0000004373 00000 n Still, when faced with planktivorous fish, an even more efficient strategy is to seek refuge in the darker, deeper layer through diel or seasonal vertical migrations (Pasternak et al. Midnight sinking behaviour in Calanus finmarchicus: a response to satiation or krill predation? In income breeders such as C. finmarchicus, egg production relates to ambient feeding conditions, but possibly also to feeding history via positive effects of size and lipid stores on maturation and egg production (Richardson et al. To examine the copepod prey composition and test the hypothesis that C. finmarchicus exhibit spatial variation in diet across four basins of the North … Mortality of copepods was negligible in the experiment, i.e., nine observed copepods, corresponding to <0.5%. 2001) with predation risk. Water with chemical predator cues was continuously added to the experimental tanks from a separate tank with fish preying on copepods. C. finmarchicus is the most abundant animal species on the planet, and the engine of the North Atlantic ecosystem. 2018), it is clear that perceived predation risk may alter developmental patterns and energy storage in this oceanic species, and one may speculate that this could affect diapause in nature. As perception, motility, and escape behavior develop over ontogeny (Kiørboe et al. Therefore, the observed trends can be due to both developmental changes from the initiation to the end of a stage, or to differences between individuals that happened to reach a given stage relatively early (or late) in the experiment. Höper AC1, Salma W, Sollie SJ, et al. Due to their ability to synthesize and bioaccumulate lipids, Calanus can concentrate energy, both individually and collectively through synchronized seasonal and diel vertical migration, which makes them unique sources of energy for higher trophic level predators such as fish (Varpe et al., 2005) and seabirds (Karnovsky et al., 2003). Moreover, copepod form and function are well adapted for escape. On day 4, we sampled 12 copepods per tank (aiming for 4 × 3 C4s) and on the remaining days we sampled 8 copepods per tank. 3c), predator cues had a negative, and often stronger, effect than food on the same end points (Table 2). The prosome and lipid sac were outlined manually and their two‐dimensional projected areas (hereafter areas) quantified in ImageJ. After imaging as outlined above, copepods were transferred to pre‐weighed tin capsules, dried at 60°C for 24 h, and stored in sealed boxes until analyses. 3b). 3p). Thus, the size and life history of Calanus copepods are both critical for, and impacted by, predator–prey interactions with fish, and these effects are highly relevant in the light of climate change (Kaartvedt and Titelman 2018). C. finmarchicus is harvested in the pure waters off the coast of Norway . 0000001597 00000 n (Seasonal exchange of Calanus finmarchicus [Gunnerus] in Saltfjorden.) In contrast, we did not detect effects of predation risk on reproduction as indicated by RNA : DNA, since while RNA : DNA in C6F increased with predator cues, this was driven by reduced DNA, not increased RNA. By continuing to browse this site, you agree to its use of cookies as described in our, The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2771-9077, orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1550-9497, I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of Use, The effects of predation on the age and size of maturity of prey. This rice-sized planktonic crustacean is primarily an oceanic and subsurface species carried into coastal regions and open bays. Given that our experimental environment lacked the vertical structure of a several hundred meters deep water column and that the experimental population stems from a non‐diapausing culture (Tarrant et al. These predators as well as the C. helgolandicus seasonal cycle show a unimodal distribution. 3l). thesis, University of Tromsø. We may thus speculate that climate‐driven distribution shifts in both copepods and planktivorous fish will alter the growth and development rate, and thus population dynamics, of oceanic copepods, with important consequences for marine ecosystems. The term g(T) is a random effect of experimental tank specified using the flag bs = re, which produces a random coefficient for each level of the factor, and ε is a normally distributed error term. 3e‐r). here, S is the mean developmental stage of the sampled copepods per day and tank (C4 = 4, C5 = 5, C6F/C6M = 6), β the intercept, F a factor variable of food level (high/low), and P is a factor level of predator cues (±predator cues). The experiment terminated on day 24. Calanus finmarchicus is the dominant link between phytoplankton and larvae of many commercial fish stocks, for example cod, haddock, herring and coalfish. (2014). S9 and Table S1). trailer The copepod Calanus finmarchicus, which dominates the northeastern Atlantic coast, has been shown to be greatly infected by this parasite. Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics program, we describe seasonal and spatial variability of early life history mortality for the planktonic copepod Calanus finmarchicus and relate mortality to an index of predation potential from a suite of suspension-feeding predators. Subsequently, ecological theory predicts that selection for small prey should trigger increased growth to escape the predation window (Riessen 1999, Beckerman et al. 3h), while in C6F, lipid fullness tended to increase with time in the high food and no predator cue treatment, decrease in the low food and predator cue treatment, while remaining relatively stable in the other two treatments (Fig. 3n). The results suggest that the negative effect of predator cues on C:N in C5 and C6F was driven by decreased C relative to N, and the positive effect of food by a stronger increase in C compared to N. In C5, RNA : DNA was not related to predator cues, but weakly related to food (P = 0.13, Table 2), and percent RNA was positively related to food (P < 0.05, Appendix S1: Table S1). Although our