Éditeur(s) : Inter-research
Résumé : Chemical tracers (e. g. stable isotopes or trace metals) are increasingly used to study trophic ecology and feeding habits of marine organisms and various factors can affect their values. The aim of the present study was to provide information on ontogenic effects on stable carbon and nitrogen values (delta C-13 and delta N-15) and on cadmium (Cd) and mercury (Hg) concentrations in 5 cephalopod species from the Bay of Biscay (North-East Atlantic Ocean). To this end, individuals belonging to 3 species showing the widest range of sizes were analysed for muscle delta C-13 and delta N-15 values and muscle Hg, and digestive gland Cd concentrations. Results showed that stable isotope ratios allowed discrimination of specific feeding strategies during ontogenesis. Segregation between 5 cephalopod species in terms of trophic ecology was also evidenced (different isotopic niches). In contrast, Hg concentrations varied over the same order of magnitude in these 5 cephalopod species, despite higher levels in the benthic octopus Eledone cirrhosa. Consistently, Hg concentrations followed the same ontogenic pattern and increased with increasing body size/age of cephalopods. Finally, Cd concentrations varied over 3 orders of magnitude among the 5 species. Despite possible effects of physiology in terms of metal bioaccumulation, Cd concentrations were likely to reflect specific feeding preferences or feeding zones and ontogenic variability within a single species. Thus, ontogenic effects have to be taken into account when stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen or trace metals are used as ecological tracers; the best recommendation being to focus on a given class age.
Marine Ecology Progress Series (0171-8630) (Inter-research), 2011 , Vol. 433 , P. 107-120

Droits : Inter-Research 2011 · www.int-res.com
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00166/27761/25938.pdf
DOI:10.3354/meps09159
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00166/27761/

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD PeerJ
Résumé : International audience
The study of vertebrate ontogenies has the potential to inform us of shared developmental patterns and processes among organisms. However, fossilised ontogenies of early vertebrates are extremely rare during the Palaeozoic Era. A growth series of the Late Devonian ''acanthodian'' Triazeugacanthus affinis, from the Miguasha Fossil-Fish Lagerstätte, is identified as one of the best known early vertebrate fossilised ontogenies given the exceptional preservation, the large size range, and the abundance of specimens. Morphological, morphometric, histological and chemical data are gathered on a growth series of Triazeugacanthus ranging from 4 to 52 mm in total length. The developmental trajectory of this Devonian ''acanthodian'' is characteristic of fishes showing a direct development with alternating steps and thresholds. Larvae show no squamation but a progressive appearance of cartilaginous neurocranial and vertebral elements, and appendicular elements, whereas juveniles progress in terms of ossification and squamation. The presence of cartilaginous and bony tissues, discriminated on histological and chemical signatures, shows a progressive mineralisation of neurocranial and vertebral elements. Comparison among different body proportions for larvae, juveniles and adults suggest allometric growth in juveniles. Because of the phylogenetic position of ''acanthodians'', Triazeugacanthus ontogeny informs us about deep time developmental conditions in gnathostomes.
ISSN: 2167-8359

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hal-01633978
http://hal.upmc.fr/hal-01633978
http://hal.upmc.fr/hal-01633978/document
http://hal.upmc.fr/hal-01633978/file/peerj-3969.pdf
DOI : 10.7717/peerj.3969

