Competitive abilities and distribution ranges of four asexual Daphnia pulex lineages and Daphnia mitsukuri in Eurasian continental islands.
Competitive abilities and distribution ranges of four asexual Daphnia pulex lineages and Daphnia mitsukuri in Eurasian continental islands.
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欧亚大陆岛屿四种无性水蚤谱系和水蚤的竞争能力和分布范围。
DOI:
10.1002/1438-390x.12054
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
Urabe Jotaro
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作者:
Maruoka Natsumi;Urabe Jotaro
Daphnia pulexandD. mitsukuriare morphologically similar and distributed in small lowland Japanese lakes.Daphnia pulexin Japan reproduces by obligate parthenogenesis and is composed of four different lineages (JPN1–JPN4) with North American origins. Although this species is found throughout Japan, JPN1 has the largest distribution range, followed by JPN2.Daphnia mitsukuriis a putatively endemic species that is now rarely found in Japan. SinceDaphniashare the same algal food, the difference in distribution ranges among the four asexualD. pulexlineages andD. mitsukurimay be caused by exploitative competition for algal food. To examine this possibility, we measured the threshold food concentration (TFC) at zero‐net growth rate and the food concentration required for 50% of the individuals to survive (FC50). In addition, we examined the effects of temperature on the somatic growth rate (SGR) and the mortality rates of four asexualD. pulexlineages andD. mitsukuri. The experiments showed that TFC was lowest inD. pulexJPN1 and highest inD. mitsukuri, supporting the idea that the largest distribution range of JPN1 is due to its superiority in inter‐lineage competition, and that the distribution area ofD. mitsukuriis reduced through exploitative competition withD. pulex. However, although JPN2 was found in relatively large areas, it had higher TFC than JPN3 and JPN4, which appear in very limited areas. These results clearly showed that the difference in distribution ranges amongD. pulexlineages are not necessarily determined by their competitive superiority alone.