Dynamics of stable isotope ratios (δ13C and δ15N) in different organs of Crassostrea gigas at two contrasted ecosystems: insights from growth and food sources

• Main Authors: Emmery, A., Alunno-Bruscia, Marianne, Bataille, M. P., Kooijman, S. A. L. M., Lefebvre, S.
• Other Authors: Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR) (LEMAR), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA), Department of Theoretical Biology Amsterdam, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences Amsterdam (FALW), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam (VU)-Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam (VU), Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG) - UMR 8187 (LOG), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Nord ), Normandie Université (NU)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2017
• Subjects: ACL; carbon isotopes; reproductive-cycle; seasonal-variation; cerastoderma-edule; coastal ecosystems; crepidula-fornicata; marennes-oleron bay; mytilus-edulis; suspension-feeders; trophic ecology; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-02572877; https://hal.science/hal-02572877/document; https://hal.science/hal-02572877/file/Emmery_etal_VeM-LaE_2017.pdf

WOS:000401091600004 International audience We studied the influence of food availability on the growth (whole body and organs) of the oyster Crassostrea gigas and on the dynamics of their delta C-13 and delta N-15 respective values. Juvenile oysters originating from Arcachon Bay were transplanted to two contrasting ecosystems, Baie des Veys (BDV) and Rade de Brest (RDB), for a 1-yr growth survey. In BDV, chlorophyll-a concentrations ([Chl-a]) was 3 times higher than in RDB on average, which accounts for the differences in oyster growth between BDV and RDB. Differences in trophic conditions could also explain the differences in C/N ratios and delta C-13 values between sites partly due to higher investment in gametogenesis for the oysters in BDV than in RDB; these differences widened when lipid normalized delta C-13 values were used. Oysters clearly selected microalgae as the main food source, and especially phytoplankton. Gi (Gills), Mu (Muscle) and Re (remaining organs) clearly exhibited different isotopic enrichment levels, with delta(Mu) \textgreater delta(Gi) \textgreater delta(Re) regardless of C or N elements, culture sites and seasons. delta N-15 discrimination between organs was rather equivalent between sites. These results would benefit from an experiment under controlled conditions along a calibration of the lipid normalization to correct delta C-13 values in bivalves.