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Recruitment of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas in a shellfish-exploited Mediterranean lagoon: discovery, driving factors and a favorable environmental window

2017; Inter-Research; Volume: 578; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3354/meps12265

1616-1599

Franck Lagarde, Emmanuelle Roque d’Orbcastel, Martin Ubertini, Serge Mortreux, Ismaël Bernard, Annie Fiandrino, Claude Chiantella, Béatrice Bec, Cécile Roques, Delphine Bonnet, Gilles Miron, Marion Richard, Stéphane Pouvreau, Christophe Lett,

Marine and fisheries research

MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 578:1-17 (2017) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12265 FEATURE ARTICLE Recruitment of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas in a shellfish-exploited Mediterranean lagoon: discovery, driving factors and a favorable environmental window Franck Lagarde1,*, Emmanuelle Roque d'orbcastel1, Martin Ubertini1, Serge Mortreux1, Ismaël Bernard2, Annie Fiandrino1, Claude Chiantella1, Béatrice Bec3, Cécile Roques3, Delphine Bonnet3, Gilles Miron4, Marion Richard1, Stéphane Pouvreau5, Christophe Lett6 1Ifremer/UMR MARBEC, Ifremer, 34200 Sète, France 2Eureka Modélisation, 22740 Lézardrieux, France 3Université de Montpellier/UMR MARBEC, 34095 Montpellier, France 4Université de Moncton, New Brunswick E1A 3E9, Canada 5Ifremer/UMR LEMAR, Technopole de Brest-Iroise, 29280 Plouzané, France 6IRD/UMI ummisco, 34200 Sète, France *Corresponding author: franck.lagarde@ifremer.fr ABSTRACT: In the context of increasing demand for environmental recovery, aquatic systems may face the challenge of evolving under oligotrophication. This is the case in Mediterranean lagoons, in particular the shellfish-farmed Thau lagoon in France, where we studied recruitment of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Oyster spat and environmental parameters were monitored at several sampling sites for 3 yr (2012 to 2014) using an original method with a temporal overlap deployment of collectors to study pre- and post-settlement processes and to identify the best conditions for recruitment. Contrary to the 'no Pacific oyster reproduction' paradigm in Mediterranean lagoons, our study showed that recruitment of this introduced species is possible in the Thau lagoon at levels comparable to those in other traditional French breeding basins. We identified a favorable environmental window for recruitment characterized by high water temperature (>26.5°C) and high nanophytoplankton and Chaetoceros spp. abundances (>4.3 × 106 and 345 × 103 cells l-1, respectively). In these favorable conditions, we hypothesize that the ecosystem functions as an autotrophic system, in contrast to the heterotrophic system that characterizes unfavorable conditions. Under heterotrophic conditions, high abundances of mixotrophic and heterotrophic organisms (ciliates and dinoflagellates) limited the metamorphosis of C. gigas larvae, leading to poor recruitment. This study provides new knowledge on the reproduction of the Pacific oyster in a Mediterranean lagoon under warming and oligotrophication. The shellfish industry will profit from the discovery of spatfields to develop new nursery practices that are eco-friendly and limit risks of transfers with other spatfall areas. KEY WORDS: Crassostrea gigas · Oyster spat · Pediveliger · Metamorphosis · Recruitment · Oligotrophication · Larval ecology Full text in pdf format Information about this Feature Article NextCite this article as: Lagarde F, Roque d'orbcastel E, Ubertini M, Mortreux S and others (2017) Recruitment of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas in a shellfish-exploited Mediterranean lagoon: discovery, driving factors and a favorable environmental window. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 578:1-17. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12265 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 578. Online publication date: August 31, 2017 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2017 Inter-Research.