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ArchiMer
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France
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Trophic connectivity between offshore upwelling and the inshore food web of Banc d’Arguin (Mauritania): New insights from isotopic analysis
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| Autores: |
Carlier, Antoine
Chauvaud, Laurent
Van Der Geest, Matthijs
Le Loc'H, Francois
Le Duff, Michel
Vernet, Marc
Raffray, Jean
Diakhate, Djibril
Labrosse, Pierre
Wague, Abdoulaye
Le Goff, Clement
Gohin, Francis
Chapron, Bertrand
Clavier, Jacques
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| Data: |
2015-11
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| Ano: |
2015
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| Palavras-chave: |
Banc d'Arguin
West Africa
Food web structure
Remote sensing
Stable isotope
Upwelling
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| Resumo: |
Banc d’Arguin (BA), Mauritania, is a nationally protected shallow gulf > 10,000 km2 between the Sahara desert and the upwelling system off the Mauritanian coast. In the southeast, BA consists of a 500 km2 tidal flat, the most important wintering site for shorebirds using the East Atlantic Flyway. The Mauritanian upwelling-driven phytoplankton production supports the most productive fisheries worldwide, but little is known about its trophic role in the functioning of the inshore BA food web. Using stable isotopes as trophic tracers to distinguish between upwelling-driven phytoplankton, open ocean phytoplankton, and benthic primary producers, we assessed the spatial extent to which the inshore BA food web is fuelled by upwelling-driven phytoplankton production. The δ13C and δ15N signals were characterized in dominant primary producers, benthic invertebrate taxa, and various fish species along an offshore–inshore (northwest–southeast) gradient. We also monitored the spatial and temporal extent of upwelling entering BA during 2008 with remote sensing of sea surface temperature and chlorophyll a data. The results suggest that benthic invertebrates and fishes living in the northwestern part of BA depend on the nearby upwelling phytoplankton production, but this food source does not support the intertidal benthic community in southeast BA. Furthermore, the isotopic signatures of fishes suggest weak trophic connectivity between the northern subtidal and southeastern intertidal BA. Our results support the hypothesis that the southeastern tidal flat region functions as a distinct ecosystem with a food web supported mainly by local benthic primary production, which is crucial knowledge for effective management of the pristine BA national park.
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Text
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Inglês
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https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00269/37999/36078.pdf
DOI:10.1016/j.ecss.2015.05.001
https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00269/37999/
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| Editor: |
Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd
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application/pdf
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| Fonte: |
Estuarine Coastal And Shelf Science (0272-7714) (Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd), 2015-11 , Vol. 165 , P. 149-158
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2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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