish, and selected larger molluscs than were available on either rocky or soft-sediment habitats. Round whitefish were not size-selective on the snail Lymnaea, but were size-selective on the snail Valvata and on clams from the soft sediments. Round whitefish consumed fewer and smaller Lymnaea compared to lake trout. Because lake trout ate more Lymnaea and also tended to select larger, reproductive-sized individuals, this fish could potentially have a more detrimental impact on the Lymnaea population. Finally, differences in Lymnaea densities and size distributions between lakes with and without lake trout suggest that these fish may be responsible for the pattern of distribution, size, and density observed for Lymnaea in Toolik Lake and other area lakes.     

MACRO-PATTERNS OF SPECIES DIVERSITY AND STANDING CROPS OF MACROZOOBENTHOS IN THE YANGTZE RIVER BASIN北大核心CSCD

We summarize macro-patterns of macrozoobenthos in the Yangtze River basin in this paper. A total of 1033 taxa (species/genus) belonging to 3 phyla, 7 classes, 162 families and 513 genera have been recorded from the Yangtze River Basin, including 121 annelids, 318 molluscs and 594 arthropods. In terms of taxa distributions, the species/genus number of annelids and of molluscs in the middle reaches were the highest, while that of arthropods in the upper reaches was the highest; the species/genus number of annelids and of molluscs in the lakes were the highest, while that of arthropods in the tributaries was the highest; the species/genus number of macrozoobenthos in the middle mainstem sub-basin ranked first, and that of the upper mainstem sub-basin, of the Jinshajinag sub-basin, of the Lake Dongting sub-basin and of the Lake Poyang sub-basin second. The total density of macrozoobenthos in the Yangtze River basin was 672 ind./m2, and insects were predominant; the total biomass was 34.22 g/m2, and molluscs were predominant. In terms of standing crops distribution, the total density of macrozoobenthos in the middle reaches was the highest, the total biomass in the lower reaches the highest, while the total standing crop in the upper reaches was the lowest; the total density and biomass of macrozoobenthos in the lakes ranked first, those in the tributaries second, and those in the mainstem last; the total density of macrozoobenthos in the Lake Taihu sub-basin was the highest, and the total biomass in the Lake Poyang sub-basin was the highest. Our study indicates that the upper and middle mainstem sub-basins, the Jinshajiang sub-basin, the Lake Dongting sub-basin and the Lake Poyang sub-basin are important distribution regions for macrozoobenthos. By integrating more information of aquatic organisms, we should make comprehensive and systematic conservation planing of the Yangtze River system and implement them as soon as possible. © 2019, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.     

Distribution,abundance and shell morphology of Littorina saxatilis (Olivi) and Littorina arcana Hannaford Ellis at Robin Hood's Bay,North Yorkshire

Preliminary investigations on the occurrence of molluscs and waterfowl at the man-made Lake Zegrzyskie were begun in 1986.The numbers, biomass and dominance structure of molluscs were analysed at different stations in the Lake. Some mollusc species were observed in huge numbers. Waterfowl, especially benthivorous species, were found in big flocks all the year round, but reached highest numbers in autumn. The possible effects of predation pressure from waterfowl on mollusc communities were analysed.     

长江流域淡水软体动物物种多样性及其分布格局

研究以正式发表的淡水软体动物文献和部分未发表野外调查数据为基础资料,分析了长江流域淡水软体动物物种多样性及分布格局。长江流域已报道的软体动物有296种,隶属17科62属,其中有197种是中国特有种。田螺科、肋蜷科、盖螺科、椎实螺科和蚌科是长江流域软体动物的主要组成部分,这5科种类数之和达249种,占总数的84.1%。从总体上低海拔地区的软体动物物种数高于高海拔地区,而高海拔地区特有种所占的比例却高于低海拔地区。支流和湖泊的种类数接近,分别为202种和210种,远高于长江干流（31种）。各水系软体动物的种类数、特有种数及特有种比例明显不同,洞庭湖水系和鄱阳湖水系的多样性最高。聚类分析表明,长江流域软体动物的分布基本反映了流域内的地势特点,形成了高原、中低海拔山地和低海拔平原的分布格局。不同类群的物种其分布格局也不相同,田螺科和椎实螺科的分布范围较广,肋蜷科和盖螺科种类分布范围狭窄,多数种类仅存在于单个水系,蚌科种类分布最为集中,以鄱阳湖和洞庭湖的种类最为丰富,种类数分别为58种和45种。研究表明,金沙江下游（云贵高原湖泊）、鄱阳湖和洞庭湖软体动物物种多样性丰富,建议将其列为我国淡水软体动物急需关注和保护的热点地区。       

