Éditeur(s) : Physiomar 08, Book of abstracts - Brest, France - 1-4 September, 2008
Résumé : This second mollusc physiology meeting has being organized jointly by LEMAR (IUEM: European Institute for Marine Studies) and LPI (Ifremer: French Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea), as both laboratories conduct research in this field. Physiomar 08 followed the very successful workshop 'Physiological aspects of reproduction and nutrition in marine mollusks' held in La Paz (Mexico) in November 2006 under the guidance of Maria Concepcion Lora Vilchis and Elena Palacios Metchenov from CIBNOR. This year's meeting has focus on Reproduction, Growth, Nutrition and Genetics and genomics of marine molluscs, and included a specific session on the effects of climate change on mollusc physiology: Global change. This conference has served as a forum for the communication of recent advances in all aspects of the physiology in molluscs. Researchers, students, stakeholders and mollusc farmers have had the opportunity to communicate personally in a friendly environment with leaders in the field. This meeting aimed to provide a vehicle for continuing exchanges, cooperation, and collaboration in the field of the physiology of marine molluscs to better understand their adaptation ability in a changing environment, their ecological significance, and to promote their sustainable culture.

Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/acte-4600.pdf
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/4600/

Éditeur(s) : Elsevier Science Bv
Résumé : A Lagrangian approach based on a physical-biogeochemical modeling was used to compare the potential transfer of cadmium (Cd) from natural and anthropogenic sources to plankton communities (Cd-uptake) in the NorthWest African upwelling. In this region, coastal upwelling was estimated to be the main natural source of Cd while the most significant anthropogenic source for marine ecosystem is provided by phosphate industry. In our model experiment, Cd-uptake (natural or anthropogenic) in the North-West African upwelling is the result of an interplay between the Cd dispersion (by advection processes) and the simulated biological productivity. In the Moroccan waters, advection processes limit the residence time of water masses resulting in a low natural Cd-uptake by plankton communities while anthropogenic Cd-uptake is high. As expected, the situation is reversed in the Senegalo-Mauritanian upwelling where natural Cd-uptake is higher than anthropogenic Cd-uptake. Based upon an estimate of Cd sources, our modeling study shows, unexpectedly, that the anthropogenic signal of potential Cd-bioaccumulation in the Moroccan upwelling is of the same order of magnitude as the natural signal mainly present in the Senegalo-Mauritanian upwelling region. A comparison with observed Cd levels in mollusk and fishes, which shows overall agreement with our simulations, is confirming our estimates.
Science Of The Total Environment (0048-9697) (Elsevier Science Bv), 2015-02 , Vol. 505 , P. 870-888

Droits : 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00252/36310/35200.pdf
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.045
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00252/36310/

Éditeur(s) : ISTPM
Résumé : Abundance and biomass of an unexploited ormer population in the vicinity of Saint-Malo (northern Brittany) are estimated using a stratified sampling technique. Examinations are made be diving at 200 sites. The mean biomass of the population is about 400 tons but the stock is not evenly distributed over the studied area: the greatest densities are observed on schist substrate. Size and weight frequency distribution reveal a "top-heave" structure due to an accumulation of old individuals with low production.
Un échantillonnage stratifié, portant sur 200 stations prospectées en plongée, a été mis en oeuvre dans la région de Saint-Malo (Bretagne nord) pour estimer les caractéristiques de la population d'ormeaux. La biomasse moyenne de celle-ci a été évaluée à 400 tonnes environ mais elle est répartie de manière hétérogène sur la zone étudiée, les fonds de nature schisteuse apparaissant les plus favorables à l'espèce. L'examen des distributions de fréquence de taille et de poids révèle globalement une forte proportion d'individus âgés constituant une biomasse accumulée peu productive.
Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes (0035-2276) (ISTPM), 1984-06 , Vol. 48 , N. 3-4 , P. 95-105

Droits : Ifremer
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1984/publication-1793.pdf
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/1793/