Biochemical characteristics of settling particulate organic matter at two north-western Mediterranean sites: A seasonal comparison

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 423-434

  Rossi, Sergio ^a   Grémare, Antoine ^b   Gili, Josep María ^a   Amouroux, Jean Michel ^b   Jordana, Esther ^a   Vétion, Gilles ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

Biochemical characteristics; Gross sedimentation rates; North western Mediterranean; Seasonality; Settling particulate organic matter; Spatial comparison

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RESUSPENSION; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENTATION;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERONA [CATALONIA]; MEDES ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [FRANCE]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 10744231810     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(03)00108-2     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Airoldi, L., & Cinelli, F. (1996). Variability of fluxes of particulate material in a submarine cave with chemolithoautotrophic inputs of organic carbon. Marine Ecology Progress Series 139, 205-217.
2. Barnes, H., & Blackstock, J. (1973). Estimation of lipids in marine animals tissues: detailed investigation of the sulphophosphovanillin method for "total" lipids. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 12, 103-118.
3. Barnes, D. K. A., & Clarke, A. (1995). Seasonality of feeding activity in Antarctic suspension feeders. Polar Biology 15, 335-340.
4. Charles, F., Grémare, A., Amouroux, J. M., & Baudart, J. (1995). A bioassay approach to temporal variation in the nutritional value of sediment trap material. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 19, 65-81.
5. Coma, R., Ribes, M., Gili, J. M., & Zabala, M. (1998). An energetic approach to the study of life-history traits of two modular colonial benthic invertebrates. Marine Ecology Progress Series 162, 89-103.
6. Cripps, G. C., & Clarke, A. (1998). Seasonal variation in the biochemical composition of particulate material collected by sediment traps at Signy Island, Antarctica. Polar Biology 20, 414-423.
7. Danovaro, R., Tselepides, A., Otegui, A., & Della Croce, N. (2000). Dynamics of meiofaunal assemblages on the continental shelf and deep sea sediments of the Cretan Sea (NE Mediterranean): relationships with seasonal changes in food supply. Progress in Oceanography 46, 367-400.
8. Dell'Anno, A., Fabiano, M., Mei, M. L., & Danovaro, R. (2000). Enzymatically hydrolysed protein and carbohydrate pools in deep-sea sediments: estimates of the potentially bioavailable fraction and methodological considerations. Marine Ecology Progress Series 196, 15-23.
9. Dubois, M., Gilles, K. A., Hamilton, J. K., Rebers, P. A., & Smith, F. (1956). Colorimetric method for the determination of sugars and related substances. Analytical Chemistry 28, 350-356.
10. Duchêne, J. C., & Rosenberg, R. (2001). Marine benthic faunal activity patterns on a sediment surface assessed by video tracking. Marine Ecology Progress Series 223, 113-119.
11. Estrada, M. (1996). Primary production in the northwestern Mediterranean. Scientia Marina 60(Suppl. 2), 55-64.
12. Estrada, M., Vives, F., & Alcaraz, M. (1985). Life and productivity of the open sea. In R. Margalef (Ed.), Western Mediterranean (pp. 148-197). Oxford: Pergamon Press.
13. Fichez, R. (1991). Suspended particulate organic matter in a Mediterranean submarine cave. Marine Biology 108, 167-174.
14. Gili, J. M., & Ros, J. (1985). Study and cartography of the benthic communities of the Medes Islands (NE Spain). P.S.Z.N.I.: Marine Ecology 6, 219-238.
15. Graf, G., Bengtsson, U., Schulz, R., & Theede, H. (1982). Benthic response to sedimentation of a spring phytoplankton bloom: process and budget. Marine Biology 67, 201-208.
16. Graf, G., Shulz, R., Peinert, R., & Meyer-Reil, L. A. (1983). Benthic response to sedimentation events during autumn to spring at shallow-water station in the Western Kiel Bight I. Analysis of processes on a community level. Marine Biology 77, 235-246.
17. Grémare, A. (1994). What describes fecundity of Capitella sp1 better: macro-or micronutrient availability? Marine Biology 119, 367-374.
18. Grémare, A., Amouroux, J. M., Charles, F., Dinet, A., Riaux-Gobin, C., Baudart, J., Medernach, L., Bodiou, J. Y., Vétion, G., Colomines, J. C., & Albert, P. (1997). Temporal changes in the biochemical composition and nutritional value of the particulate organic matter available to surface deposit-feeders: a two year study. Marine Ecology Progress Series 150, 195-206.
19. Grémare, A., Amouroux, J. M., Charles, F., Medernach, L., Jordana, E., Nozais, C., Vétion, G., & Colomines, J. C. (1998). Temporal changes in the biochemical composition of the particulate organic matter sedimentation in the Bay of Banyuls. Oceanologica Acta 21, 783-792.
20. Grémare, A., Medernach, L., deBovée, F., Amoroux, J. M., Vétion, G., & Albert, P. (2002). Relationships between sedimentary organics and benthic meiofauna on the continental shelf and the upper slope of the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean). Marine Ecology Progress Series 234, 85-94.