武汉东湖水网区底栖动物群落特征及其水质的生物学评价

2008年4-9月间三次对武汉东湖水网区15个水体的底栖动物进行调查,共采集到大型底栖动物50种,隶属于16科41属,其中严东湖底栖动物种数最多,有28种;北湖、青潭湖和杨春湖仅2-3种,其他水体介于以上两者之间。定量分析表明,在超富营养及富营养湖泊中,优势类群均为寡毛类和水生昆虫摇蚊科种类,只是所占比例有所差异;中营养湖泊严东湖,密度上水生昆虫占优势,为总量的59.1%,生物量上软体动物占优势,为总量的96.4%;青山港中,密度上寡毛类占优势,为总量的63.6%,生物量上软体动物占绝对优势,为总量的99.1%。采用Shannon-Weaver多样性指数(H)、Goodnight-Whitley指数(GI)及Biotic Index生物指数(BI)对东湖水网区水体及武汉周边的南北咀、肖四海的水质进行评价,结果显示BI的评价结果与湖泊现实情况基本相符,推荐Biotic Index生物指数作为东湖水网区底栖动物生物评价的指标。       

武汉几种外附生纤毛虫新种的记述

缘毛类纤毛虫的很多种类借助于柄和鞘广泛地附生在水生动植物和其它基质上,是营自由生活的周丛生物。Nenninger(1948)曾将固着生活的缘毛类纤毛虫分为3个类群:第一类群包括既能在水生植物体上着生、也可在动物体上着生的种类;第二类群是在目(Order)水平上的各类水生动物体上着生的种类;第三类群是从科到种的水平上的各类水生动物体上的种类。我们沿用epizoon一词,是指第二、三类的营自由生活的周丛种类,它们对着生的基质有一定的选择性,反映了这些虫体的生态特性,在分类上是有意义的。王家楫、倪达书(1933)、倪达书、贺云鸞(1943)对我国缘毛类外附生种类有过报道。近来国外有关这方面的报道颇多。       

Specialized morphology for a generalist diet: evidence for Liem's Paradox in a cichlid fish

The stable isotope ratio and seasonal changes in diet of Alluaud's haplo Astatoreochromis alluaudi, a cichlid fish with massive pharyngeal jaws well known for its ability to process hard‐bodied prey, are described. The diet of A. alluaudi was quantified in Lake Saka, Uganda, over a period of 30 months. Variation in physico‐chemical variables (mean monthly rainfall, water temperature, turbidity and dissolved oxygen), as well as potential competitor density and food abundance, was measured throughout the second half of the study (14 months). Stomach contents and isotope analysis revealed a diet comprised mainly of fishes and insects, with a low contribution of molluscs (0–33%) in any given month. No correlation was detected between diet and either macroinvertebrate abundance or competitor abundance. The running average rainfall was positively related to the percentage of fish consumed per month. Although A. alluaudi exhibits an apparent molluscivorous trophic morphology in Lake Saka, molluscs did not appear to compose a major portion of its diet. Gradients of rainfall seemed to be the most important environmental predictor of diet choice in Lake Saka. These results are discussed with reference to Liem's Paradox that apparently morphologically specialized fishes often function as generalist feeders in the wild.     

