FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Infection dynamics of Marteilia refringens in flat oyster Ostrea edulis and copepod Paracartia grani in a claire pond of Marennes-Oleron Bay BT AF AUDEMARD, Corinne SAJUS, Marie-Céline BARNAUD, Antoine SAUTOUR, Benoît SAURIAU, Pierre-Guy BERTHE, Franck AS 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:PDG-DRV-RA-LGP; C1 IFREMER, Lab Genet & Pathol, F-17390 La Tremblade, France. Univ Bordeaux 1, CNRS, UMR 5805, Lab Oceanog Biol, F-33120 Arcachon, France. IFREMER, CNRS, UMR 10, CREMA, F-17137 Lhoumeau, France. C2 IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV BORDEAUX 1, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI LA ROCHELLE LA TREMBLADE SE PDG-DOP-DCN-AGSAE-CREMA PDG-DRV-RA-LGP IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-univ-france IF 1.583 TC 18 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2004/publication-2858.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Claire pond;Infection dynamics;Paracartia grani;Ostrea edulis;Marteilia refringens AB The protozoan parasite Marteilia refringens has been partly responsible for the severe decrease in the production of the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis Linnaeus in France since the 1970s. The calanoid copepod Paracartia grani Sars was recently found to be a host for M refringens in French shallow-water oyster ponds ('claires'). This study reconsidered M refringens transmission dynamics in the light of this finding, taking into account not only oyster infection dynamics and environmental factors but also data concerning the copepod host. P. grani population dynamics in the claire under study revealed that this species is the dominant planktonic copepod in this confined ecosystem. During winter, M refringens overwintered in O. edulis, with P. grani existing only as resting eggs in the sediment. The increase in temperature in spring controlled and synchronized both the release of M refringens sporangia in the oyster feces, and the hatching of the benthic resting eggs of the copepod. Infection of oysters by M refringens was limited to June, July and August, coinciding with (1) the highest temperature recorded in the claire, and (2) the highest abundance of P. grani. PCR detection of M refringens in P. grani during the summer period was linked to the release of parasite sporangia by the oyster. Our results are supported by previous results on the effective transmission of this parasite from the oyster to the copepod. PY 2004 PD OCT SO Diseases of aquatic organisms SN 0177-5103 PU Inter-Research VL 61 IS 1-2 UT 000226045400013 BP 103 EP 111 DI 10.3354/dao061103 ID 2858 ER EF