Anuran larvae as prey and hosts of invertebrates in neotropical aquatic habitats

BACKGROUND: Biotic processes, such as predation and parasitism events, are crucial for answering questions in ecology and evolution. Here, we report predation and ectoparasitism events of invertebrates upon tadpoles in aquatic habitats of southern Brazil. FINDINGS: Four lentic water bodies were samp...

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Autores principales:	Gambale,Priscilla Guedes, Batista,Vinícius Guerra, Oda,Fabrício Hiroiuki, Campos,Renata Mayara, Takemoto,Ricardo Massato, Bastos,Rogério Pereira
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad de Biología de Chile 2014
Materias:	Tadpoles Anura Predation Parasitism Brazil
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0716-078X20140001000262015-07-23Anuran larvae as prey and hosts of invertebrates in neotropical aquatic habitatsGambale,Priscilla GuedesBatista,Vinícius GuerraOda,Fabrício HiroiukiCampos,Renata MayaraTakemoto,Ricardo MassatoBastos,Rogério Pereira Tadpoles Anura Predation Parasitism Brazil BACKGROUND: Biotic processes, such as predation and parasitism events, are crucial for answering questions in ecology and evolution. Here, we report predation and ectoparasitism events of invertebrates upon tadpoles in aquatic habitats of southern Brazil. FINDINGS: Four lentic water bodies were sampled twice a month (December 2012 to March 2013). Those water bodies were located in the Diamante do Norte County, State of Paraná, southern Brazil. The tadpoles, Dendropsophus aff. minutus, Hypsiboas raniceps, Scinax fuscovarius, Physalaemus cuvieri and Elachistocleis bicolor were observed being predated by six different invertebrate predators. However, Leptodactylus fuscus and Pseudis sp. were also recorded on the same water bodies and were not observed being preyed or parasitized. The most abundant predator in our sampling areas was the diving beetle larvae. We observed a static and escape behavior of tadpoles when in close proximity to predators and constant movements in E. bicolor tadpoles, which can be advantageous for invertebrate predators. Parasitism events included D. aff. minutus, S. fuscovarius,andE. bicolor tadpoles that were infected by a single leech. The ectoparasites anchor the posterior sucker on the host tadpole during the blood feeding. CONCLUSIONS: Even isolated reports of ecological interactions are important for understanding ecological communities and the impacts of parasites and predators on tadpoles' populations. Additionally, these interactions can help to understand the ecology behavior of the organisms.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad de Biología de ChileRevista chilena de historia natural v.87 20142014-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2014000100026en10.1186/s40693-014-0029-8
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language	English
topic	Tadpoles Anura Predation Parasitism Brazil
spellingShingle	Tadpoles Anura Predation Parasitism Brazil Gambale,Priscilla Guedes Batista,Vinícius Guerra Oda,Fabrício Hiroiuki Campos,Renata Mayara Takemoto,Ricardo Massato Bastos,Rogério Pereira Anuran larvae as prey and hosts of invertebrates in neotropical aquatic habitats
description	BACKGROUND: Biotic processes, such as predation and parasitism events, are crucial for answering questions in ecology and evolution. Here, we report predation and ectoparasitism events of invertebrates upon tadpoles in aquatic habitats of southern Brazil. FINDINGS: Four lentic water bodies were sampled twice a month (December 2012 to March 2013). Those water bodies were located in the Diamante do Norte County, State of Paraná, southern Brazil. The tadpoles, Dendropsophus aff. minutus, Hypsiboas raniceps, Scinax fuscovarius, Physalaemus cuvieri and Elachistocleis bicolor were observed being predated by six different invertebrate predators. However, Leptodactylus fuscus and Pseudis sp. were also recorded on the same water bodies and were not observed being preyed or parasitized. The most abundant predator in our sampling areas was the diving beetle larvae. We observed a static and escape behavior of tadpoles when in close proximity to predators and constant movements in E. bicolor tadpoles, which can be advantageous for invertebrate predators. Parasitism events included D. aff. minutus, S. fuscovarius,andE. bicolor tadpoles that were infected by a single leech. The ectoparasites anchor the posterior sucker on the host tadpole during the blood feeding. CONCLUSIONS: Even isolated reports of ecological interactions are important for understanding ecological communities and the impacts of parasites and predators on tadpoles' populations. Additionally, these interactions can help to understand the ecology behavior of the organisms.
author	Gambale,Priscilla Guedes Batista,Vinícius Guerra Oda,Fabrício Hiroiuki Campos,Renata Mayara Takemoto,Ricardo Massato Bastos,Rogério Pereira
author_facet	Gambale,Priscilla Guedes Batista,Vinícius Guerra Oda,Fabrício Hiroiuki Campos,Renata Mayara Takemoto,Ricardo Massato Bastos,Rogério Pereira
author_sort	Gambale,Priscilla Guedes
title	Anuran larvae as prey and hosts of invertebrates in neotropical aquatic habitats
title_short	Anuran larvae as prey and hosts of invertebrates in neotropical aquatic habitats
title_full	Anuran larvae as prey and hosts of invertebrates in neotropical aquatic habitats
title_fullStr	Anuran larvae as prey and hosts of invertebrates in neotropical aquatic habitats
title_full_unstemmed	Anuran larvae as prey and hosts of invertebrates in neotropical aquatic habitats
title_sort	anuran larvae as prey and hosts of invertebrates in neotropical aquatic habitats
publisher	Sociedad de Biología de Chile
publishDate	2014
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2014000100026
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Anuran larvae as prey and hosts of invertebrates in neotropical aquatic habitats

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