Annasawmy P., Cherel Y., Romanov E. V., Le Loc'h François, Ménard Frédéric, Ternon Jean-François, Marsac Francis. (2020). Stable isotope patterns of mesopelagic communities over two shallow seamounts of the south-western Indian Ocean. In :
Payne A. (ed.), Roberts M. (ed.), Marsac Francis (ed.), Noyon M. (ed.), Ternon Jean-François (ed.). Bio-physical coupling around three shallow seamounts in the South Western Indian Ocean, with regional comparisons based on modelling, remote sensing and observational studies. Deep-Sea Research Part II : Topical Studies in Oceanography, 176 (No spécial), art. 104804 [15 p.]. ISSN 0967-0645.
Titre du document
Stable isotope patterns of mesopelagic communities over two shallow seamounts of the south-western Indian Ocean
Année de publication
2020
Auteurs
Annasawmy P., Cherel Y., Romanov E. V., Le Loc'h François, Ménard Frédéric, Ternon Jean-François, Marsac Francis
In
Payne A. (ed.), Roberts M. (ed.), Marsac Francis (ed.), Noyon M. (ed.), Ternon Jean-François (ed.), Bio-physical coupling around three shallow seamounts in the South Western Indian Ocean, with regional comparisons based on modelling, remote sensing and observational studies
Source
Deep-Sea Research Part II : Topical Studies in Oceanography, 2020,
176 (No spécial), art. 104804 [15 p.] ISSN 0967-0645
The stable carbon (delta C-13) and nitrogen (delta N-15) isotope values of soft tissues of micronekton (crustaceans, squid, mesopelagic fish) and zooplankton were measured from organisms collected on the RV Antea at two seamounts located in the south-western Indian Ocean: La Perouse (summit depth similar to 60 m) and "MAD-Ridge" (thus named in this study; summit depth similar to 240 m). Surface particulate organic matter (POM-Surf) showed higher delta C-13 at the more productive MAD-Ridge than at the oligotrophic La Perouse seamount. Particulate organic matter and zooplankton were depleted in N-15 at La Pemuse pinnacle compared with MAD-Ridge. Gelatinous organisms and crustaceans occupied the lowest and intermediate tmphic levels (TL similar to 2 and 3 respectively) at both seamounts. Mesopelagic fish and smaller-sized squid sampled at both seamounts occupied TL similar to 3 to 4, whereas the large nektonic squid, Ommastrephes bartramii, collected at MAD-Ridge only, exhibited a TL of similar to 5. The delta N-15 values of common open-water mesopelagic taxa were strongly influenced by specimen size and feeding habits at both seamounts, with an increase in delta N-15 values with increasing size. Carnivorous fish species sampled exclusively over the seamounts' flanks and summits exhibited TL values of similar to 4, irrespective of their wide size ranges. The work could not demonstrate any differences in delta C-13 values of mesopelagic fish between the seamounts and the surrounding oceanic areas. The study segregated clusters of mesopelagic organisms according to their delta C-13 and delta N-15 values, with variations in stable isotope values reflecting a complex range of processes possibly linked to productivity as well as biological and ecological traits of the species (size and feeding mode).
Plan de classement
Limnologie / Océanographie : généralités [030]
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Limnologie biologique / Océanographie biologique [034]
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Télédétection [126]
Description Géographique
OCEAN INDIEN ;
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010079454]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010079454
