Pubblicazione scientifica

Toward a phenological mismatch in estuarine pelagic food web?

FILONE TECNOLOGICO	TEMA
economia circolare e sostenibilità
produzione e cattura
trasformazione e commercializzazione

RIASSUNTO

Alterations of species phenology in response to climate change are now unquestionable. Until now, most studies have reported precocious occurrence of life cycle events as a major phenological response. Desynchronizations of biotic interactions, in particular predator-prey relationships, are however assumed to strongly impact ecosystems’ functioning, as formalized by the Match-Mismatch Hypothesis (MMH). Temporal synchronicity between juvenile fish and zooplankton in estuaries is therefore of essential interest since estuaries are major nursery grounds for many commercial fish species. The Gironde estuary (SW France) has suffered significant alterations over the last three decades, including two Abrupt Ecosystem Shifts (AES), and three contrasted intershift periods. The main objective of this study was to depict modifications in fish and zooplankton phenology among inter-shift periods and discuss the potential effects of the resulting mismatches at a community scale. A flexible Bayesian method was used to estimate and compare yearly patterns of species abundance in the estuary among the three pre-defined periods. Results highlighted (1) an earlier peak of zooplankton production and entrance of fish species in the estuary and (2) a decrease in residence time of both groups in the estuary. Such species-specific phenological changes led to changes in temporal overlap between juvenile fish and their zooplanktonic prey. This situation questions the efficiency and potentially the viability of nursery function of the Gironde estuary, with potential implications for coastal marine fisheries of the Bay of Biscay.

DATA

Data di pubblicazione: 29/03/2017

AUTORI

CHEVILLOT XAVIER
DROUINEAU HILAIRE
LAMBERT PATRICK
CARASSOU LAURE
SAUTOUR BENOIT
LOBRY JEREMY

ENTE DI AFFERENZA

Université de Bordeaux UMR CNRS 5805 EPOC–OASU Station Marine d'Arcachon Arcachon France
IRSTEA UR EABX CESTAS FRANCE
TECHNICAL UNIV DENMARK DENMARK

RIVISTA

PLoS ONE, 12(3), e0173752

IMPACT FACTOR

2,870

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