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Ecological and life history traits of Hemiodus orthonops in the invasion process: looking for clues at home

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The understanding of the environmental preferences and life history of a species in its native range provides insights for assessing its potential success in a novel area. Hemiodus orthonops is a migratory fish from the Paraguay and Middle Paraná rivers that invaded the Upper Paraná River through a fish pass, constructed in 2002. The invasion of this fish was analyzed based on habitat attributes and its life history in the native range and in the novel habitats. The native and novel habitats presented similar features. The population showed exponential growth in the years following the invasion, with relevant alterations in somatic growth, proportions of items in the diet, and in reproductive investment. The successful invasion appears to be related to similarities in water chemistry and habitat types between the native and novel range and the species' high dispersion ability. The species also showed earlier maturation and use of poor quality, but highly available feeding resources. Comparing life histories there was indication of a trade-off between investment in reproduction and somatic growth, with an increase in the latter in the novel habitats. In addition, the reproductive investment was more associated with offspring survival (oocyte size) than fecundity.

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The authors thank Nupélia/UEM, Itaipu Binacional, the Graduate Program in Ecology of Continental Aquatic Environments (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais - PEA) and CNPq/PELD for financial support and infrastructure to develop the study; the Nupélia statistical fisheries team, led by Edson K. Okada; Jayme L. L. Pereira for drawing the figures; Luiz C. Gomes for the manuscript review; and CAPES for the scholarship granted to Diego C. Alves. Angelo A. Agostinho is a researcher in Scientific Productivity at the CNPq and acknowledges this agency for long-term provision of funds.

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  1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, Maringá, PR, 87020-900, Brazil

    Angelo A. Agostinho, Rosemara Fugi & Diego C. Alves

  2. Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aquicultura, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, Maringá, PR, 87020-900, Brazil

    Angelo A. Agostinho, Harumi I. Suzuki, Rosemara Fugi & Livia H. Tonella

  3. Instituto Nacional de Limnologia (INALI - CONICET/UNL), Universidad del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina

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Agostinho, A.A., Suzuki, H.I., Fugi, R. et al. Ecological and life history traits of Hemiodus orthonops in the invasion process: looking for clues at home. Hydrobiologia 746, 415–430 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-014-2030-2

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