Radionuclide transfer to marine biota species: review of Russian language studies

An extensive programme of experiments on transfer of radionuclides to aquatic species was conducted in the former USSR starting from the early 1950s. Only a few of these studies were made available in the English language literature or taken into account in international reviews of radionuclide behaviour in marine ecosystems. Therefore, an overview of original information on radionuclide transfer to marine biota species available from Russian language literature sources is presented here. The concentration ratio (CR) values for many radionuclides and for marine species such as: ²³⁹Pu, ¹⁰⁶Ru and ⁹⁵Zr (crustacean), ⁵⁴Mn, ⁹⁰Sr, ⁹⁵Nb, ¹⁰⁶Ru, ¹³⁷Cs ²³⁹Pu, ²⁴¹Am and natural U (molluscs), and ⁵⁴Mn, ⁹⁰Sr, ¹³⁷Cs and ¹⁴⁴Ce (fish) are in good agreement with those previously published, whilst for some of them, in particular, for ³²P and ¹¹⁰Ag (crustaceans), ³⁵S (molluscs), ³²P, ³⁵S, ⁹⁵Nb, and ¹⁰⁶Ru (macroalgae) and ⁶⁰Co and ^239,240Pu (fish) the data presented here suggest that changes in the default CR reference values presented in recent marine reviews may be required. The data presented here are intended to supplement substantially the CR values being collated within the handbook on Wildlife Transfer Coefficients, coordinated under the IAEA EMRAS II programme.     

The St. Lawrence River in winter: population structure,biomass, and pattern of its primary and secondary food web components

Plankton and benthic invertebrate populations were examined along a 160 km section of the St. Lawrence River between Lake Ontario and Waddington, New York during a period of ice cover. Algal biomass was low in winter with diatoms and cryptomonads the most prominent forms. Zooplankton biomass was about one-tenth the algal standing crop and cyclopoid copepods predominated. Phytoplankton and zooplankton biomass declined downriver providing evidence that most plankton was imported from Lake Ontario. Benthic invertebrate standing crop was greatest near Lake Ontario where molluscs were abundant. The downriver macroinvertebrate community shifted to coarse particle feeders, namely annelids and chironomids. Beds of accumulated detrital material derived primarily from dieback of macrophytes were particularly rich in benthic invertebrates.     

A study of the salt lakes and salt springs of Eyre Peninsula, South Australia

An 18-month-study of 40 saline wetlands, ranging from 6 to 336 g l⁻¹, on the west and southern coasts of Eyre Peninsula yielded 88 species of invertebrates, some aquatic plants and a fish. The invertebrates are taxonomically diverse and include 38 crustaceans, 28 insects, 12 molluscs and significantly an aquatic spider, a nemertean, two polychaetes, two sea anemones, a sponge and a bryzoan. Most were tolerant of wide fluctuations in salinity, there being 51 halobionts, 21 halophils and only 16 salt-tolerant freshwater species. Many invertebrates are restricted to the thalassic springs where marine molluscs dominated. Athalassic wetlands were dominated by crustaceans and were of two basic types—coastal and continental. There is evidence of the former evolving biologically into the later, and for some lakes to be still in transition. There is also evidence of increasing salinity in recent decades and already two lakes exhibit severe secondary salinity. Like other salt lakes in Australia the fauna is regionally distinctive. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Guest Editors: J. John & B. Timms Salt Lake Research: Biodiversity and Conservation—Selected papers from the 9th Conference of the International Society for Salt Lake Research     

湖泊富营养化治理的生态工程

1996年对长春南湖的富营养化实施了生治理工作,调查结果表明,通过收获水生高等植物和鱼产品带出湖体的P量分别为149．6和189．9kg,通过蚌体生长固定的P量为153.4kg,三者合计492.9kg,与湖体会年P输入量大体持平,生态工程运转后,水质明显好转,湖水中的总P浓度逐年下降,浮游植物个体密度减小,种类数增加,生态工程是城市湖泊富营养化治理较为理想的方法。     

Cementation in the freshwater bivalve family Corbiculidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia): a new genus and species from Lake Poso,Indonesia

A species from Lake Poso, Indonesia represents the first instance of cementation in the freshwater bivalve family Corbiculidae. Posostrea anomioides gen. nov., sp. nov., which is cemented indifferently by its left or right valve to calcareous rocks, reaches a size of 16 mm. It has typical corbiculoid dentition, with serrated lateral teeth, and juveniles are brooded primarily in the inner ctenidia. Lake Poso occupies a tectonic fault in central Sulawesi. Posostrea adds to an interesting radiation of endemic fishes and molluscs, including the gastropod genera Miratesta and Tylomelania. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

