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Kostecki, Caroline; Rochette, S.; Girardin, R.; Blanchard, Michel; Desroy, Nicolas; Le Pape, Olivier. |
Coastal bays provide habitats for juveniles and adults of many marine species. Mont Saint-Michel Bay (MSMB, France) hosts a highly diversified fish community and constitutes one of the most important nursery grounds for many commercially exploited marine species, such as sea bass, flatfish, clupeids and rays in the English Channel. Besides, MSMB also suffers from the massive invasion of an exotic mollusc, the American slipper-limpet (Crepidula fornicata, L). This species arrived four decades ago and now represents the main filter-feeder biomass in the bay (150 Mt), an order of magnitude larger than local farmed and natural shellfishes. Recent analyses underlined the impact of this small gastropod on the trophic structure of this bay and its negative... |
Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Spatial competition; Flatfish habitat; Crepidula fornicata; Invasive species; Mont Saint-Michel Bay. |
Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00035/14641/11990.pdf |
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