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| Herlory, Olivier; Blanchard, G; Planche, S; Huet, V; Richard, Pierre. |
| Many scientists consider that the top centimetre of the sediment on intertidal mudflats contains the photosynthetic competent biomass (PCB). Part of this biomass migrates upward to the surface of the sediment during diurnal emersion periods to form a temporary biofilm: the photosynthetic active biomass (PAB). The present study tests the hypothesis that the size of the biofilm (PAB) is functionally dependent on PCB. Therefore, we have plotted PAB as a function of PCB for a range of different environmental conditions: 3 seasons and 5 tidal situations, representing a total of 600 cores. This investigation points out that, in spring and autumn, there was a simple linear relationship between PAB and PCB, thus indicating that the maximum size of the biofilm... |
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Palavras-chave: Functional relationship; Biofilm; Biomass; Intertidal mudflat; Microphytobenthos. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2005/publication-3622.pdf |
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| Riera, P; Richard, P; Gremare, A; Blanchard, G. |
| Nematodes living on an intertidal mudflat of the Marennes-Oleron Bay (France) were assayed for delta(13)C and delta(15)N ratios together with their potential food resources between July 1992 and May 1993. Results suggest that nematodes do not exploit all the components of the sedimented organic matter (SOM) pool at the same rate. Furthermore, based on coefficients of average trophic enrichment found in the literature for both C and N, the enrichment of nematodes in C-13 and their depletion in N-15 relative to SOM suggest that microphytobenthos constitutes their main food source in this particular environment. |
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Palavras-chave: Nematodes; Microphytobenthos; Food sources; Stable isotope ratios. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00282/39288/43132.pdf |
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