Éditeur(s) : Université de la Polynésie Française
Résumé : The ontogeny of osmoregulation was studied in the blue shrimp Litopenaeus stylirostris in New Caledonia. The implication of branchial organs in ionic regulation was first demonstrated in juveniles by immunolocalization of three ion transporting proteins ( namely NKA, co-transporter NKCC1 and CFTR ) and ionocyte detection was done by means of electron microscopy. The role of the main ion transporting enzyme, NKA, was subsequently investigated during post-embryonic development using an integrative approach associating physiological, histological, immunological and biomolecular studies. Results obtained allowed us to propose a model of the osmoregulatory pattern in L. stylirostris based on weak regulation in the early stages, then progressively this species acquires the adult pattern of hyper-hypo-regulation after metamorphosis with the concurrent development of epipodites and gills. Strong NKA immunofluorescence and abundance of NKA transcripts in these two tissues compared to others organs suggest their functional implication in osmoregulatory processes. The results of this study allow us to increase our knowledge of the penaeid shrimp osmoregulation and to propose zootechnical measures to improve the animal physiological comfort. These propositions have been already tested during larval rearing trials, leading a two-fold-growth in 19 days-old postlarvae.
L’étude de l’ontogenèse de l’osmorégulation a été entreprise chez la crevette bleue Litopenaeus stylirostris en Nouvelle-Calédonie. L’implication des tissus de la cavité branchiale dans la régulation ionique a été déterminée au préalable chez des juvéniles par immunolocalisation de trois transporteurs protéiques d’ions, ( la NKA, le co-transporteur NKCC1 et le CFTR ) et par la détection de ionocytes en microscopie électronique. Le rôle de la NKA a été particulièrement étudié et son implication a été examinée au cours du développement post-embryonnaire par une approche intégrative associant des études physiologiques, histologiques, immunologiques et moléculaires. Cette démarche nous a permis de proposer un modèle d’osmorégulation chez L. stylirostris: de faible régulatrice dans les premiers jours de sa vie, cette espèce évolue vers l’hyper-hypo-régulation après la métamorphose avec le développement progressif des épipodites et des branchies. L’immunofluorescence prononcée de la NKA ainsi que l’abondance des transcrits du gène codant la NKA dans les tissus de ces deux organes suggèrent leur implication fonctionnelle dans l’ionorégulation. Les résultats de ce travail nous ont permis d’accroître nos connaissances sur l’osmorégulation chez les pénéidés et de proposer des améliorations zootechniques visant à augmenter leur confort physiologique. Ces préconisations ont fait l’objet de premiers essais en conditions d’élevage et se sont traduites par un doublement de la croissance des post-larves de 19 jours.

Droits : 2011 The author, Univ. Polynésie Française
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00052/16314/13816.pdf
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00052/16314/

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier Masson
Résumé : International audience
In vertebrates, brain functional asymmetries are widespread and increase brain performance. Some species of fishes are known to have brain asymmetries; however, little information is available on brain lateralization in coral reef fishes and the impact this could have during the recruitment phase. In this study, soldierfish, Myripristis pralinia, at the larval and juvenile stage recognized conspecifics through visual cues. Larvae with the ablation of either the right or left telencephalic hemisphere lost the attraction towards conspecific cues. In contrast, juveniles with the ablation of the right (but not left) telencephalic hemisphere still displayed a preference towards conspecific visual cues. These results suggest the left telencephalic hemisphere is responsible for the lateralization process used in the visual recognition of coral reef fish juveniles. The determinism of lateralized perception of conspecifics during fish ontogeny may be a consequence of genetic factors, linked with the metamorphosis processes and/or environmental factors such as predation at recruitment.
ISSN: 0003-3472

hal-01340504
https://hal-univ-perp.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01340504
DOI : 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.04.011

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Résumé : International audience
The temporal variation in carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions (noted as δ 13 C and δ 15 N) was investigated in the convict surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus) at Moorea (French Polynesia). Over a period of 24 days, juveniles were reared in aquaria and subjected to two different feeding treatments: granules or algae. The dynamics of δ 13 C and δ 15 N in two muscles (the adductor mandibulae complex and the epaxial musculature) having different functions were compared. At the end of experiments, a steady-state isotopic system in each muscle tissue was not reached. Especially for the algal treatment, we found different patterns of variation in isotopic compositions over time between the two muscles. The turnovers of δ 13 C showed opposite trends for each muscle but differences are mitigated by starvation and by the metamorphosis. Our study highlighted that the metabolism of coral reef fish may be subjected to catabolism or anabolism of non-protein precursors at settlement, inducing variation in isotopic compositions that are not linked to diet change. Comparación de la dinámica de variación isotópica en dos músculos de un pez de arrecife de coral durante la fase de asentamiento Resumen: La variación temporal en la composiciones isotópicas del carbono y nitrógeno (δ 13 C y δ 15 N) fue investigada en el pez cirujano Acanthurus triostegus en Moorea (Polinesia Francesa). Durante un período de 24 días, peces juveniles se mantuvieron en acuarios y se sometieron a dos tratamientos de alimentación: gránulos o algas. Se compararon las dinámicas de cambio δ 13 C y δ 15 N en dos músculos con diferentes funciones (complejo aductor mandibular y musculatura epiaxial). Al final de los experimentos, no se alcanzó un sistema isotópico de estado estacionario en ningún tejido. Especialmente para el tratamiento de algas, encontramos distintos patrones de variación en composiciones isotópicas en el tiempo entre los dos músculos. Las variaciones en δ 13 C mostraron tendencias opuestas para cada músculo, pero las diferencias fueron mitigadas por la inanición y la metamorfosis. Nuestro estudio destaca que el metabolismo de los peces de arrecife puede ser sometido a catabolismo o anabolismo por los precursores no proteicos durante el asentamiento, induciendo variación en las composi-ciones isotópicas que no están vinculados al cambio de dieta.
ISSN: 0214-8358

