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Trophic resources of the bivalve, Venusverrucosa, in the Chausey archipelago (Normandy, France) determined by stableisotopes and fatty acids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 July 2013

Véronique Perez ,
Frédéric Olivier ,
Réjean Tremblay ,
Urs Neumeier ,
Julien Thébault ,
Laurent Chauvaud  and
Tarik Meziane
Véronique Perez
Affiliation:
Institut des sciences de la mer, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 310 allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, Québec, G5L 3A1 Canada
Frédéric Olivier
Affiliation:
Institut des sciences de la mer, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 310 allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, Québec, G5L 3A1 Canada Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, DMPA, UMR 7208 BOREA CNRS-P6-MNHN-IRD, 61 rue Buffon, 75231 Paris, France
Réjean Tremblay*
Affiliation:
Institut des sciences de la mer, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 310 allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, Québec, G5L 3A1 Canada
Urs Neumeier
Affiliation:
Institut des sciences de la mer, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 310 allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, Québec, G5L 3A1 Canada
Julien Thébault
Affiliation:
Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, LEMAR, UMR 6539, UBO-IRD-CNRS, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, rue Dumont d’Urville, 29280 Plouzané, France
Laurent Chauvaud
Affiliation:
Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, LEMAR, UMR 6539, UBO-IRD-CNRS, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, rue Dumont d’Urville, 29280 Plouzané, France
Tarik Meziane
Affiliation:
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, DMPA, UMR 7208 BOREA CNRS-P6-MNHN-IRD, 61 rue Buffon, 75231 Paris, France
*
a Corresponding author:rejean_tremblay@uqar.qc.ca
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Abstract

In the Chausey archipelago, growth of the burrowing bivalve Venus verrucosa(Mollusca: Veneridae) has been shown to be highly variable between closelylocated sites (<1 km). To explain this small-scale spatial variability, we tested thetrophic hypothesis using both fatty acid markers, and carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes(δ13C and δ15N). Environmentalparameters, including substrate, were also analysed to discriminate their effects onpotential trophic differences. Results of isotopic fractionation and lipid profiles ofwater column and digestive gland samples both showed a large contribution of phytoplanktonto the diet of V. verrucosa. More surprisingly, the same results suggestthat Phaeophyceae and Rhodophyceae macroalgae could contribute to the nutrition ofV. verrucosa as dissolved exudates. Whereas site differences were notobserved between the food sources of V. verrucosa, we showed that growthperformance index was correlated to wave height. Thus, we hypothesized that the high localgrowth variability could be controlled by the hydrosedimentary dynamics. In addition,although no significant growth differences were found between intertidal and subtidalpopulations, better condition index and more total lipids were found in the digestivegland of intertidal V. verrucosa, suggesting potential compensatorygrowth mechanisms.

Keywords

Shell growthBenthic filter feederFood sourcesStable isotopeLipidMacrotidal flatAtlantic Ocean
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Aquatic Living Resources , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , 2013 , pp. 229 - 239
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© EDP Sciences, IFREMER, IRD 2013

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