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1.State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
2.Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Water Environment Simulation and Ecological Restoration, Shanghai Academy of Environment Sciences, Shanghai 201114, China
3.Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin 12587, Germany
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Jiasheng YANG, Jianan LI, Ailing YAN, 等. Rapid evolution of life history of two water fleas in response to inter-specific competition[J/OL]. 海洋湖沼学报(英文), 2026,1-12.
YANG Jiasheng,LI Jianan,YAN Ailing,et al.Rapid evolution of life history of two water fleas in response to inter-specific competition[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,
Jiasheng YANG, Jianan LI, Ailing YAN, 等. Rapid evolution of life history of two water fleas in response to inter-specific competition[J/OL]. 海洋湖沼学报(英文), 2026,1-12. DOI: 10.1007/s00343-026-5383-2.
YANG Jiasheng,LI Jianan,YAN Ailing,et al.Rapid evolution of life history of two water fleas in response to inter-specific competition[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, DOI:.
Interspecific competition drives ecological niche partitioning
biodiversity maintenance
and social structure evolution
yet empirical evidence for its role in rapid evolution remains limited. We examined whether competitive pressures could accelerate life history divergence in two zooplankton species
Ceriodaphnia
cornuta
and
Moina
micrura
using an experimental evolution approach. Under controlled competitive conditions
the life-history traits (survival
fecundity
and body size) were tracked in newborns over 10-d intervals across generations.
C
.
cornuta
the dominant competitor in monocultures and mixtures
responded to competition by accelerating neonate maturation
reducing neonate body size
thereby reinforcing its ecological dominance. Conversely
subordinate
M
.
micrura
delayed first reproduction and reduced adult body size to conserve resources under competitive stress. Crucially
competition induced rapid life history divergence between the species
with both employing reproductive trade-offs and morphological plasticity. This study provided direct experimental evidence for rapid evolution driven by competition
and elucidated a potential mechanism by which evolutiona
ry processes may maintain ecological equilibrium.
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