Chironomidae Morphological Types and Functional Feeding Groups as a Habitat Complexity Vestige
Chironomid (Diptera: Chironomidae) larvae play an important role in a wide range of aquatic ecosystems. The study focuses on Chironomidae trophic guilds and morphological types as indicator traits in reconstructions of habitat changes in shallow water bodies. Mentum and ventromental plates are impor...
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| author | Olga Antczak-Orlewska Olga Antczak-Orlewska Mateusz Płóciennik Robert Sobczyk Daniel Okupny Renata Stachowicz-Rybka Monika Rzodkiewicz Jacek Siciński Agnieszka Mroczkowska Agnieszka Mroczkowska Marek Krąpiec Michał Słowiński Piotr Kittel |
| author_facet | Olga Antczak-Orlewska Olga Antczak-Orlewska Mateusz Płóciennik Robert Sobczyk Daniel Okupny Renata Stachowicz-Rybka Monika Rzodkiewicz Jacek Siciński Agnieszka Mroczkowska Agnieszka Mroczkowska Marek Krąpiec Michał Słowiński Piotr Kittel |
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| description | Chironomid (Diptera: Chironomidae) larvae play an important role in a wide range of aquatic ecosystems. The study focuses on Chironomidae trophic guilds and morphological types as indicator traits in reconstructions of habitat changes in shallow water bodies. Mentum and ventromental plates are important mouthparts whose shape depends on food type and feeding behavior. Chironomidae larvae strongly vary in the mode of life and feeding habits, representing almost every feeding group. Here we classified the mentum types into 16 groups and tested if they indicated similar past habitat changes as the Chironomidae functional feeding groups (FFGs), and tribes/subfamilies. Paleoecological data of biotic and abiotic proxies were derived from short sequences from a Late Glacial oxbow and a nearby medieval moat located in Central Poland. The study revealed that the habitat substratum structure, vegetation and physicochemical conditions are associated both with the feeding types and morphological traits. This provides a valuable tool for future reconstructions of habitat changes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d6344bfe373f4683bda0027107424c522022-12-21T20:24:45ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution2296-701X2021-01-01810.3389/fevo.2020.583831583831Chironomidae Morphological Types and Functional Feeding Groups as a Habitat Complexity VestigeOlga Antczak-Orlewska0Olga Antczak-Orlewska1Mateusz Płóciennik2Robert Sobczyk3Daniel Okupny4Renata Stachowicz-Rybka5Monika Rzodkiewicz6Jacek Siciński7Agnieszka Mroczkowska8Agnieszka Mroczkowska9Marek Krąpiec10Michał Słowiński11Piotr Kittel12Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Lodz, Łódź, PolandLaboratory of Paleoecology and Archaeobotany, Department of Plant Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, PolandDepartment of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Lodz, Łódź, PolandDepartment of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Lodz, Łódź, PolandInstitute of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, Szczecin, PolandW. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, PolandLaboratory of Biogeochemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, PolandDepartment of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Lodz, Łódź, PolandPast Landscape Dynamics Laboratory, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Geology and Geomorphology, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, University of Lodz, Łódź, PolandFaculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, PolandPast Landscape Dynamics Laboratory, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Geology and Geomorphology, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, University of Lodz, Łódź, PolandChironomid (Diptera: Chironomidae) larvae play an important role in a wide range of aquatic ecosystems. The study focuses on Chironomidae trophic guilds and morphological types as indicator traits in reconstructions of habitat changes in shallow water bodies. Mentum and ventromental plates are important mouthparts whose shape depends on food type and feeding behavior. Chironomidae larvae strongly vary in the mode of life and feeding habits, representing almost every feeding group. Here we classified the mentum types into 16 groups and tested if they indicated similar past habitat changes as the Chironomidae functional feeding groups (FFGs), and tribes/subfamilies. Paleoecological data of biotic and abiotic proxies were derived from short sequences from a Late Glacial oxbow and a nearby medieval moat located in Central Poland. The study revealed that the habitat substratum structure, vegetation and physicochemical conditions are associated both with the feeding types and morphological traits. This provides a valuable tool for future reconstructions of habitat changes.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2020.583831/fullDipterafunctional feeding groupstrophic guildspaleoecologypaleolimnologyhabitat reconstruction |
| spellingShingle | Olga Antczak-Orlewska Olga Antczak-Orlewska Mateusz Płóciennik Robert Sobczyk Daniel Okupny Renata Stachowicz-Rybka Monika Rzodkiewicz Jacek Siciński Agnieszka Mroczkowska Agnieszka Mroczkowska Marek Krąpiec Michał Słowiński Piotr Kittel Chironomidae Morphological Types and Functional Feeding Groups as a Habitat Complexity Vestige Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Diptera functional feeding groups trophic guilds paleoecology paleolimnology habitat reconstruction |
| title | Chironomidae Morphological Types and Functional Feeding Groups as a Habitat Complexity Vestige |
| title_full | Chironomidae Morphological Types and Functional Feeding Groups as a Habitat Complexity Vestige |
| title_fullStr | Chironomidae Morphological Types and Functional Feeding Groups as a Habitat Complexity Vestige |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chironomidae Morphological Types and Functional Feeding Groups as a Habitat Complexity Vestige |
| title_short | Chironomidae Morphological Types and Functional Feeding Groups as a Habitat Complexity Vestige |
| title_sort | chironomidae morphological types and functional feeding groups as a habitat complexity vestige |
| topic | Diptera functional feeding groups trophic guilds paleoecology paleolimnology habitat reconstruction |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2020.583831/full |
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