FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Bulletin of Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency - n° 50 - February 2021 - Oyster aquaculture using seagrass beds as a climate change countermeasure BT AF HORI, Masakazu HAMAGUCHI, Masami SATO, Masaaki TREMBLAY, Réjean CORREIA-MARTINS, Alana DEROLEZ, Valerie RICHARD, Marion LAGARDE, Franck AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;4:3;5:3;6:4;7:4;8:4; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERLR;7:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERLR;8:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERLR; C1 National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environment of Inland Sea, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, 2-17-5 Maruishi, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima 739-0452, Japan National Research Institute of Fisheries Engineering, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, 7620-7 Hasaki, Kamisu, Ibaraki 314- 0408, Japan Institut des Sciences de la mer de Rimouski (ISMER), Université du Québec à Rimouski, 310 Allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, QC G5L3A1, Canada MARBEC Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, 34200 Sete, France C2 FEIS, JAPAN NRIFE, JAPAN UNIV QUEBEC (UQAR-ISMER), CANADA IFREMER, FRANCE SI SETE SE PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERLR UM MARBEC TC 0 AC President of Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency: Masanori Miyahara UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00696/80767/84089.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;oyster aquaculture;Zostera;Crassostrea gigas;blue carbon ecosystem;integrated coastal management AB Abstract: In the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) led by the United Nations, coastal management methods are required to achieve both sustainable food production and environmental conservation as a climate change countermeasure. Oyster farming is an important food production method now being developed in coastal areas around the world. Recently, climate change has caused several negative effects on oyster aquaculture such as poor spat collection due to oligotrophication, ocean acidification, and poor spat growth and survival due to frequent anoxic events derived from high seawater temperature. The oysters cultivated in many regions of the world are intertidal species inhabiting intertidal zones such as sandy/muddy tidal flats and estuaries, where seagrass beds are often distributed in adjacent lower intertidal and subtidal areas. Seagrass vegetation is one of the most important ecosystems functioning as a countermeasure for global climate change. Not only does it mitigate greenhouse gas emissions by sequestration and storage of blue carbon derived from atmospheric CO2, but it also functions as an adaptation measure providing a buffering function against ocean acidification and water quality improvement. Based on the concept of aquaculture supported by natural ecosystem interactions between oysters and seagrass beds, our project examined whether aquaculture techniques that take into account both mitigation and adaptation to climate change are effective for both sustainable use of coastal areas and environmental conservation. We conducted field experiments in both the French Mediterranean Sea and the Seto Inland Sea of Japan to clarify the effect of eelgrass beds on (1) natural oyster spat collection and (2) growth and survival of oyster spat. The results of our experiments revealed that spat recruitment was significantly higher in areas without eelgrass distribution, while spat growth and survival rate after the settlement were significantly higher in eelgrass beds even when anoxic events occurred in the study areas. Therefore, our results indicate a possibility that seagrass vegetation contributes to sustainability of oyster aquaculture by mitigating environmental degradation during cultivation.   PY 2021 PD FEB SO Bulletin of Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency SN 2432-2830 PU Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency IS 50 BP 123 EP 133 ID 80767 ER EF