@article{fdi:010072358,
  title = {{N}utritional composition of suspended particulate matter in a tropical mangrove creek during a tidal cycle ({C}an {G}io, {V}ietnam)},
  author = {{D}avid, {F}. and {M}archand, {C}yril and {T}aillardat, {P}. and {T}hanh-{N}ho, {N}. and {M}eziane, {T}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}angrove forests are highly productive ecosystems and mangrove-derived organic matter has generally been assumed to play a basal role in sustaining coastal food webs. {H}owever, the mechanisms of mangrove-derived organic matter utilisation by consumers are not fully understood. {I}n this study, we were interested in hourly changes in the nutritional quality of suspended particulate matter ({SPM}) entering and departing a mangrove creek during a tidal cycle. {W}e determined the fatty acid composition and delta {C}-13 stable isotope signature of {SPM} during a 26 h tidal cycle in a creek of the {C}an {G}io {M}angrove {B}iosphere {R}eserve ({S}outhern {V}ietnam). {R}egarding fatty acids, the nutritional quality of {SPM} was low during most of the tidal cycle. {H}owever, it greatly increased during the first part of the strongest flood tide, occurring during daytime. {T}he pulse of highly nutritive organic matter brought to the ecosystem was mostly composed of algal cells growing in specific shallow zones of the mangrove, that use nutrients and {CO}2 exported during the preceding ebb tide and originating from the mineralisation of mangrove-derived organic matter, as evidenced by their delta {C}-13 signatures. {T}his study confirms that mangrove-derived carbon plays a basal role in sustaining trophic webs of mangrove tidal creeks, but that its nutritive value is greatly enhanced when a first step of mineralisation is achieved and {CO}2 is photo-synthesised by algal cells.},
  keywords = {{T}ropical mangrove ; {S}uspended particulate matter ; {O}rganic carbon ; {T}idal cycle ; {S}table isotopes ; {F}atty acids ; {VIET} {NAM}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}stuarine {C}oastal and {S}helf {S}cience},
  volume = {200},
  numero = {},
  pages = {126--130},
  ISSN = {0272-7714},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.ecss.2017.10.017},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010072358},
}