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| Eelgrass Detritus as a Food Source for the Sea Cucumber Apostichopus japonicus Selenka (Echinidermata: Holothuroidea) in Coastal Waters of North China: An Experimental Study in Flow-Through Systems | |
Liu, Xujia1,2; Zhou, Yi1 ; Yang, Hongsheng1; Ru, Shaoguo3; Zhou, Y
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| 2013-03-07 | |
| 发表期刊 | PLOS ONE
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| ISSN | 1932-6203 |
| 卷号 | 8期号:3页码:e58293 |
| 文章类型 | Article |
| 摘要 | Eelgrass ecosystems have a wide variety of ecological functions in which living tissues and detritus may be a food source for many marine animals. In this study, we conducted a laboratory simulating experiment to understand the trophic relationship between the eelgrass Zostera marina L and the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus. A mixture of decaying eelgrass debris and seafloor surface muddy sediments was used as food to feed A. japonicus, and then specific growth rates (SGR) and fecal production rates (FPR) were measured. According to the proportion of eelgrass debris, we designed five treatment diets, i.e., ES0, ES10, ES20, ES40, and ES100, with eelgrass debris accounting for 0%, 10%, 20%, 40%, and 100% in dry weight, respectively. Results showed that diet composition had a great influence on the growth of A. japonicus. Sea cucumbers could use decaying eelgrass debris as their food source; and when the organic content of a mixture of eelgrass debris and sediment was 19.6% (ES40), a relatively high SGR (1.54%.d(-1)) and FPR (1.31 g.ind.(-1) d(-1)) of A. japonicus were obtained. It is suggested that eelgrass beds can not only provide habitat for the sea cucumber A. japonicus but can also provide an indirect food source for the deposit feeder. This means that the restoration and reconstruction of eelgrass beds, especially in coastal waters of China, would be a potential and effective measure for sea-cucumber fisheries, in respect to both resource restoration and aquaculture of this valuable species.; Eelgrass ecosystems have a wide variety of ecological functions in which living tissues and detritus may be a food source for many marine animals. In this study, we conducted a laboratory simulating experiment to understand the trophic relationship between the eelgrass Zostera marina L and the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus. A mixture of decaying eelgrass debris and seafloor surface muddy sediments was used as food to feed A. japonicus, and then specific growth rates (SGR) and fecal production rates (FPR) were measured. According to the proportion of eelgrass debris, we designed five treatment diets, i.e., ES0, ES10, ES20, ES40, and ES100, with eelgrass debris accounting for 0%, 10%, 20%, 40%, and 100% in dry weight, respectively. Results showed that diet composition had a great influence on the growth of A. japonicus. Sea cucumbers could use decaying eelgrass debris as their food source; and when the organic content of a mixture of eelgrass debris and sediment was 19.6% (ES40), a relatively high SGR (1.54%.d(-1)) and FPR (1.31 g.ind.(-1) d(-1)) of A. japonicus were obtained. It is suggested that eelgrass beds can not only provide habitat for the sea cucumber A. japonicus but can also provide an indirect food source for the deposit feeder. This means that the restoration and reconstruction of eelgrass beds, especially in coastal waters of China, would be a potential and effective measure for sea-cucumber fisheries, in respect to both resource restoration and aquaculture of this valuable species. |
| 学科领域 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0058293 |
| URL | 查看原文 |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
| WOS类目 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000318334500064 |
| WOS关键词 | STICHOPUS-JAPONICUS ; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ; SEAGRASS MEADOWS ; GROWTH ; ESTABLISHMENT ; TREMULUS ; HABITAT |
| WOS标题词 | Science & Technology |
| 引用统计 | |
| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/16468 |
| 专题 | 海洋生态与环境科学重点实验室 |
| 通讯作者 | Zhou, Y |
| 作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, Key Lab Marine Ecol & Environm Sci, Qingdao, Peoples R China 2.Guangxi Inst Oceanol, Beihai, Peoples R China 3.Ocean Univ China, Sch Marine Life Sci, Qingdao, Peoples R China |
| 第一作者单位 | 中国科学院海洋研究所 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Liu, Xujia,Zhou, Yi,Yang, Hongsheng,et al. Eelgrass Detritus as a Food Source for the Sea Cucumber Apostichopus japonicus Selenka (Echinidermata: Holothuroidea) in Coastal Waters of North China: An Experimental Study in Flow-Through Systems[J]. PLOS ONE,2013,8(3):e58293. |
| APA | Liu, Xujia,Zhou, Yi,Yang, Hongsheng,Ru, Shaoguo,&Zhou, Y.(2013).Eelgrass Detritus as a Food Source for the Sea Cucumber Apostichopus japonicus Selenka (Echinidermata: Holothuroidea) in Coastal Waters of North China: An Experimental Study in Flow-Through Systems.PLOS ONE,8(3),e58293. |
| MLA | Liu, Xujia,et al."Eelgrass Detritus as a Food Source for the Sea Cucumber Apostichopus japonicus Selenka (Echinidermata: Holothuroidea) in Coastal Waters of North China: An Experimental Study in Flow-Through Systems".PLOS ONE 8.3(2013):e58293. |
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