Relaciones longitud-peso para insectos acuáticos de Isla Navarino, extremo austral de Chile

Javier Rendoll-Cárcamo; Melisa Gañán; Peter Convey; Tamara Contador

doi:10.22352/AIP202452012

Vol. 52 (2024), Special Section Cape Horn

Vol. 52 (2024)

Length-mass relationships for aquatic insects of Navarino Island, extreme southern Chile

Special Section Cape Horn

https://doi.org/10.22352/AIP202452012

Published 2024-12-28

Javier Rendoll-Cárcamo⁺⁻
Melisa Gañán⁺⁻
Peter Convey⁺⁻
Tamara Contador⁺⁻

Javier Rendoll-Cárcamo

Laboratorio Wankara, Centro Internacional Cabo de Hornos (CHIC), Universidad de Magallanes, Puerto Williams, Chile. Instituto Milenio de Biodiversidad en Ecosistemas Antárticos y Subantárticos (BASE), Santiago, Chile. Núcleo Milenio de Salmónidos Invasores Australes (INVASAL), Concepción, Chile

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1928-0914

Melisa Gañán

Laboratorio Wankara, Centro Internacional Cabo de Hornos (CHIC), Universidad de Magallanes, Puerto Williams, Chile. Instituto Milenio de Biodiversidad en Ecosistemas Antárticos y Subantárticos (BASE), Santiago, Chile. Núcleo Milenio de Salmónidos Invasores Australes (INVASAL), Concepción, Chile

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6411-9295

Peter Convey

British Antarctic Survey, NERC, Cambridge, UK. Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8497-9903

Tamara Contador

British Antarctic Survey, NERC, Cambridge, UK

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0250-9877

PDF

Keywords

Body size
dry mass
Ephemeroptera
Plecoptera
sub-Antarctic ecoregion
Trichoptera

How to Cite

Rendoll-Cárcamo, J., Gañán, M., Convey, P., & Contador, T. (2024). Length-mass relationships for aquatic insects of Navarino Island, extreme southern Chile. Anales Del Instituto De La Patagonia, 52. https://doi.org/10.22352/AIP202452012

Abstract

Biomass is a key parameter in ecology, as it provides insight into ecosystem functioning. Length-mass estimations are widely used for this purpose due to the relatively simple and straightforward procedures required. In this study, we conducted the first assessment of length-mass relationships for 25 aquatic insect species from the Magellanic sub-Antarctic ecoregion of Chile. There were strong linear correlations between the mass and size of the study species. We found a low proportion of change in mass associated with length increase, for most species, given the obtained b values, which could indicate recent molts, incomplete chitinization, and/or dominance of early developmental stages. While the estimated parameters from linear and non-linear regressions were similar to those reported in other studies, we emphasize that simple extrapolation from other areas should be avoided due to the inherent variability of each ecosystem. The collection of length-mass estimation data provides important information on biomass and secondary production, key parameters of functional diversity.

https://doi.org/10.22352/AIP202452012

PDF

References

Albariño, R. J., & Balseiro, E. G. (1998). Larval size and leaf conditioning in the breakdown of Nothofagus pumilio leaves by Klapopteryx kuscheli (Insecta, Plecoptera) in a South Andean stream. International Review of Hydrobiology, 83: 397-404.

Benke, A. C., Huryn, A. D., Smock, L. A., & Wallace, J. B. (1999). Length-mass relationships for freshwater macroinvertebrates in North America with particular reference to the southeastern United States. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 18(3): 308-343.

Contador, T. & Kennedy, J. (2016). The life histories of Meridialaris chiloeensis (Demoulin, 1955) (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) and Gigantodax rufescens (Edwards, 1931) (Diptera: Simuliidae) on a Magellanic sub-Antarctic island (55° S). Aquatic Insects, 37(2): 1-14.

Contador, T., Kennedy, J. H., Rozzi, R. & Ojeda, J. (2015). Sharp altitudinal gradients in Magellanic sub-Antarctic streams: patterns along a fluvial system in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve (55° S). Polar Biology, 38(11): 1853-1866. Domínguez, E. & Fernández, H. R. (2009). Macroinvertebrados bentónicos sudamericanos. Sistemática y Biología.

Fundación Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, Argentina.

Fenoglio, S., Tierno de Figueroa, J. M., Doretto, A., Falasco, E., & Bona, F. (2020). Aquatic insects and benthic diatoms: a history of biotic relationships in freshwater ecosystems. Water, 12(10): 2934.

Flint, O. S., Holzenthal, R. W. & Harris, S. C. (1999). Nomenclatural and systematic changes in the Neotropical caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera). Insecta Mundi, 13: 73-84.

Gardner, J. L., Peters, A., Kearney, M. R., Joseph, L., & Heinsohn, R. (2011). Declining body size: a third universal response to warming?. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 26(6): 285-291.

