Community and trophic structures of abalone <Emphasis Type="Italic">Haliotis diversicolor</Emphasis> habitat in Sagami Bay,Japan |
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Authors: | Nam -Il Won Tomohiko Kawamura Toshihiro Onitsuka Jun Hayakawa Satoshi Watanabe Toyomitsu Horii Hideki Takami Yoshiro Watanabe |
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Institution: | Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Nakano, Tokyo 164-8639,;National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 238-0316, and;Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, Shiogama, Miyagi 985-0001, Japan |
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Abstract: | Abstract: The community and trophic structures of the subtidal habitat of the abalone Haliotis diversicolor were examined in Nagai, Sagami Bay, Japan. Conventional community indices showed no significant differences among three sampling stations. The overall continuum of stable isotope ratios was structured into three different trophic linkages: (i) brown algae-dependent benthic food chain; (ii) red algae-dependent benthic food chain; and (iii) planktonic food chain. Brown algae and red algae likely play different roles with respect to carbon sources in the habitat. Conventional fractionation values indicated that the abalone H. diversicolor (δ13C = ?12.4 ± 1.0‰, δ15N = 9.3 ± 0.5‰) feeds on the lamina of Undaria pinnatifida during juvenile and adult stages (8.0–65.6 mm shell length). Stable isotope signatures suggested that the juveniles of other abalone species as well as some amphipods and a sea cucumber Holothuria decorata are competitors of H. diversicolor , whereas some Muricidae gastropods such as Thais bronni and Ergalatax contractus are predators. The isotopic differences among macroalgal species and the subsequent transfer to consumers indicate that stable isotopic analysis is an effective means of studying food webs in an open rocky shore community with little influence from external primary production such as terrestrial vegetation. |
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Keywords: | abalone habitat food web Haliotis diversicolor macroalgae stable isotope analysis subtidal rocky shore |
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