Food web analysis in intertidal Zostera marina and Zostera noltii communities in winter and summer |
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Authors: | Vincent Ouisse Pascal Riera Aline Migné Cédric Leroux Dominique Davoult |
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Affiliation: | 1.UMR7144,UPMC Univ Paris 06,Roscoff,France;2.CNRS, UMR7144,Equipe Réseaux Trophiques et Production Benthique, Station Biologique,Roscoff,France;3.CNRS, FR2424,Station Biologique,Roscoff,France |
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Abstract: | The food web of two intertidal seagrass (Zostera marina and Zostera noltii) beds that may be influenced by the seasonal variation in food source abundance was studied in winter and in summer with δ13C and δ15N analysis. In spite of high relative variation of abundance of main primary producers at the two sites, the food web did not vary between winter and summer. The δ13C range of primary producers was wide. Zostera leaves, the most 13C-enriched source, were not consumed directly by grazers. Deposit and filter feeders have a similar δ13C and could use a mix of suspended and sedimented organic particulate matter, largely composed of detritus from macroalgae to seagrass. This trophic pathway allows the local incorporation of the high biomass produced by seagrasses. The wide δ15N range of predators was linked either to a large variety from omnivore to carnivore predators or to the also wide ranges of δ15N of primary consumers. |
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