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Dormant propagule banks integrate spatio-temporal heterogeneity in cladoceran communities

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An Erratum to this article was published on 30 June 2005

Abstract

The dynamics of populations of short-lived organisms are very patchy, both in space and time. The production of dormant propagules, however, results in an effective increase in generation time. We hypothesize that prolonged dormancy, together with variable regeneration niches, result in integration of temporal variability in community structure. In addition, in aquatic habitats, mechanisms such as sediment focussing can contribute to the integration of spatial variability. We tested the hypothesis that dormant propagule banks integrate spatial and temporal variation in active zooplankton communities. This was done by comparing cladoceran species richness and the community structure of hatchling assemblages retrieved from propagule bank samples collected on a single occasion with assemblages encountered in active community samples covering spatial variation (littoral and pelagic zone), diel (day and night), intra-year (May–October) and inter-year variation (1996–2000). The egg bank community structure differed significantly from the active community structure, but the dissimilarity decreased as spatial and temporal variation was better covered by the active community samples. Furthermore, the identification of all fully grown hatchlings (n=214) yielded an equally high number of species (n=22) to that occurring in all active community samples together (a total of 1,730 individuals were analysed). We conclude that the analysis of dormant propagules may form a cost-efficient alternative tool to the analysis of active community samples for an integrated assessment of cladoceran communities.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Natuurpunt v.z.w., and especially warden Willy Peumans, for giving us access to the nature reserve De Maten and for their co-operation. We thank the many people who helped during the sampling campaign, especially Karl Cottenie and Eddy Holsters. We are grateful to Joost Raeymakers for help with statistical analysis. This study was supported by the EU-funded project BIOMAN (Biomanipulation and Human Impact in Shallow Lakes, EVK2-CT-1999-00046) and by the Danish Natural Science Research Council research project “Consequences of weather and climate changes for marine and freshwater ecosystems. Conceptual and operational forecasting of the aquatic environment” (CONWOY).

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  1. Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Ch. de Bériotstraat 32, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Jochen Vandekerkhove, Steven Declerck, Luc Brendonck & Luc De Meester

  2. Department of Freshwater Ecology, The National Environmental Research Institute, Vejlsøvej 25, P.O. Box 314, 8600, Silkeborg, Denmark

    Erik Jeppesen

  3. Department of Plant Ecology, University of Aarhus, Nordlandsvej 68, 8240, Risskov, Denmark

    Erik Jeppesen

  4. Instituto del Agua, Universidad de Granada, Ramón y Cajal 4 (edif. Fray Luis de Granada), 18071, Granada, Spain

    José Maria Conde-Porcuna

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Vandekerkhove, J., Declerck, S., Jeppesen, E. et al. Dormant propagule banks integrate spatio-temporal heterogeneity in cladoceran communities. Oecologia 142, 109–116 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-004-1711-3

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