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Diet and trophic niche of the invasive signal crayfish in the first invaded Italian stream ecosystem (2021)

Ercoli, F., Ghia, D., Gruppuso, L., Fea, G., Bo, T., & Ruokonen, T. J. (2021). Diet and trophic niche of the invasive signal crayfish in the first invaded Italian stream ecosystem. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 8704. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88073-2

JYU-tekijät tai -toimittajat

Ercoli, Fabio
Ruokonen, Timo

Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Ercoli, Fabio; Ghia, Daniela; Gruppuso, Laura; Fea, Gianluca; Bo, Tiziano; Ruokonen, Timo J.

Lehti tai sarja: Scientific Reports

eISSN: 2045-2322

Julkaisuvuosi: 2021

Ilmestymispäivä: 22.04.2021

Volyymi: 11

Artikkelinumero: 8704

Kustantaja: Nature Publishing Group

Julkaisumaa: Britannia

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88073-2

Julkaisun avoin saatavuus: Avoimesti saatavilla

Julkaisukanavan avoin saatavuus: Kokonaan avoin julkaisukanava

Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/75216

Lisätietoja: Publisher Correction: Diet and trophic niche of the invasive signal crayfish in the first invaded Italian stream ecosystem
Scientific Reports volume 11, Article number: 21399 (2021) http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-00571-5

Author Correction: Diet and trophic niche of the invasive signal crayfish in the first invaded Italian stream ecosystem http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29693-8

Tiivistelmä

The occurrence of the signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus in the Valla Stream was the first established population of this invasive species recorded in an Italian stream ecosystem. We evaluated the seasonality of diet and trophic niche of invasive signal crayfish in order to estimate the ecological role and effects on native communities of the stream ecosystem. We studied the differences in food source use between sexes, life stages and seasons using carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analyses. To supplement stable isotope analyses, we evaluated food source usage using traditional stomach content analysis. We tested the hypothesis that juveniles have a different diet, showing different trophic niches, compared to adults. Results indicated that signal crayfish adult and juvenile diets mainly rely on macroinvertebrates and periphyton in summer, shifting to mostly periphyton in autumn. Although the two age classes occupied an equivalent trophic niche, juveniles showed slightly different carbon isotope values, suggesting a somewhat ontogenetic shift consistent among seasons. No significant differences were found in adult and juvenile diets between summer and autumn seasons. Our findings suggest that signal crayfish juveniles and adults exhibited seasonal feeding habits, probably due to ecological behaviour rather than food resource availability, and that both are likely to impose similar effects on macroinvertebrate communities in this and similar stream ecosystems.

YSO-asiasanat: vesiekologia; vesiekosysteemit; purot; vieraslajit; täplärapu; ravintoverkot; ekologinen lokero; isotooppianalyysi