Harvey, J. A., Tougeron, K., Gols, R., Heinen, R., Abarca, M., Abram, P. K., ... & Chown, S. L. (2023). Scientists’ warning on climate change and insects. Ecological Monographs, 93(1), e1553.

Hódar, J. A. (1996). The use of regression equations for estimation of arthropod biomass in ecological studies. Acta Oecologica, 17(5): 421-433.

Hof, C., Levinsky, I., Araujo, M. B., & Rahbek, C. (2011). Rethinking species’ ability to cope with rapid climate change.

Global Change Biology, 17(9): 2987-2990.

Horne, C. R., Hirst, A. G., & Atkinson, D. (2015). Temperature?size responses match latitudinal?size clines in arthropods, revealing critical differences between aquatic and terrestrial species. Ecology Letters, 18(4): 327-335.

Knight, T. M., McCoy, M. W., Chase, J. M., McCoy, K. A., & Holt, R. D. (2005). Trophic cascades across ecosystems. Nature, 437(7060): 880-883.

Marquina, D., Buczek, M., Ronquist, F., & ?ukasik, P. (2021). The effect of ethanol concentration on the morphological and molecular preservation of insects for biodiversity studies. PeerJ, 9, e10799.

McKinney, R. A., Glatt, S. M., & Williams, S. R. (2004). Allometric length?weight relationships for benthic prey of aquatic wildlife in coastal marine habitats. Wildlife Biology, 10(4): 241-249.

McLellan, I. D. & Swick, P. (2007) New species and keys to South American Gripopterygidae (Plecoptera). Illiesia, 3(4): 20-42.

Miserendino, M. L. (2001). Length-mass relationships for macroinvertebrates in freshwater environments of Patagonia (Argentina). Ecología Austral, 11(1): 3-8.

Miyasaka, H., Genkai-Kato, M., Miyake, Y., Kishi, D., Katano, I., Doi, H., Hona, S., & Kuhara, N. (2008). Relationships between length and weight of freshwater macroinvertebrates in Japan. Limnology, 9: 75-80.

R Studio. (2022). R Studio: Integrated Development Environment for R (Version 1.4.1717) [Computer software]. https:// www.rstudio.com/

Rendoll-Cárcamo, J., Contador, T., Gañán, M., Troncoso, C. P., Márquez, A. M., Convey, P., Kennedy, J. & Rozzi, R. (2019). Altitudinal gradients in Magellanic sub-Antarctic lagoons: the effect of elevation on freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and distribution. PeerJ, 7, e7128.

Rendoll-Cárcamo, J., Gañán, M., Madriz, R.I., Convey, P. & Contador, T. (2023). Wing

reduction and body size variation along a steep elevation gradient: a case study with Magellanic sub-Antarctic mayflies and stoneflies. Frontiers in Ecolology and Evolution, 11:1188889.

Rosenfeld, S., Convey, P., Contador, T., Rendoll-Cárcamo, J., Poulin, E., Maturana, C., Frugone, M. J., & Mackenzie, R. (2020). Capítulo VII Magallanes, laboratorio del cambio global. En: Magallanes: tres descubrimientos. Aldunate, C., R. Rozzi, F. Morello & F. Massardo (eds.). Colección Santander, Museo de Chileno de Arte Precolombino, Santiago, Chile. (263 pp.)Rozzi, R., Crego, R. D., Contador, T., Schüttler, E., Rosenfeld, S., Mackenzie, R., ... & Massardo,

F. (2020). Un centinela para el monitoreo del cambio climático y su impacto sobre la biodiversidad en la cumbre austral de América: La nueva red de estudios a largo Plazo Cabo de Hornos. Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia, 48 (3): 45-81.

Smock, L. A. (1980). Relationships between body size and biomass of aquatic insects. Freshwater Biology, 10(4): 375-383. Santini, L., Benítez?López, A., Ficetola, G. F., & Huijbregts, M. A. (2018). Length–mass allometries in amphibians.

Integrative zoology, 13(1): 36-45.

Stoffels, R. J., Karbe, S., & Paterson, R. A. (2003). Length?mass models for some common New Zealand littoral?benthic macroinvertebrates, with a note on within?taxon variability in parameter values among published models. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 37(2): 449-460.

Sweeney, B. W., Funk, D. H., Camp, A. A., Buchwalter, D. B., & Jackson, J. K. (2018). Why adult mayflies of Cloeon dipterum

(Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) become smaller as temperature warms. Freshwater Science, 37(1): 64-81.

Urias, H. Q., & Salvador, B. R. P. (2014). Estadística para ingeniería y ciencias. Grupo Editorial Patria.

