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| Loret, Pascale; Le Gall, Solange; Dupuy, Christine; Blanchot, Jean; Pastoureaud, Annie; Delesalle, Bruno; Caisey, Xavier; Jonquieres, Gerard. |
| Pearl oysters are farmed in oligotrophic tropical atoll lagoons where planktonic communities are dominated by production from cyanobacteria smaller than 2 pm. Paradoxically, the pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera only retains particles larger than 2 Pm. In this study, we assess the relative contribution of hetero/mixotrophic microbiota to the available planktonic resource. In Takapoto Atoll, picocyanobacteria are the dominant biomass (20 mug C l(-1)). The carbon biomass of ciliates and dinoflagellates ranges from 1 to 24 and 0.5 to 5 mug C l(-1) respectively, with a mean of 6 mug C l(-1) for ciliates and 2 mug C l(-1) for dinoflagellates. The possible retention by P. margaritifera on a natural protist suspension was investigated. Due to its high clearance... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Trophic resource; Picoplankton; Pinctada margaritifera; Pearl oysters; Atoll lagoon; Protists. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2000/publication-823.pdf |
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