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Microcosm predator avoidance bioassay

Subcategory: behavioral
Standard reference: Peckarsky et al. 1993
Papers: 19 | Mentions: 22

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Description

Controlled experimental system using circular plastic tanks to test mayfly larval responses to chemical cues by measuring foraging behavior on substrate surfaces before and after treatment application via continuous drip system.

Typical Equipment

  • circular aerated plastic tanks
  • stream water supply system
  • 50 ml Falcon tubes
  • Tygon tubes 7 mm diameter
  • adjustable valve clamps
  • infrared lights for night observations

Output Measurements

  • number of larvae foraging on exposed surfaces
  • rate of change in foraging behavior

Papers Using This Protocol (22)

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Nonconsumptive effects of Brook Trout predators reduce secondary production of mayfly prey

2020Freshwater Scienceusing
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Mayflies avoid sweets: fish skin mucus amino sugars stimulate predator avoidance behaviour of <i> Baetis </i> larvae

2019Animal Behaviourusing
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Origin and specificity of predatory fish cues detected by Baetis larvae (<i>Ephemeroptera; Insecta</i>)

2014Animal Behaviourusing
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The effect of long-term metal exposure and mermithid parasitism on behavior and predation of nymphal <i>Baetis bicaudatus</i> by <i>Megarcys signata</i>

2013introducing
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The effect of long-term metal exposure and mermithid parasitism on behavior and predation of nymphal <i>Baetis bicaudatus</i> by <i>Megarcys signata</i>

2013using
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Why do vulnerable mayflies thrive in trout streams?

2011American Entomologistintroducing
student_paper

Trade-offs associated with food availability and predator avoidance behavior of a stream mayfly

2011introducing
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Trade-offs associated with food availability and predator avoidance behavior of a stream mayfly

2011using
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Reinforcing abiotic and biotic time constraints facilitate the broad distribution of a generalist with fixed traits

2010Ecologyusing
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Predator effects on prey population dynamics in open systems

2008Oecologiausing
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Community assembly and food web interactions across pond permanence gradients

2008using
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Selective oviposition by the mayfly <i>Baetis bicaudatus</i>

2006Oecologiausing
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Emergence cues of a mayfly in a high-altitude stream ecosystem: Potential response to climate change

2006Ecological Applicationsintroducing
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Emergence cues of a mayfly in a high-altitude stream ecosystem: Potential response to climate change

2006Ecological Applicationsusing
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Predator defense along a permanence gradient: roles of case structure, behavior, and developmental phenology in caddisflies

2006Oecologiaintroducing
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Predator-induced resource heterogeneity in a stream food web

2004Ecologyintroducing
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Comparing predator-induced changes in stream insects with varying vulnerabilities to risk of predation

2004using
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Lack of appropriate behavioral or development responses by mayfly larvae to trout predators

2003Ecologyusing
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Induced morphological defenses in the wild: predator effects on a mayfly, <i>Drunella coloradensis</i>

2002Ecologyusing
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The influence of predatory fish on mayfly drift: extrapolating from experiments to nature

2002Freshwater Biologyintroducing
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Predator chemicals induce changes in mayfly life history traits: a whole-stream manipulation

2002Ecologyintroducing
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Reach-scale Manipulations show invertebrate grazers depress algal resources in streams

2002Limnology and Oceanographyusing