Neotropical tadpoles influence stream benthos: evidence for the ecological consequences of decline in amphibian populations

By Anthony W. Ranvestel, K. Lips, Catherine M. Pringle, M. Whiles, R. Bixby. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Variable response of anuran calling activity to daily precipitation and temperature: implications for climate change (2013, background): “This increasing concern for anuran extinctions is not surprising because the loss of anuran populations and species could disrupt important ecosystem processes such as energy flow and food web dynamics (e.g., Ranvestel et al. 2004, Gibbons et al. 2006, Whiles et al. 2006).”
Amphibian Contributions to Ecosystem Services (2014, background): “In tropical streams, Ranvestel et al. (2004) also found that tadpoles decreased algal abundance and biomass, altered algal community structure, and reduced sediment accumulation.”
Ecological functions of neotropical amphibians and reptiles: a review (2015, background): “Tadpoles can be important bioturbators, directly or indirectly modifying the distribution of sediments and directly influencing the trophic dynamics and the energy flow in the system (Flecker et al. 1999, Ranvestel et al. 2004).”
Catastrophic Population Declines and Extinctions in Neotropical Harlequin Frogs (Bufonidae: Atelopus) 1 (2005, background): “These population changes are expected to cascade through aquatic and terrestrial food webs, with often unexpected consequences (Kupferberg 1997, Flecker et al. 1999, Ranvestel et al. 2004).”
What do tadpoles really eat? Assessing the trophic status of an understudied and imperiled group of consumers in freshwater habitats (2007, unknown): “that tadpoles in many systems can act as ecosystem engineers that greatly modify resources and/or influence other consumers (Kupferberg, 1997; Flecker, Feifarek & Taylor, 1999; Ranvestel et al., 2004; Whiles et al., 2006).”
Amphibian Population Declines in Latin America: A Synthesis 1 (2005, background): “…effects are predicted because some stages and species of amphibians may consume algae and sediments (e.g., Flecker et al. 1999, Solomon et al. 2004, Ranvestel et al. 2004), others consume invertebrates (including potential disease vectors), and still others serve as prey to both vertebrates…”