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hal-01212253
https://hal-univ-perp.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01212253
https://hal-univ-perp.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01212253/document
https://hal-univ-perp.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01212253/file/1598-3145-1-PB.pdf
DOI : 10.3989/scimar.04225.31A

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Springer Verlag
Résumé : International audience
Heartwood/sapwood profile and the tradeoff between trunk and crown increment in a natural forest: the case study of a tropical tree (Dicorynia guianensis Amsh., Fabaceae) Key message Sapwood area and the radial growth rate of the trunk follow the same pattern at breast height, with an initial increase and subsequent constant value, resulting from the increasing growth allocation toward the crown rather than tree decline. Heartwood area and heartwood volume in the trunk increase more rapidly after this shift occurs. Abstract Sapwood (SW) and heartwood (HW) are two functionally distinct classifications of wood in perennial stems for which quantities can vary greatly in tropical trees. Numerous positive correlations have been found between the radial growth rate (RGR) and SW quantity; however, variations in the SW/HW quantities have not been studied in light of the ontogenetic variation of RGR. Wood core sampling, intensive measurements of tree structure (number of branches, stem volumes), and radial growth monitoring were performed on an abundant and highly exploited tree species in French Guiana (Dicorynia guianensis) to investigate the relationship between RGR, SW/HW quantity, tree structure, and their variations on the course of a tree's ontogeny. SW area and RGR followed the same pattern of variation throughout tree development, both increasing first and reaching a steady state after 50 cm DBH (diameter at breast height). After this value, we observed a strong increase in both the HW area and HW volume increment, concomitant with a more rapid increase in crown volume. The stabilization of RGR for trees with DBH >50 cm was related not to a tree's decline but rather to an increasing wood allocation to the crown, confirming that RGR at breast height is a poor indicator of whole-tree growth for bigger individuals. We also confirmed that HW formation is an ontogenetic process managing SW quantity that is continuously and increasingly produced within the crown as the tree grows. This study highlights the effect of growth-mediated ontogenetic changes on the localization of water and carbohydrate storage within a tree, resulting from SW and HW dynamics throughout tree ontogeny.
ISSN: 0931-1890

hal-01654003
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01654003
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01654003/document
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01654003/file/Lehnebach%20et%20al.%E2%80%94Trees%202016-%20Own%20version.pdf
DOI : 10.1007/s00468-016-1473-7

Éditeur(s) : Elsevier Science Bv
Résumé : The ontogeny of osmoregulationwas investigated in Litopenaeus stylirostris by studying salinity tolerance and osmoregulatory capacity. Shrimp at different larval and postlarval stages were exposed to various salinities and survival was monitored for 24 h. Survival rates exceeded 80% at salinity over 25 ppt (750 mOsm.kg(-1)) at all the stages. At salinities below to 25 ppt, salinity tolerance was higher in nauplii and zoeae than in mysis larvae. Postlarval stages were able to withstand lower salinities, e.g. 6.0 ppt (176 mOsm.kg(-1)) at PL9 stage, but they were more sensitive than larvae to salinities over 35 ppt (1035 mOsm.kg(-1)). Zoea and mysis larvae slightly hyper-regulated at all tested salinities. After metamorphosis, postlarvae progressively acquired the adult pattern of hyper-hypo-osmoregulation: At PL9, the estimated isosmotic salinity was 24.5 ppt (720 mOsm.kg(-1)); below and over this salinity, animals hyper-regulated and hypo-regulated, respectively. Finally, we determine the effects of lowering salinity at different animal development stages. We conclude that seawater salinity (35 ppt) is optimum during larval stages; but for postlarval stages, lowering salinity at 27 ppt leads to a better growth in 19 days compared to those maintained at 35 ppt (1.07 mg vs 0.47 mg). These results are in agreement with penaeid natural life cycle during which larvae are released in oceanic water while juveniles live in coastal areas where salinity is more fluctuant. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Aquaculture (0044-8486) (Elsevier Science Bv), 2012-09 , Vol. 362-363 , P. 10-17

Droits : 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00107/21843/20058.pdf
DOI:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2012.07.026
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00107/21843/

