Population dynamics and energy budget of Marionina southerni (Cernosvitov) (Enchytraeidae, Oligochaeta) in the shallow littoral of Lake Esrom, Denmark

  • Claus Lindegaard
  • Kirsten Hamburger
  • Peter C. Dall
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Part of the Developments in Hydrobiology book series (DIHY, volume 95)

Abstract

Marionina southerni (Cernosvitov) was numerically the dominant oligochaete in a shallow, strongly exposed surf zone locality (0–1 m depth) in the mesotrophic Lake Esrom. It comprised 21,500 ind m-2 or nearly 50% of the total oligochaete community, which otherwise was dominated by Nais spp. and the lumbriculid Stylodrilus heringianus Claparède. M. southerni appears to have a 1-y life cycle. Individual biomass ranged from 3 to 48 μg ash free dry weight. Annual net production at the site was 5.1 kcal m-2 (size-frequency method) with a P/B ratio of 2.5. This is about 0.5% of the estimated mean zoobenthic production in the littoral zone from 0 to 2 m depth in Lake Esrom. At 5 °C M. southerni showed a constant oxygen uptake down to 25% oxygen saturation, but practically no regulatory respiration was found at 20 °C. In the field M. southerni was never found in sediment with less than 60% oxygen saturation. The annual community respiration of M. southerni was 14.2 kcal m-2, and annual assimilation thus made up 19.3 kcal m-2 with a net production efficiency of 26.5%.

Key words

Enchytraeidae population dynamics production respiration energy budget Lake Esrom 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Claus Lindegaard
    • 1
  • Kirsten Hamburger
    • 1
  • Peter C. Dall
    • 1
  1. 1.Freshwater Biological LaboratoryUniversity of CopenhagenHillerødDenmark

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