experiment did not enable proper DVM, one could expect reduced foraging in response to predation risk, as active copepods or copepods with visible gut contents are more conspicuous (van Duren and Videler 1996, Tsuda et al. Our results thus suggest that top‐down forces have the potential for shaping life history in C. finmarchicus. g(D × F) and g(D × P) are interactions between a smooth function of sampling day and food or predation, respectively; i.e., the smooth effect of sampling day is allowed to differ between high and low food level, and with and without predator cue. 2006). There were significant interaction effects between day and predator cues on prosome area and lipid fullness in C5 (Fig. 2007). We also tested to include an interaction effect of food and predator cues in the model, but it was nonsignificant. A large body of literature exists on the role of chemical cues in predator–prey interactions in pelagic and benthic freshwater invertebrates, as well as in marine benthic invertebrates (Kats and Dill 1998). The most abundant predators are siphonophores, hydromedusae and chaetognaths. Thus, observed patterns in size and development rate in C. finmarchicus, and potentially other Calanus copepods, may also reflect differences in predation risk. As such, its … We assumed a normal error distribution in all models, which was reasonable for most variables and stages, except for RNA : DNA (Appendix S1: Figs. 2, Table 2). The dominant zooplankters in lakes, cladocerans, can develop protective spines, helmets or other morphological defenses in the presence of chemical predator cues (Tollrian and Dodson 1999). 67 0 obj <> endobj By including interactions between day and treatments, we could compare temporal patterns in response variables (Fig. We therefore encourage future studies that compare responses to predators with different selectivity. To ease interpretation of C:N and RNA : DNA results, we performed supplementary analyses of C, N, DNA, and RNA as individual mass (μg) and percentage of body mass (Appendix S1: Fig. 2009, Sheridan and Bickford 2011). Generally, adults appeared earlier both in high food treatments and with predator cues (Fig. 2014). The smooth functions of day had maximally four knots, i.e., 3 degrees of freedom. We performed fluorescence measurements using a BioTek Synergy Mx Microplate Reader, and converted measurements into individual RNA and DNA content (and thus RNA : DNA) using standard curves (16S and 23S RNA from Escherichia coli, RiboGreen RNA Assay Kit, Thermo Fisher Scientific; DNA from calf thymus, Merck Life Science). These precious lipids are finally available as a source of nutrients for humans. 1) indicated that from around day 14, the development stage was more advanced in treatments with predator cues than without predator cues, regardless of food availability (Fig. There was not sufficient data to describe temporal variation in C:N and RNA : DNA for C4. A total of 23 fish died during the experiment (maximum 2 in any single day). Our results demonstrate that in addition to temperature and food, predation risk drives life history strategies in a highly abundant oceanic copepod. It has been proposed that predation risk may trigger diapause (Pasternak et al. In the ocean, increased temperatures and growing season length with climate change favor smaller, less lipid‐rich copepods with shorter generation time, both through changes in community composition and in intraspecific growth and development rates (Forster et al. 0000007477 00000 n 2007). 3q), while in C6F, there was no significant change in C:N with time (Fig. Calanus finmarchicus Name Synonyms Calanus arietis Templeton, 1836 Calanus borealis Lubbock, 1854 Calanus elegans Lubbock, 1854 Calanus finmarchicus helgolandicus Tanaka, 1956 Calanus finmarchicus telezkensis Stalberg, 1931 Calanus mundus Dana, 1849 Calanus perspicax Dana, 1852 Calanus quinqueannulatus Krøyer, 1842 We sampled for C:N approximately every fourth day (Table 1). Observations in time stem from different copepods and not the same individuals observed repeatedly. Several species of harvestable fish, including cod, herring and red fish (along with a plethora of other marine life) depend on C. finmarchicus for some form of nourishment. 2007). larly, the 6 copepodite stages of Calanus finmarchicus produced a highly significant species-specific ... invertebrate predators it is known that the main part of The effect estimates of food level and predator cue, calculated using data standardized per stage, underscore that the largest differences between treatments occurred in C6F with and without predator cues; and the presence of predator cues had strongest effect on prosome area, thereafter lipid fullness and C:N, and a relatively weaker effect on RNA : DNA (coefficient estimates; Table 2). 0000010464 00000 n Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Standard toxicity testing (LC50) Climate‐driven changes in sea ice cover or water clarity can in turn impact the visual search efficiency of planktivorous fish and thereby the size‐dependent predation pressure on copepods (Dupont and Aksnes 2013, Langbehn and Varpe 2017). 2001, Tarrant et al. Instead, lipid accumulation was lower and development to adult faster with predator cues (Figs. We estimated lipid fullness as the percentage of the prosome area comprised by the lipid sac area. 2007) or reduced cell specific DNA (discussed in Wagner et al. 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This suggests that the positive effect of food on RNA : DNA in C6F was driven by increased RNA, and the positive effect of predator cues on RNA : DNA by reduced DNA. Consequently, a lot of effort has been invested in improving understanding of its biology and population dynamics. One could expect that copepods’ ability to respond to predator cues would be reduced or lost after >65 generations in culture. 0000007275 00000 n Furthermore, copepod size affects detectability and encounter by visual predators and, also via energy content, the growth rates of planktivorous fish (van Deurs et al.