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Spatio-Temporal Changes in Basal Food Source Assimilation by Fish Assemblages in a Large Tropical Bay in the SW Atlantic Ocean
Estuaries and Coasts ( IF 2.3 ) Pub Date : 2020-03-12 , DOI: 10.1007/s12237-020-00716-1
Edjane Pereira Santos , Mario Vinicius Condini , Alexandre Clistenes Alcântara Santos , Heiddy Marquez Alvarez , Leonardo Evangelista de Moraes , Adna Ferreira Silva Garcia , Alexandre Miranda Garcia

Understanding food pathways in estuarine communities is essential to improve our ability to cope with the increasing effects of man-made activities and climate variability on the biodiversity of coastal systems. Herein, we analyzed carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of food web components in a large tropical bay in the southwestern Atlantic, in order to investigate spatial and temporal changes in the assimilation of basal food sources by fishes. Two hypotheses were evaluated: (i) continental-derived organic matter assimilation and isotopic niches of fish trophic guilds will increase during higher rainfall conditions and (ii) relative mangrove and macroalgae-derived nutrients assimilation will be directly proportional to their relative availability at each location. Our results did not corroborate our first hypothesis, while only partially corroborating the second one. As expected, macroalgae was one of the main assimilated basal food sources (especially by omnivore and zooplanktivore fishes) at the site where this primary producer was highly abundant. In contrast, only negligible amounts of mangrove-derived nutrients were assimilated by most trophic fish guilds at the site harboring an extensive mangrove area. Bayesian mixing models also revealed a substantial contribution of seagrass to herbivore and detritivore fishes. Some mechanisms like water divergence diminishing organic matter transport into the bay and the refractory characteristics of mangrove-derived detritus could partially explain these findings.

中文翻译:

在西南大西洋大热带海湾中,鱼类组成对基础食物源同化的时空变化

了解河口社区的食物途径对于提高我们应对人为活动和气候多变性对沿海系统生物多样性日益增加的影响的能力至关重要。在这里,我们分析了西南大西洋一个大型热带海湾中食物网成分的碳氮同位素比,以调查鱼类对基础食物来源的同化的时空变化。评估了两个假设:(i)在较高的降雨条件下,鱼类营养行会的大陆来源有机物同化和同位素生态位将增加,并且(ii)相对于红树林和大型藻类的营养素同化将与它们在每个位置的相对可用性成正比。我们的结果并不能证实我们的第一个假设,而仅部分证实了第二个。正如预期的那样,大型藻类是该主要生产者丰富的主要主要基础食物来源之一(尤其是杂食性鱼类和浮游动物的鱼类)。相比之下,在拥有广阔红树林面积的地点,大多数营养鱼类协会吸收的红树林营养素含量却微不足道。贝叶斯混合模型还揭示了海草对食草动物和有害鱼类的重要贡献。一些机制,例如水的扩散减少了有机物向海湾的输送以及红树林衍生的碎屑的耐火特性,可以部分解释这些发现。在这个主要生产者非常丰富的地方,大型藻类是主要的基础食物同化源之一(尤其是杂食性和浮游动物的鱼类)。相反,在大部分红树林地区,大多数营养鱼类协会吸收的红树林营养素含量可忽略不计。贝叶斯混合模型还揭示了海草对食草动物和有害鱼类的重要贡献。一些机制,例如水的扩散减少了有机物向海湾的输送以及红树林衍生的碎屑的耐火特性,可以部分解释这些发现。在这个主要生产者非常丰富的地方,大型藻类是主要的基础食物同化源之一(尤其是杂食性和浮游动物的鱼类)。相反,在大部分红树林地区,大多数营养鱼类协会吸收的红树林营养素含量可忽略不计。贝叶斯混合模型还揭示了海草对食草动物和有害鱼类的重要贡献。一些机制,例如水的扩散减少了有机物向海湾的输送以及红树林衍生的碎屑的耐火特性,可以部分解释这些发现。贝叶斯混合模型还揭示了海草对食草动物和有害鱼类的重要贡献。一些机制,例如水的扩散减少了有机物向海湾的输送以及红树林衍生的碎屑的耐火特性,可以部分解释这些发现。贝叶斯混合模型还揭示了海草对食草动物和有害鱼类的重要贡献。一些机制,例如水的扩散减少了有机物向海湾的输送以及红树林衍生的碎屑的耐火特性,可以部分解释这些发现。
更新日期:2020-03-12
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