长江中下游湖泊贝类物种濒危状况评估

长江中下游是我国淡水贝类资源分布最为集中的地区.由于人类活动加剧,该区域贝类受到严重威胁.为系统评估贝类物种现状,于2003年5月至2005年6月对13个典型湖泊进行了系统调查.共采集贝类69种,其中中国特有种44种.不同类型湖泊贝类的组成差别较大.通江湖泊的物种明显较丰富,尤其是适应流水生境的种类,如河螺属、短沟蜷属及蚌科的种类.大型通江湖泊鄱阳湖和洞庭湖的贝类分别有53种和57种,占总数的76.8%和82.6%.阻隔湖泊的物种较少,在4-19种之间.对67种贝类濒危等级的评价结果表明,近危及受威胁的种类占58.2%,只有37.3%的种类种群稳定.与历史资料相比,该区域贝类的多样性已明显下降,双壳类优势类群由大型的蚌类演变为小型的河蚬.分析显示,贝类资源衰退的主要原因是江湖阻隔、过度捕捞和水体污染等人为干扰.     

Alien molluscs affect the composition and diversity of native macroinvertebrates in a sandy flat of Lake Neuchâtel,Switzerland

The spread of alien molluscs is a serious threat to native biodiversity in fresh waters. Alien freshwater molluscs may deplete the resources of native species and alter the physical structure of the habitat through their shell mass. These changes might have both positive and negative effects on native community members. We investigated the native macroinvertebrate community in relation to the densities of four alien mollusc species (Corbicula fluminea, Dreissena polymorpha, Potamopyrgus antipodarum and Lithoglyphus naticoides) in a sandy flat of Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland. The habitat examined was dominated by these alien mollusc species. The abundance of the alien molluscs did not directly impact the native community assembly. However, C. fluminea and D. polymorpha influenced the composition and diversity of native macroinvertebrates by transforming the sandy substratum into a partly hard substratum habitat. Substantial differences in community composition between shallow (<3.5 m) and (≥5 m) deep sites were recorded. At shallow sites, the abundance of D. polymorpha was significantly reduced as a result of depth-selective feeding of ducks. A controlled shell decay study revealed that shells of alien molluscs (C. fluminea, D. polymorpha) persist for a longer period in the sediment than those of native molluscs. Consequently, shells of alien molluscs have a long-lasting impact by modifying the sandy habitat. This form of ecosystem engineering favours the occurrence of several native taxa, but is disadvantageous for other taxa with specific habitat requirements, and thus can be regarded as an indirect impact of competition.     

The benthic macrofauna community of Kenyan waters of Lake Victoria

The benthic macroinvertebrates in the Kenya waters of Lake Victoria (ca. 1400 km²) were surveyed during four 10 day sampling periods in February, April, August and November 1984. Fourty three taxonomic groups were recorded. Oligochaetes, molluscs and dipteran larvae were the most abundant and widely distributed groups. The dominant oligochaetes were Branchiura sowerbyii Beddard and the swamp worm Alma emini Michaelsen, which were abundant in all silty and soft mud areas in both littoral and open water zones. Melanoides tuberculata Müller, Bellamya unicolor Olivier and Caelatura spp. were the most abundant molluscs. Different patterns were observed between near-littoral stations (<8 m deep) and deep water stations (8–40 m deep). After 10 years (1994), the macroinvertebrates of Lake Victoria were examined again. No evidence was found of seasonal changes in the composition or benthos density, although local changes occurred in some species which were attributed to swarming behaviour or larval settlement patterns. The spatial distribution of the fauna may be influenced primarily by oxygen availability and industrial effluent discharged from paper mill and agro-based industries in the catchment of the lake. There has been a shift in abundance, from an Oligochaeta and Insecta dominated community in 1984, to the present community dominated by Mollusca and Oligochaeta. The ecological role of the benthic community and its recent changes to fisheries production in the lake is discussed.     

