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Ecology of fear of invasive organisms. Are Ponto-Caspian gammarids (Crustacea, Amhipoda) less susceptible to predator-induced stress?

2016/21/B/NZ8/00418

Keywords:

Stress invasive species Amphipoda Pontogammarus robustoides Dikerogammarus villosus Gammarus fossarum,

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_4: Biodiversity
  • NZ8_1: Evolutionary biology
  • NZ8_3: Animal behaviour

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Wydział Nauk Biologicznych i Weterynaryjnych

woj. kujawsko-pomorskie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

Łukasz Jermacz 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 7

Call: OPUS 11 - announced on 2016-03-15

Amount awarded: 857 894 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2017-03-15

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2021-03-14

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Płuczka laboratoryjna mikropłytkowa (23 000 PLN)
  2. Pipety wielokanałowe (4 000 PLN)
  3. Mobilna stacja robocza z monitorem, przeznaczona do analizy behawioralnej z wykorzystaniem oprogramowania Noldus Ethovision (16 000 PLN)
  4. Sonda tlenowa (10 000 PLN)
  5. Laptop (5 000 PLN)
  6. Czytnik płytek z wytrząsarką i kontrolowaną temperaturą (57 000 PLN)
  7. Zamrażarka (-80°C) (27 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (6)
  1. Chronic predation risk affects prey escape abilities through behavioral and physiological changes
    Authors:
    Łukasz Jermacz, Hanna Kletkiewicz, Małgorzata Poznańska-Kakareko, Klimiuk Maciej, Jarosław Kobak
    Academic press:
    Behavioral Ecology (rok: 2021, tom: -, strony: 45300), Wydawca: Oxford University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/beheco/arab142 - link to the publication
  2. The Braveheart amphipod: a review of responses of invasive Dikerogammarus villosus to predation signals
    Authors:
    Łukasz Jermacz, Jarosław Kobak
    Academic press:
    PeerJ (rok: 2018, tom: nie dotyczy, strony: 6:e5311), Wydawca: PEERJ INC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.7717/peerj.5311 - link to the publication
  3. Continuity of chronic predation risk determines changes in prey physiology
    Authors:
    Jermacz Łukasz, Kletkiewicz Hanna, Nowakowska Anna, Dzierżyńska-Białończyk Anna, Klimiuk Maciej, Kobak Jarosław
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2020, tom: 10, strony: 6972), Wydawca: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-020-64000-9 - link to the publication
  4. Does global warming intensify cost of antipredator reaction? A case study of freshwater amphipods
    Authors:
    Łukasz Jermacz, Hanna Kletkiewicz, Katarzyna Krzyżyńska, Klimiuk Maciej, Jarosław Kobak
    Academic press:
    Science of The Total Environment (rok: 2020, tom: 742, strony: 140474), Wydawca: ELSEVIER, RADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140474 - link to the publication
  5. Experimental evidence for the adaptive response of aquatic invertebrates to chronic predation risk
    Authors:
    Łukasz Jermacz, Anna Nowakowska, Hanna Kletkiewicz, Jarosław Kobak
    Academic press:
    Oecologia (rok: 2020, tom: 192, strony: 341-350), Wydawca: SPRINGER
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s00442-020-04594-z - link to the publication
  6. Keep calm and don't stop growing: Non- consumptive effects of a sympatric predator on two invasive Ponto-Caspian gammarids Dikerogammarus villosus and Pontogammarus robustoides
    Authors:
    Łukasz Jermacz, Jarosław Kobak
    Academic press:
    PloS One (rok: 2017, tom: 12(8), strony: e0182481), Wydawca: PloS One
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1371/journal.pone.0182481 - link to the publication