FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Aspartate transcarbamylase du mesozooplancton et prerecrutement de la sole: les conditions d’une approche systémique en Manche OT Zooplankton aspartate-transcarbamylase and 0-group sole recruitment - conditions for a systemic approach in the English channel BT AF BERGERON, Jean-Pierre AS 1:1; FF 1:; C1 IFREMER, DIRECT RESSOURCES VIVANTES, OCEHAL LAB, BP 1049, F-44037 NANTES 01, FRANCE C2 IFREMER, FRANCE SI NANTES IF 0.662 TC 2 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00072/18303/15883.pdf LA French DT Article DE ;ASPARTATE TRANSCARBAMYLASE;ENGLISH CHANNEL;RECRUITMENT;DOVER SOLE;ZOOPLANKTON AB In temperate neritic areas, meteorological conditions prevailing during winter and the following spring play a major role on the main features of the spring development pattern of pelagic ecosystems. Interannual fluctuations of this environment lead to qualitative and quantitative variations of secondary production which may strongly influence processes regulating the recruitment of many species. A method for assessing pelagic secondary production is based on measurement of the activity of an enzyme, aspartate transcarbamylase, and has been carried out during spring periods for six years in succession, in the southwestern part of the English Channel. These works have permitted the establishment of a close correlation between the quantitative variations of this enzyme activity and changes in biomass with time of the mesozooplankton community. For the same years, other authors have performed, in the eastern English Channel, the assessment of sole pre-recruitment, which shows striking analogies with interannual variations of the secondary production index. Therefore, from a macroscale point of view, more or less favourable years appear in quite agreement for both estimates. The general oceanographical features, the spatio-temporal scales of involved processes are presented and allow to explain why, and within what limits, such results can be successfully achieved for some fish populations and especially sole in the English Channel. PY 1993 SO Oceanologica Acta SN 0399-1784 PU Gauthier-villars/editions Elsevier VL 16 IS 5-6 UT A1993NL30100026 BP 677 EP 686 ID 18303 ER EF