Juvenile growth of the polychaete Nereis virens feeding on a range of marine vascular and macroalgal plant sources |
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Authors: | M. Oliver G. Desrosiers A. Caron C. Retière |
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Affiliation: | (1) Centre Océanographique de Rimouski, Départment d'Océanographie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 310, Allée des Ursulines, G5L 3A1 Rimouski, Québec, Canada;(2) Laboratoire Maritime, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 17 ave. George V, B.P. 28, F-35801 Dinard Cedex 05, France |
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Abstract: | A laboratory experiment was conducted to examine variation of juvenile growth (% d-1) of the polychaete Nereis virens (Sars) in relation to tidal flat plant species as food sources. We used vegetable materials (algae and vascular plants) which are carried along by tidal currents and are found abundantly at the upper tidal level. Juveniles (2-yr-old) markedly increased in wet weight with the algae Laminaria longicruris (weight-specific growth rate : 1.7% d-1) and Enteromorpha intestinalis (: 1.6% d-1) as food sources. A higher value of assimilation efficiency was observed for algal species (L. longicruris 55.1±7.9%; E. intestinalis 54.8±0.5%; Fucus vesiculosus 40.6%) than for marine vascular plants (Spartina alterniflora 26.8±10.9%; Zostera marina 1.4%). The digestion of marine vascular species lasts longer (19 to 38 h) than that of algal species. All these characteristics (growth, assimilation efficiency and duration of the digestive process) seem to correlate positively with lignin and cellulose concentrations in the plant structure. |
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