A contribution to the study of the food of six cyprinid fishes in three areas of the Lake Victoria basin,East Africa

An account of the food of six species of cyprinid fish from the Lake Victoria basin is given. All the species studied possess tubular stomachs and analysis was carried out on entire guts, the relative importance of the various dietary items being assessed by the frequency occurrence method. Results indicate that these species are omnivorous, and their food ranges from debris, diatoms through algae, insect larvae to molluscs. Comparison of the food of Barbus spp. from the lake and river shows that riverine fish ingest more plant material than lake fish.     

Food of introduced pumpkinseed sunfish: ontogenetic diet shift and seasonal variation

The pumpkinseed sunfish Lepomis gibbosus introduced into Lake Banyoles (Spain) were predominantly littoral but there was a tendency of large fish to use deeper zones. Their diet was dominated by littoral macrobenthos, particularly amphipods ( Echinogammarus sp.). There was ontogenetic variation in the diet, with small young-of-the-year (L_F<4 cm) feeding on several littoral microcrustaceans, especially the cladoceran Ceriodaphnia reticulata , whereas larger fish shifted to a freshwater shrimp ( Atyaephyra desmaresti ), snails and damselfly larvae. Seasonal variation in diet was linked to resource availability, with consumption of fish eggs and plant debris in spring and summer. In autumn, pumpkinseeds were partially zooplanktivores, preying on the cladoceran Daphnia longispina. The diet of pumpkinseeds in Lake Banyoles and other Iberian populations shows less molluscivory than North American populations. The potential ecological impact of this successful exotic species involves mainly predation on fish eggs and molluscs.     

The late Cenozoic ampullariidae (mollusca,gastropoda) of the Albertine Rift Valley (Uganda-Zaire)

The Albertine Rift Valley (Uganda-Zaire) contains vast sedimentary sequences of late Cenozoic age. They were deposited in an extensive riftlake, Lake Obweruka, which existed from c. 8 Ma to 2.5 Ma and was comparable in size and depth to the present L. Tanganyika.Many freshwater molluscs that occur in these lacustrine deposits are characterised by their aberrant shell morphology, their extreme ornamentation and general form, making them resemble marine species. This convergence, rare in freshwater molluscs, is called thalassoidism and extreme ornamentation in marine as well as in freshwater molluscs is considered to be the result of a gradual process of prey/predator coevolution.In the present paper the Albertine representants of the ampullariid genera Lanistes and Pila, most of which are new to science, are taxonomically described and their phylogenetic relation, based upon apomorphic characters, is given. In addition the evolutionary history of these freshwater snails in the basin has been reconstructed.In the pre-riftlake environment 3 species of Lanistes occurred, with no special shell adaptations against predation. After the formation of a riftlake, 2 of these, colonising the new lacustrine ecospace, changed morphologically and radiated. The 3 derived lines show minor adaptations against predation. After the extinction of the dominant Lanistes species group around 6 Ma, the sole surviving lacustrine Lanistes suddenly radiates, the ancestral line persisting next to the 3 new daughter lines. This second morphological shift is spectacular as it produces shells with distinct thalassoid features. All the Lanistes species of L. Obweruka became extinct during a cataclysmic event around 4.5 Ma. Populations of the genus Pila colonised lacustrine habitats after this event, the derived form also showing striking thalassoid characters. There is no doubt that the intense morphological change occurred during a brief period, geologically speaking. The degree of morphological change in molluscs appears hence not to be linked with time. After the sudden radiation all lineages remain morphologically stable until they became extinct c. 1 Ma later. This pattern corresponds to the punctuated equilibrium model. Other groups (viviparids, thiarids) show more gradual changes.     

