FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Community, Trophic Structure and Functioning in two contrasting Laminaria hyperborea forests BT AF LECLERC, Jean-Charles RIERA, Pascal LAURANS, Martial LEROUX, Cedric LEVEQUE, Laurent DAVOULT, Dominique AS 1:1,2;2:1,2;3:3;4:1,4;5:1;6:1,2; FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-RBE-STH-LBH;4:;5:;6:; C1 Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 6, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier, 29680 Roscoff, France CNRS, UMR 7144 AD2M, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier, 29680 Roscoff, France IFREMER, Laboratoire de Biologie Halieutique, Centre Bretagne, BP 70,29280 Plouzané, France CNRS, FR 2424, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier, 29680 Roscoff, France C2 UNIV PARIS 06, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-RBE-STH-LBH IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 2.335 TC 26 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00226/33747/32161.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Laminaria hyperborea;community cascade;stable isotopes;biomass;suspension-feeders;omnivorous predators AB Worldwide kelp forests have been the focus of several studies concerning ecosystems dysfunction in the past decades. Multifactorial kelp threats have been described and include deforestation due to human impact, cascading effects and climate change. Here, we compared community and trophic structure in two contrasting kelp forests off the coasts of Brittany. One has been harvested five years before sampling and shelters abundant omnivorous predators, almost absent from the other, which has been treated as preserved from kelp harvest. δ15N analyses conducted on the overall communities were linked to the tropho-functional structure of different strata featuring these forests (stipe and holdfast of canopy kelp and rock). Our results yielded site-to-site differences of community and tropho-functional structures across kelp strata, particularly contrasting in terms of biomass on the understorey. Similarly, isotope analyses inferred the top trophic position of Marthasterias glacialis and Echinus esculentus which may be considered as strong interactors in the sub-canopy. We interrogate these patterns and propose a series of probable and testable alternative hypotheses to explain them. For instance, we propose that differences of trophic structure and functioning result from confounded effects of contrasting wave dissipation depending on kelp size-density structure and community cascading involving these omnivorous predators. Given the species diversity and complexity of food web highlighted in these habitats, we call for further comprehensive research about the overall strata and tropho-functional groups for conservation management in kelp forests. PY 2015 PD JAN SO Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science SN 0272-7714 PU Elsevier VL 152 UT 000348956900003 BP 11 EP 22 DI 10.1016/j.ecss.2014.11.005 ID 33747 ER EF