Effects of Zebra Mussels Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) on the Microbial Loop in Mesotrophic Mesocosms


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Our goal was to assess the impacts of zebra mussels on the components of the microbial loop (dissolved organic carbon, bacteria, nanoflagellates and ciliates) and their relationships with classic food web components (algae, rotifers, crustaceans) in mesocosm experiment. Zebra mussels were added to mesocosms that were filled with water from a mesotrophic lake (Mazurian Lake District, Poland). Zebra mussels increased concentrations of chlorophyll and caused short-term negative effects on the biotic components of the microbial loop just after the onset of the experiment. Grazing pressure by zebra mussels caused shifts in the taxonomic and trophic structure of ciliates from small species feeding on algae and bacteria to small bacterivorous species. As a result of zebra mussel introduction, the trophic interactions between the components of microbial loop and classic food chain were altered relative to control.

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K. Kalinowska

Inland Fisheries Institute in Olsztyn, Department of Lake Fisheries

Email: feniova@mail.ru
Polônia, Giżycko

J. Ejsmont-Karabin

Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Hydrobiological Station

Email: feniova@mail.ru
Polônia, Mikołajki

I. Feniova

Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: feniova@mail.ru
Rússia, Moscow, 119071

I. Kostrzewska-Szlakowska

University of Warsaw, Faculty of Biology

Email: feniova@mail.ru
Polônia, Warsaw

M. Rzepecki

Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Hydrobiological Station

Email: feniova@mail.ru
Polônia, Mikołajki

V. Petrosyan

Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: feniova@mail.ru
Rússia, Moscow, 119071

D. Seleznev

Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: feniova@mail.ru
Rússia, Borok, Nekouzskii raion, Yaroslavl oblast, 152742

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