Feeding behaviour of Paracentrotus lividus in the presence of Caulerpa taxifolia introduced in the Mediterranean Sea

Type Article
Date 1996
Language English
Author(s) Lemee R, Boudouresque Cf, Gobert J, Malestroit Pascale, Mari X, Meinesz A, Menager V, Ruitton S
Affiliation(s) FAC SCI LUMINY,CNRS EP 75,LAB BIOL MARINE & ECOL BENTHOS,F-13288 MARSEILLE 9,FRANCE
Meeting Colloquium on Biotic and Abiotic Interactions Regulating Life Cycle of Marine Invertebrates, VILLEFRANCHE-SUR-MER, FRANCE, SEP 19-23, 1994
Source Oceanologica Acta (0399-1784) (Gauthier-Villars), 1996 , Vol. 19 , N. 3-4 , P. 245-253
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Abstract Experiments in aquaria have shown that the feeding behaviour of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus in presence of the green alga Caulerpa taxifolia varies during the year. In summer, the alga is strongly avoided and is not consumed. in winter and spring, although the alga is only moderately appreciated, its consumption is significant, but it is hardly or not at all absorbed. These results are confirmed by content analysis of the digestive tract of P. lividus sampled in situ in an area colonized by C. taxifolia. The sea urchins' feeding behaviour is linked to the presence of toxic and repellent secondary metabolites of C. taxifolia, caulerpenyne in particular.
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Lemee R, Boudouresque Cf, Gobert J, Malestroit Pascale, Mari X, Meinesz A, Menager V, Ruitton S (1996). Feeding behaviour of Paracentrotus lividus in the presence of Caulerpa taxifolia introduced in the Mediterranean Sea. Oceanologica Acta, 19(3-4), 245-253. Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00094/20483/