Seasonal and individual variability of lipid reserves in Oithona similis (Cyclopoida) in an Arctic fjord

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Narcy, Fanny, Gasparini, Stephane, Falk-Petersen, Stig, Mayzaud, Patrick
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche (LOV), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire océanologique de Villefranche-sur-mer (OOVM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), The Arctic University of Norway (UiT), The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2009
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography; Arctic; Norway; Svalbard; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Polar Biology; Copepods
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03505029; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-008-0524-y

The lipid storage of the cyclopoid copepod Oithona similis was investigated from spring to late summer 2007 in Kongsfjorden (Svalbard, Norway). The volume of lipid droplets in each individual reflected the amount of stored wax esters. Seasonal changes of lipid storage coupled with informative inter-individual variability were thus obtained. The seasonal pattern showed an increase in lipid store during the spring bloom, starting before the chlorophyll a maximum for both copepodids stage V and females. Those reserves were used during the main reproductive event in June. Individual variability was very high, with a significant proportion of copepods having no droplet, while others were lipid rich. Because of the overlap of generation, females could have different age and feeding history, particularly in September. Consideration of intra-population variability in lipid storage using an optical approach has been shown to be important to understand O. similis's ecology and life cycle.