The late Cenozoic Thiaridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cerithioidea) of the Albertine Rift Valley (Uganda-Congo) and their bearing on the origin and evolution of the Tanganyikan thalassoid malacofauna

The recent cerithioid malacofauna of meromictic Lake Tanganyika is unique in its degree of thalassoid convergence with marine molluscs. This is generally considered the result of a long-lasting intensive escalation and cladogenesis caused by a coevolutionary prey–predator interaction in a freshwater ecosystem with sea-like characteristics, i.e. exceptional longevity (ca. 7–12 Ma) and vast dimensions (present surface area: 32900 km², present maximum depth: 1470 m). In the Albertine Basin, ca 300 km north of the Tanganyika Trough, Palaeolake Obweruka existed during Mio-Pliocene times. In many aspects, it can be considered as a 'sister lake' of Lake Tanganyika, being also long-lived (from ca 7.5 to 2.5 Ma), extensive (surface: 27000 km²) and meromictic. Like Lake Tanganyika it belonged to the Congo catchment. Although thalassoid molluscs have been known from the Albertine deposits since the beginning of the 20th Century, previous researchers recognised only four polymorphic thiarid species, two of which were thalassoid. Detailed in situ collecting shows that the perceived low species diversity and high variability of the Obwerukan thalassoids is a phenomenon of the museum drawer. In the field the thiarid species and other molluscs are not extremely polymorphic, as formerly thought, but tend to occur in discrete morphometric packages according to stratigraphic level and geographic area. The species richness of the Palaeolake Obweruka thiarids has thus been severely underestimated, as is also the case for the Recent Tanganyikan thiarids. The present authors discern 35 species and 7 genera in the Albertine deposits (2 of which are new to science), and consider this to be a conservative estimate. In their degree of diversification and morphological escalation, the Obwerukan thiarids are thus comparable to the Tanganyika thalassoids. Arguments are presented that the thalassoids of these lakes are polyphyletic, that they are derived from the same genera (mainly Potadoma, Potadomoides and Pseudocleopatra) and that the tempo and mode of their intralacustrine evolution must have been largely similar. As for the tempo of evolution, the Albertine fossil record shows that escalation in shell morphology and ornamentation in the Thiaridae was extremely rapid, as in the Ampullariidae and Viviparidae (Van Damme & Pickford, 1995, 1999). In the Thiaridae heavily ornate shells evolved from an unornamented ancestor in two consecutive bursts, each lasting less than 0.1 million years over a total period of ca. 1 million years. The punctuated escalation in the thiarids was initiated millions of years after the lake was formed. This implies that the degree of escalation is not related to age of a lake and that the Tanganyikan thalassoids or part of them may not be particularly old, even though Lake Tanganyika itself is. As to the mode of evolution, it appears that escalation is a coevolutionary reaction to predation but that this selective pressure only triggers a reaction under specific conditions and in synergy with other environmental factors. The Obwerukan thiarid fossil record also indicates that iterative evolution of molluscan shells may be of frequent occurrence. What is considered to be a single polymorphic chronospecies, static over a great length of time, may actually be a sequence of several species that branched at different moments from the same ancestral phenotype. Finally, there is the inference that bottle-necking may be, geologically speaking, so common that it forms an essential force in macroevolution.     

A biogeochemical framework for bioremediation of plutonium(V) in the subsurface environment

Accidental release of plutonium (Pu) from storage facilities in the subsurface environment is a concern for the safety of human beings and the environment. Given the complexity of the subsurface environment and multivalent state of Pu, we developed a quantitative biogeochemical framework for bioremediation of Pu(V)O(2) (+) in the subsurface environment. We implemented the framework in the biogeochemical model CCBATCH by expanding its chemical equilibrium for aqueous complexation of Pu and its biological sub-models for including Pu's toxicity and reduction reactions. The quantified framework reveals that most of the Pu(V) is speciated as free Pu(V)O(2) (+) ((aq)), which is a problem if the concentration of free Pu(V)O(2) (+) is ≥28?μM (the half-maximum toxicity value for bacteria able to reduce Pu(V) to Pu(III)PO(4(am))) or ≥250?μM (the full-toxicity value that takes the bioreduction rate to zero). The framework includes bioreduction of Fe(3+) to Fe(2+), which abiotically reduces Pu(V)O(2) (+) to Pu(IV) and then to Pu(III). Biotic (enzymatic) reduction of Pu(V)O(2) (+) directly to Pu(III) by Shewanella alga (S. alga) is also included in the framework. Modeling results also reveal that for formation of Pu(III)PO(4(am)), the desired immobile product, the concentration of coexisting model strong ligand-nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA)-should be less than or equal to the concentration of total Pu(III).