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| Dupuy, Christine; Vaquer, André; Lam Hoai, Thong; Rougier, Claude; Mazouni, Nabila; Lautier, Jacques; Collos, Yves; Le Gall, Solange. |
| The Mediterranean Thau Lagoon is an important oyster farming area in Europe. Oyster growth rates are among the highest in France, although chlorophyll a concentration is low. Previous studies have demonstrated that picophytoplankton, nano-microphytoplankton, dinoflagellates and loricate ciliates such as tintinnids are abundant. However, heterotrophic flagellates and aloricate ciliates have not been investigated. The aim of this study was to assess picophytoplankton, protist and zooplankton abundances in the Lagoon and to investigate the particular structure of the microbial food web, which may explain such paradoxical oyster growth. In oligotrophic waters in the Thau Lagoon, the picoeukaryote Ostreococcus tauri is the dominant autotrophic picoplankter,... |
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Palavras-chave: Trophic link; Picophytoplankton; Heterotrophic protist; Microbial food web; Thau Lagoon; Food source; Oyster; Bivalve. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2000/publication-812.pdf |
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| Chapelle, Annie; Menesguen, Alain; Deslous-paoli, Jean-marc; Souchu, Philippe; Mazouni, Nabila; Vaquer, André; Millet, Bertrand. |
| An ecosystem model based on nitrogen cycling and oxygen has been developed for the Thau lagoon. It takes into account the specific features of this Mediterranean lagoon, a semi-confined system with watershed inputs and oyster farming. The ecosystem model uses currents calculated by a two-dimensional hydrodynamic model and integrated into a box model. This model is compared with a year survey data and used to estimate nitrogen and oxygen fluxes between the different ecosystem compartments. The yearly simulation shows that the ecosystem behavior is driven by meteorological forcing, especially rain which causes watershed inputs. These inputs trigger microphytoplankton growth, which is responsible for new primary production. During dry periods, nitrogen is... |
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Palavras-chave: Oxygen; Nitrogen; Oysters; Primary production; Box model; Lagoon ecosystem. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2000/publication-725.pdf |
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| Collos, Yves; Husseini Ratrema, Julie; Bec, Béatrice; Vaquer, André; Hoai, Thong Lam; Rougier, Claude; Pons, Virginie; Souchu, Philippe. |
| The dilution technique was used to estimate chlorophyll and pheopigment, net and gross production as well as zooplankton grazing over a 12-month period in a coastal lagoon in Southern France. Chlorophyll a (Cha) based gross growth rates of phytoplankton ranged from undetectable in February to 2.6 day(-1) in June, corresponding to 3.8 divisions per day. Cha-based grazing rates ranged from undetectable in February to 1.1 d(-1) in June. The seasonal growth pattern of picoplankton was similar to that of the whole community, with a peak in July, corresponding to four divisions per day. Grazing processes represented from 20 to 150% of the phytoplankton daily growth, and the grazing pressure was stronger on small phytoplankton cells than on larger cells. Gross... |
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Palavras-chave: Zooplankton; Ammonium; Pheopigments; Degradation; Growth; Phytoplankton. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2005/publication-727.pdf |
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| Bec, Béatrice; Husseini Ratrema, Julie; Collos, Yves; Souchu, Philippe; Vaquer, André. |
| The dynamics of the phytoplankton community were investigated in a marine coastal lagoon (Thau, NW Mediterranean) from February 1999 to January 2000. Dilution experiments, chlorophyll a (Chl a) size-fractionation and primary production measurements were conducted monthly. Maximum growth and microzooplankton grazing rates were estimated from Chl a biomass fractions to separate pico- from nano- and microphytoplankton and by flow cytometry to distinguish between picoeukaryotes and picocyanobacteria. In spring, the phytoplankton community was dominated by Chaetoceros sp. and Skeletonema costatum, which represented most of biomass (B) and primary production (P). Nano- and microphytoplankton growth was controlled by nutrient availability and exceeded losses due... |
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Palavras-chave: Coastal lagoon; NW Mediterranean; Picoeukaryote; Phytoplankton. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2005/publication-726.pdf |
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