Wickham, H., Averick, M., Bryan, J., Chang, W., McGowan, L. D. A., François, R., ... & Yutani, H. (2019). Welcome to the Tidyverse. Journal of Open Source Software, 4(43): 1686.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Most read articles by the same author(s)

Ricardo Rozzi, Ramiro D. Crego, Tamara Contador, Elke Schüttler, Sebastian Rosenfeld, Roy Mackenzie, Omar Barroso, Eduardo A. Silva-Rodríguez, Ximena Álvarez-Bustos, Alejandra Silva, Irene Ramírez, Jose Mella, Jorge Herreros, Javier Rendoll Cárcamo, Johanna Marambio, Jaime Ojeda, Felipe Méndez, Kelli P. Moses, James Kennedy, Shaun Rusell, Bernard Goffinet, Leopoldo G. Sancho, Flávio Berchez, Brian Buma, Francisco Aguirre, Laura Sánchez-Jardón, Eduardo Barros, Rodrigo A. Vásquez, Mary T. K. Arroyo, Elie Poulin, Francisco Squeo, Juan J. Armesto, Ándres Mansilla, Francisca Massardo, A sentinel for monitoring climate change and its impact on biodiversity at the southern summit of the Americas: the new Cape Horn Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research Network , Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia: Vol. 48 No. 3 (2020)
Bernard Goffinet, John F. Engel, Matt Von Konrat, Roy Mackenzie, Tamara Contador, Sebastián Rosenfeld, Omar Barroso, Ricardo Rozzi, First bryophyte records from Diego Ramírez Archipelago: Changing lenses in long-term socio-ecological research at the southernmost island of the Americas , Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia: Vol. 48 No. 3 (2020)
Roy Mackenzie, Osvaldo Vidal, Sebastián Rosenfeld, Tamara Contador, Omar Barroso, Bernard Goffinet, Francisca Massardo, Patricio Arce-Johnson, Ricardo Rozzi, Vascular flora and vegetational types at the long-term socio-ecological studies site, Gonzalo Island, Diego Ramírez Archipelago (56°31’S), Chile , Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia: Vol. 48 No. 3 (2020)
Tamara Contador, Javier Rendoll, Roy Mackenzie, Sebastián Rosenfeld, Omar Barroso, Ricardo Rozzi, Bernard Goffinet, James Kennedy, Peter Convey, Communities of terrestrial invertebrates from Diego Ramírez archipelago (56°31’S), the southernmost long term ecological research site of the Americas: diversity and affinities with other Subantarctic Islands from the Southern Ocean , Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia: Vol. 48 No. 3 (2020)
Javier Rendoll Cárcamo, Melisa Gañán, Roy Mackenzie, Sophia Troncoso, Javiera Troncoso, Tamara Contador, Ricardo Rozzi, Peter Convey, Freshwater macroinvertebrates from Yendegaia National Park, Chile: tackling knowledge biodiversity gaps in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve Javier , Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia: Vol. 48 No. 3 (2020)
Johanna Marambio, Sebastian Rosenfeld, Juan Pablo Rodríguez, Fabio Méndez, Tamara Contador, Roy Mackenzie, Bernard Goffinet, Ricardo Rozzi, Andrés Mansilla, Seven new macroalgas records for the Archipelago Diego Ramírez (56°31’S): the value of the new marine park as a sum of carbon and conservation of subantartic biodiversity , Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia: Vol. 48 No. 3 (2020)
Omar Barroso, Ramiro D. Crego, Jose Mella, Sebastián Rosenfeld, Tamara Contador, Roy Mackenzie, Rodrigo A. Vásquez, Ricardo Rozzi, Scientific collaboration with the Chilean Navy for long-term ornithological studies in the Diego Ramírez Archipelago: first year-round monitoring of Gonzalo Island’s bird assemblage , Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia: Vol. 48 No. 3 (2020)
Sebastián Rosenfeld, Johanna Marambio, Cristian Aldea, Juan Pablo Rodríguez, Fabio Mendez, Claudio Gonzalez-Wevar, Karin Gerard, Tamara Contador, Roy Mackenzie, Ricardo Rozzi, Andrés Mansilla, Update of the coastal-marine mollusc assembly catalog of the Archipiélago Diego Ramírez (56°31’s), Chile: a refuge for sustainable economy and Subantarctic conservation , Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia: Vol. 48 No. 3 (2020)
Alan Maldonado-Márquez, Javier Rendoll-Cárcamo, Tamara Contador, Solving a discussion and a mystery about brown trout, Salmo trutta (Linnaeus, 1758) in Navarino Island, Magallanes, Chile , Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia: Vol. 48 No. 2 (2020)
Javier Rendoll-Cárcamo, Melisa Gañán, Brenda Riquelme del Río, Peter Convey, Tamara Contador, Morphometric variation in subantarctic populations of Liodessus chilensis (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) , Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia: Vol. 52 (2024)

1 2 > >>