Caracterización morfológica y ecológica de la especie invasora Daphnia lumholtzi (Crustacea: Cladocera) en un embalse tropical en el sur de México

Carlos Alberto Sandoval Navarrete; Sinuhé Hernández Márquez; María Luisa  Núñez-Resendiz; Alma Socorro  Sobrino Figueroa; Montserrat  Murrieta Alarcón; Nelly María  López Ortiz; Laura Margarita  Márquez Valdelamar; María Eugenia  Zamudio Resendiz

doi:10.30550/j.azl/2370

Authors

Carlos Alberto Sandoval Navarrete Maestría en Biología Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, 09310, México. https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7863-7725
Sinuhé Hernández Márquez Laboratorio de Fitoplancton Marino y Salobre, Doctorado en Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3110-4502
María Luisa Núñez-Resendiz Laboratorio de Macroalgas Marinas y Salobres, Área de Ficología Comparada, Departamento de Hidrobiología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, 09310, México. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6587-2609
Alma Socorro Sobrino Figueroa Laboratorio Alejandro Villalobos, Departamento de Hidrobiología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, 09310, México. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9488-828X
Montserrat Murrieta Alarcón Laboratorio de Fitoplancton Marino y Salobre, Área de Ficología Comparada, Departamento de Hidrobiología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, 09310, México. https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1737-4342
Nelly María López Ortiz Laboratorio de Secuenciación Genómica, LaNaBio, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, México. https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5204-5461
Laura Margarita Márquez Valdelamar Laboratorio de Secuenciación Genómica, LaNaBio, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, México. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9680-7754
María Eugenia Zamudio Resendiz Laboratorio de Fitoplancton Marino y Salobre, Área de Ficología Comparada, Departamento de Hidrobiología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, 09310, México. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8306-6766

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30550/j.azl/2370

Keywords:

Non-native species, phenotypic plasticity, zooplankton, thermal–trophic regime, anthropogenic dispersal

Abstract

Biological invasions of freshwater zooplankton are increasing in tropical regions. The presence, morphology, ecology, and potential distribution of Daphnia lumholtzi were evaluated in the Ángel Albino Corzo “Peñitas” reservoir. Six sites were sampled during dry seasons (2022–2024), recording temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, pH, transparency, and chlorophyll-a; zooplankton was collected with a 100 µm net. Morphometrics (210 organisms per season), physicochemical mapping, and ecological analyses (Kruskal–Wallis, Olmstead-Tukey, Spearman) were conducted. Potential distribution was modeled using MaxEnt.

Physicochemical parameters did not differ among years. The cladoceran community comprised nine species; D. lumholtzi was dominant and codominant with Ceriodaphnia lacustris and Diaphanosoma fluviatile. Its abundance was positively associated with temperature (r = 0.69; p = 0.011) and chlorophyll-a (r = 0.55; p = 0.007), whereas C. lacustris showed negative relationships with temperature (r = ?0.48; p = 0.021) and with D. lumholtzi (r = ?0.92; p = 0.001). Specimens exhibited well-developed cephalic and caudal spines, a bilobed postabdomen, and three postabdominal processes. MaxEnt showed excellent performance (AUC ? 0.99), identifying surface temperature (~84%) and chlorophyll-a (~8%) as main predictors, with probabilities > 0.7 in lentic zones and inter-dam sections.

A favorable thermal–trophic regime and phenotypic plasticity likely sustain its local dominance. Cage aquaculture emerges as a probable introduction vector. Seasonal monitoring and biosecurity protocols are recommended to mitigate risks to native zooplankton and commercially important or protected fish fauna.

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