Scope for growth of Mytilus?galloprovincialis (Lmk., 1819) in oligotrophic coastal waters (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) |
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Authors: | Gianluca Sarà and Antonio Pusceddu |
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Institution: | (1) Dipartimento di Ecologia, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 16, 90128 Palermo, Italy;(2) Dipartimento di Scienze del Mare, Politecnico Università di Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy |
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Abstract: | The ‘scope for growth’ (SFG) tool was used to study the growth performance of cultivated populations of Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lmk., 1819) in an oligotrophic area of the Southern Mediterranean Sea. The study was carried out between 1993 and 1996 by
using data from four seasonal oceanographic cruises and from growth experiments. Water samples were collected and analysed
for total suspended matter (TSM), particulate organic carbon (POC) and nitrogen (PON), particulate lipids, proteins and carbohydrates
and chloropigments. The sum of the carbon equivalents of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids is indicated as the total biopolymeric
particulate organic carbon (BPC) and was converted into a unit of energy in order to calculate the SFG of a theoretical mussel
of 5 cm length. In order to test the performance of mussel growth at two depths (5 and 15 m water depth), mussel body size
as ash free dry weight (AFDW)] and the actual concentrations of BPC were used to calculate the monthly SFG using the physiological
energetic relationships suggested in the current literature. Data from the field cruises led us to characterise the study
site as ultra-oligotrophic (annual average of chloropigment concentration approximately 0.5 μg L−1). SFG calculations allowed us to identify a site where mussels grown successively were found to reach a commercial size in
approximately 12 months. The good agreement obtained between energetic response and subsequent production response suggests
that the available energy from particulate food could be fully available for organic production for maintaining “proportionate”
growth trajectories, even in a ultra-oligotrophic system. |
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