Stomach content and stable isotope analyses provide complementary insights into the trophic ecology of coastal temperate bentho-demersal assemblages under environmental and anthropogenic pressures

Type Article
Date 2022-12
Language English
Author(s) Sturbois A.1, 2, 3, Cozic A.1, 2, Schaal G.3, Desroy NicolasORCID4, Riera P.5, Le Pape Olivier6, Le Mao Patrick4, Ponsero A.2, 7, Carpentier A8
Affiliation(s) 1 : Vivarmor Nature, 18 C rue du Sabot, 22440, Ploufragan, France
2 : Réserve naturelle nationale de la Baie de Saint-Brieuc, site de l’étoile, 22120, Hillion, France
3 : Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/IFREMER, BP 70, 29280 Plouzané, France
4 : Ifremer, Laboratoire Environnement et Ressources Bretagne nord, 38 rue du Port Blanc, 35800, Dinard, France
5 : Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, UMR7144, Place Georges Teissier, CS90074, 29688, Roscoff Cedex, France
6 : DECOD (Ecosystem Dynamics and Sustainability), Institut Agro, INRAe, Ifremer, Rennes, France
7 : Saint-Brieuc Agglomération Baie d’Armor, 5 rue du 71ème RI, 22000, Saint-Brieuc, France
8 : Université de Rennes 1, BOREA, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université, Université de Caen Normandie, Université des Antilles, Campus de Beaulieu, 35000, Rennes, France
Source Marine Environmental Research (0141-1136) (Elsevier BV), 2022-12 , Vol. 182 , P. 105770 (14p.)
DOI 10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105770
WOS© Times Cited 8
Keyword(s) Fish assemblages, Functioning, Stomach contents, Stable isotope
Abstract

Assessing organic matter fluxes and species interactions in food webs is of main interest to understand the ecological functioning in bays and estuaries characterised by a wide diversity of primary producers and consumers. Demersal fish and cephalopod assemblages were studied across a network of 24 shallow subtidal stations in the bay of Saint-Brieuc for their diversity, stable isotope compositions and stomach contents. The community was composed of 21 taxa, eight species accounting for 94.4% of the total abundance. Three different assemblages were identified along bathymetric gradient and spatial patterns in fish dredging. Marine POM and SOM were the most likely bases of food webs regarding δ13C range displayed by fish and cephalopod without differences among assemblages. Amphipoda was the main prey item in stomachs leading to significant diet overlaps among fish species, with some variations in additional items. Sepia officinalis was characterised by a singular diet and very low dietary overlap with other species. Contrasted stable isotope values and niche overlaps among species were evidenced in the δ13C/δ15N space. Callionymus lyra and Buglossidium luteum, characterised by the widest isotopic niches, encompassed those of other species, except the singular 13C-depleted Spondyliosoma cantharus. Coupling taxonomic assemblages, stomach contents and stable isotope analyses help disentangling the resources uses and evidencing trophic pathways. Contrasts in fish and cephalopod demersal assemblages occurring at different depths not necessarily imply differences in the trophic resources uses in such complex shallow coastal ecosystems under anthropogenic influences.

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Sturbois A., Cozic A., Schaal G., Desroy Nicolas, Riera P., Le Pape Olivier, Le Mao Patrick, Ponsero A., Carpentier A (2022). Stomach content and stable isotope analyses provide complementary insights into the trophic ecology of coastal temperate bentho-demersal assemblages under environmental and anthropogenic pressures. Marine Environmental Research, 182, 105770 (14p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105770 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00798/90962/