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD National Research Council Canada
Résumé :  
Le développement de l'axe principal d'arbres de deux peuplements de chêne sessile âgés respectivement de 15 et 29 ans a été reconstitué par l'observation simultanée de marqueurs morphologiques et anatomiques de la croissance. La comparaison de la structure morphologique des pousses annuelles et des unités de croissance selon leur âge ontogénique ou leur année de formation a permis de dégager des tendances dues au stade de développement de la plante ou aux effets climatiques annuels. Au cours du développement, trois phases se distinguent. La première se traduit par la formation de pousses annuelles monocycliques de taille constante et correspond probablement à la présence du couvert forestier. Dans une seconde phase, les modalités de développement intrinsèques à l'arbre s'expriment en priorité ; le taux de polycyclisme, comme la longueur des pousses annuelles, augmente régulièrement d'une année sur l'autre, et on observe une forte différenciation entre les unités de croissance successives d'une même pousse annuelle bicyclique. Lors de la troisième phase, les facteurs environnementaux semblent avoir une influence plus marquée sur la croissance des individus. La longueur des différentes structures est stationnaire, malgré des fluctuations inter-annuelles. Les différences entre les deux unités de croissance successives des pousses annuelles bicycliques ne sont pas systématiques.
ISSN: 0008-4026

hal-01032105
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01032105
DOI : 10.1139/cjb-78-3-361

Résumé : This report is presented by Chantal Cahu for obtaining accreditation to supervise research. Since 1981, her research activity has addressed the study of reproducers' nutrition and the young stages of development of marine organisms belonging to two different branch lines, crustaceans and fish. This work, performed in a base-lined research body, IFREMER, is placed within a more general programme of aquaculture development. Indeed, whatever species are at issue, the development of aquaculture in France, as at the global level, is based on the production of juveniles in hatcheries. My work has therefore more precisely the goal of acquiring knowledge about the nutritional needs, mechanisms of digestion and the development of these animals in order to improve the production of prawn post-larvae and fish alevin in the hatchery. This work took place in three main periods that appear in this report: - The study of reproducers' nutrition and its influence on the quality of the Penaeid prawn's eggs and larvae. My work has focused mainly on the effect of lipids and vitamins on the development of eggs and larvae. - The study of the ontogenesis of the digestive functions and the nutritional needs of sea fish larvae, with bass as the model. The goal was to determine the specific nutritional needs of the young stages by studying the implementation and regulation of pancreatic and intestinal digestive enzymes. - The study of the regulation of certain developmental genes by means of nutrients, so as to understand how these nutrients behave during ontogenesis, particularly during development of the skeleton.
Ce mémoire est présentée par Chantal Cahu pour pour l'obtention d'une habilitation a diriger des recherches. Depuis 1981, son activité de recherche concerne l'étude de la nutrition des reproducteurs et des jeunes stades de développement d'organismes marins appartenant à deux embranchements différents, les crustacés et les poissons. Ce travail réalisé dans un organisme de recherche finalisée, l'Ifremer, se situe dans un programme plus général de développement de l'aquaculture. En effet, quelles que soient les espèces en jeu, le développement de l'aquaculture en France comme au niveau mondial repose sur la production de juvéniles en écloserie. Mon travail a donc plus précisément pour objectif l'acquisition de connaissances sur les besoins nutritionnels, les mécanismes de digestion et le développement des ces animaux afin d'améliorer la production de post-larves de crevettes et d'alevins de poissons en écloserie. Ce travail s'est déroulé en trois grandes périodes qui apparaissent dans ce mémoire : - L'étude de la nutrition des reproducteurs et son influence sur la qualité des oeufs et des larves de crevettes Pénéides. Mon travail a essentiellement porté sur l'effet des lipides et des vitamines sur le développement des oeufs et des larves. - L'étude de l'ontogenèse des fonctions digestives et les besoins nutritionnels des larves de poissons marins, avec le bar comme modèle. Le but était de déterminer les besoins nutritionnels spécifiques des jeunes stades, en étudiant la mise en place et la régulation des enzymes digestives pancréatiques et intestinales. - L'étude de la régulation de certains gènes du développement par les nutriments, de façon à comprendre comment ces nutriments agissent lors de l'ontogenèse, notamment lors du développement du squelette.

