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| Fournier, Jonathan; Dupuy, Celie; Bouvy, Marc; Couraudon-reale, Marine; Charpy, Loic; Pouvreau, Stephane; Le Moullac, Gilles; Le Pennec, Marie-annick; Cochard, Jean-claude. |
| In atoll lagoons of French Polynesia, growth and reproduction of pearl oysters are mainly driven by plankton concentration. However, the actual diet of black-lip pearl oysters P. margaritifera in these lagoons is poorly known. To fill this gap, we used the flow through chamber method to measure clearance rates of P. margaritifera in Ahe atoll lagoon (Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia). We found : (i) that pearl oysters cleared plankton at a rate that was positively related to plankton biovolume, (ii) that nanoflagellates were the main source of carbon for the pearl oysters, (iii) that the quantity and origin of carbon filtrated by pearl oysters was highly dependent on the concentration and composition of plankton. These results provide essential... |
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Palavras-chave: Pinctada margaritifera; Clearance rates; French Polynesia; Phytoplankton; Protists. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00078/18888/16599.pdf |
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| Pagano, Marc; Sagarra, Pascual-boi; Champalbert, Gisele; Bouvy, Marc; Dupuy, Christine; Thomas, Yoann; Charpy, Loic. |
| Metazooplankton abundance, biomass (<80 mu m, 200-500 mu m and >500 mu m) and community structure in the Ahe atoll were studied together with their relationships with environmental factors (temperature, salinity, wind) and trophic factors (phytoplankton, bacteria, heterotrophic nanoflagellates (HNF) and ciliates) during three periods in 2008-2009. Meroplankton, mainly bivalve and gastropod larvae, was dominant. Holoplankton was dominated by copepods, the main species being Oithona spp., Paracalanus parvus, Clausocalanus spp., Corycaeus spp., Acartia fossae and Undinula vulgaris. The results suggest a clear wind influence on the structure and horizontal distribution of the zooplankton communities. The metazooplankton appeared to be controlled mainly... |
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Palavras-chave: Metazooplankton; Spatio-temporal patterns; Trophic relationships; Pearl oyster; Atoll lagoon; French Polynesia. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00101/21207/19419.pdf |
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