21. Grémare, A., Medernach, L., deBovée, F., Amouroux, J. M., Charles, F., Dinet, A., Vétion, P., Albert, J. C., & Colomines, J. C. Relationship between sedimentary organics and benthic fauna within the Gulf of Lions: synthesis on the identification of new biochemical descriptors of sedimentary organic nutritional value. Oceanologica Acta, in press.
22. Guille, A. (1971). Bionomie benthique du plateau continental de la côte catalane française, IV. Densités, biomasses et variations saisonnières de la macrofaune. Vie Milieu 22, 93-158.
23. Guille, A. (1971). Bionomie benthique du plateau continental de la côte catalane française, IV. Données autoécologiques (macro-faune). Vie Milieu 22, 469-527.
24. Jordana, E., Duchêne, J. C., Charles, F., Grémare, A., & Amouroux, J. M. (2000). Experimental study of suspension-feeding activity in the serpulid polychaete Ditrupa arietina (O.F. Müller). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 252, 57-74.
25. Levinton, S. L., Bianchi, T. S., & Stewart, S. (1984). What is the role of particulate organic matter in benthic invertebrate nutrition? Bulletin of Marine Science 35, 270-282.
26. Lowry, O. H., Rosebrough, N. J., Farr, A. L., & Randall, R. J. (1951). Protein measurement with the Folin phenol reagent. Journal of Biological Chemistry 193, 265-275.
27. Marsh, A. G., Grémare, A., & Tenore, K. R. (1989). Effect of food type and ration on growth of juvenile Capitella sp. I (Annelida: Polycheta): macro-and micronutrients. Marine Biology 102, 519-527.
28. Mayer, M. M., Schick, L. L., & Setchell, F. W. (1986). Measurements of protein in nearshore marine sediments. Marine Ecology Progress Series 30, 159-165.
29. Mayer, M. M., Schick, L. L., Sawyer, T., & Plante, C. J. (1995). Bioavailable amino acids in sediments: a biomimetic, kinetics-based approach. Limnology and Oceanography 40, 511-520.
30. Medernach, L., Grémare, A., Amouroux, J. M., Colomines, J. C., & Vétion, G. (2001). Temporal changes in the amino acid contents of particulate organic matter sedimenting in the Bay of Banyuls (northwestern Mediterranean). Marine Ecology Progress Series 214, 55-65.
31. Meyer-Reil, L. A. (1983). Benthic response to sedimentation events in the western Kiel Bight. II. Analysis of benthic bacterial populations. Marine Biology 77, 247-256.
32. Navarro, J. M., & Thompson, R. J. (1995). Seasonal fluctuations in size spectra, biochemical composition and nutritive value of the seston available to suspension feeding bivalve in a subartic environment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 125, 95-106.
33. Parsons, T. R., Maita, Y., & Lalli, C. M. (1985). Fluorometric determination of chlorophylls. A manual of chemical and biological methods for sea water analysis (pp. 201-203). Oxford: Pergamon Press.
34. Pfannkuche, O. (1993). Benthic response to sedimentation of particulate organic matter at the BIOTRANS station, 47°N, 20°S. Deep-Sea Research II 40, 135-149.
35. Plante, C. J., & Jumars, P. A. (1992). The microbial environment of marine deposit feeder guts characterized via microelectrodes. Microbial Ecology 23, 257-277.
36. Plante, C. J., & Shriver, A. G. (1998). Differential lysis of sedimentary bacteria by Arenicola marina L.: examination of cell wall structure and exopolymeric capsules as correlates. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 229, 35-52.
37. Posedel, N., & Faganeli, J. (1991). Nature and sedimentation of suspended particulate matter during density stratification in shallow coastal waters (Gulf of Trieste, northern Adriatic). Marine Ecology Progress Series 77, 135-145.
38. Pusceddu, A., Sarà, G., Armeni, M., Fabiano, M., & Mazzola, A. (1999). Seasonal and spatial changes in the sediment organic matter of a semi-enclosed marine system (W-Mediterranean Sea). Hydrobiologia 397, 59-70.
39. Pusceddu, A., Dell'Anno, A., & Fabiano, M. (2000). Organic matter composition in coastal sediments at Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea) during summer 1995. Polar Biology 23, 124-132.
40. Ribes, M., Coma, R., & Gili, J. M. (1998). Seasonal variation of in situ feeding rates by the temperate ascidian Halocyntia papillosa. Marine Ecology Progress Series 175, 201-213.
41. Rice, D. L. (1982). The detritus nitrogen problem: new observations and perspectives from organic geochemistry. Marine Ecology Progress Series 9, 153-162.
42. Riisgard, H. U. (1998). Filter feeding and plankton dynamics in a Danish fjord: a review of the importance of flow, mixing and density-driven circulation. Journal of Environmental Management 53, 195-207.
43. Tenore, K. R. (1981). Organic nitrogen and caloric content of detritus. I. Utilization be the depositi-feeding polychaete Capitella capitata. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 12, 39-47.
44. Tenore, K. R. (1988). Nitrogen in benthic food chains. In T. H. Blackburn, & J. Sorensen (Eds.), Nitrogen cycling in coastal marine environment (pp. 191-206). New York: Wiley.
45. Valiela, I., Wilson, J., Buchsbaum, R., Rietsma, C., Bryant, D., Foreman, K., & Teal, J. (1984). Importance of chemical composition of salt marsh litter on decay rates and feeding for detritivores. Bulletin of Marine Science 35, 261-269.