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Feeding of the sparid fish Sarpa salpa in a seagrass ecosystem: diet and carbon flux
Havelange, S.; Lepoint, G.; Dauby, P.; Bouquegneau, J.-M. (1997). Feeding of the sparid fish Sarpa salpa in a seagrass ecosystem: diet and carbon flux. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 18(4): 289-297. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.1997.tb00443.x
In: Marine Ecology (Berlin). Blackwell: Berlin. ISSN 0173-9565; e-ISSN 1439-0485, more
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  • Havelange, S.
  • Lepoint, G., more
  • Dauby, P., more
  • Bouquegneau, J.-M., more

Abstract
    In Revellata Bay (Gulf of Calvi, Corsica, France), the sparid fish Sarpa salpa L. is the main macro-consumer of Posidonia oceanica (L.) DELILE leaf. Stomach contents were analysed and C-13/C-12 isotopic ratios were measured in fish muscle and potential food sources (algae, P. oceanica leaf and its epiphytes) to determine their relative contribution to the fish diet. S. salpa has an age-related mixed diet: juveniles are plankton feeders, young, sub-adults and adults are herbivorous, and, the older the individuals, the higher the relative contribution of P. oceanica to the diet. Our results and former studies of carbon stocks and fluxes in the P. oceanica bed of Revellata Bay have enabled an estimation of the general impact of S. salpa grazing on infralittoral communities: the studied species consumes 24 g C.m-2.a(-1) from P. oceanica leaf, 4.8 from epiphytes and 13 from epilithic algae. The fish net production and biomass turnover in that zone have been estimated to be 1.2 g C.m(-2).a(-1) and 1.5 a(-1), respectively.

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