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http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/rapport-2086.pdf
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/2086/

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Springer Verlag/EDP Sciences
Résumé : International audience
Irradiance elicits a large plasticity in leaf traits, but little is known about the modulation of this plasticity by ontogeny. Interactive effects of relative irradiance and ontogeny were assessed on leaf traits for two tropical rainforest tree species: Dicorynia guianensis Amshoff and Tachigali melinonii (Harms) Barneby (Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae). Eleven morphological and physiological leaf traits, relative to photosynthetic performance, were measured on saplings at three different architectural development stages (ASD 1, 2 and 3) and used to derive composite traits like photosynthetic N-use efficiency. Measurements were made along a natural irradiance gradient. The effect of ASD was very visible and differed between the two species. For Dicorynia guianensis, only leaf mass-per-area (LMA) significantly increased with ASDs whereas for Tachigali melinonii, almost all traits were affected by ASD: LMA, leaf N content and photosynthetic capacity increased from ASD 1 to ASD 3. Photosynthetic N-use-efficiency was not affected by ASD in any species. Leaf traits were severely modulated by irradiance, whereas the degree of plasticity was very similar among ASDs. Only few interactions were detected between irradiance and ASD, for leaf thickness, carbon content, and the ratio Chl/N in T. melinonii and for photosynthetic capacity in D. guianensis. We conclude that ontogenic development and irradiance-elicited plasticity modulated leaf traits, with almost no interaction, i.e., the degree of irradiance-elicited plasticity was stable across development stages and independent of ontogeny in these two species, at least in the early stages of development assessed here
ISSN: 1286-4560

halsde-00434378
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/halsde-00434378
DOI : 10.1051/forest/2009062

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Wiley/Blackwell
Résumé : International audience
Marine fishes exhibit spectacular phenotypic changes during their ontogeny, and the identification of their early stages is challenging due to the paucity of diagnostic morphological characters at the species level. Meanwhile, the importance of early life stages in dispersal and connectivity has recently experienced an increasing interest in conservation programmes for coral reef fishes. This study aims at assessing the effectiveness of DNA barcoding for the automated identification of coral reef fish larvae through large-scale ecosystemic sampling. Fish larvae were mainly collected using bongo nets and light traps around Moorea between September 2008 and August 2010 in 10 sites distributed in open waters. Fish larvae ranged from 2 to 100 mm of total length, with the most abundant individuals being <5 mm. Among the 505 individuals DNA barcoded, 373 larvae (i.e. 75%) were identified to the species level. A total of 106 species were detected, among which 11 corresponded to pelagic and bathypelagic species, while 95 corresponded to species observed at the adult stage on neighbouring reefs. This study highlights the benefits and pitfalls of using standardized molecular systems for species identification and illustrates the new possibilities enabled by DNA barcoding for future work on coral reef fish larval ecology.
ISSN: 1755-098X

hal-01342973
https://hal-univ-perp.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01342973
DOI : 10.1111/1755-0998.12293

Éditeur(s) : Université de Montpellier II
Résumé : The sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, has been subjected to intensive aquaculture on the Mediterranean cost for ten years. Marine fish hatcheries are key factors in the aquaculture field, and face different pathologies, especially one of viral origin (nodavirus) that could challenge their feasibility. Consequently, we have tried to provide some data on larvae and spawning stocks. Firstly, we have studied the immunoglobulins, components of the specific humoral immunity, and their role as antibodies. On adult basses, these immunoglobulins are tetrameric molecules with high molecular weight (850 kD), made of heavy (H) - 80 kD and light (L) - 26 kD chains. In the eggs, simplest forms such as monomeric or dimeric are brought to the fore; they are located under the chorionic membrane. Secondly, we have studied the development of the immunity system on larvae, preparing IgM assays with ELISA method, the study on the organogenesis of the main lymphoid organs, and using flow cytometry for the ontogenesis of IgM producing cell. Based on this experience, we can propose a date for the immunocompetence onset of the bar, i.e. from the 54th day of the hatchery phase. Finally, we made the most of these different results to study a viral pathology (nodavirus) in spawners and larvae. We defined an experimental contamination model for larvae and eggs, and we highlighted that eggs born from vaccinated hen fishes were protected against the nodavirus.
Le bar, Dicentrarchus labrax, fait l'objet d'une aquaculture intensive sur le littoral Méditerranéen depuis une dizaine d'années. Les écloseries marines représentent un des maillons clefs de cette filière aquacole, et sont confrontées à différentes pathologies, dont une d'origine virale (nodavirus), pouvant remettre en cause leur faisabilité. Aussi, nous avons tenté d'apporter quelques données concernant la protection des larves et des géniteurs reproducteurs. Dans un premier temps, nous avons étudié les immunoglobulines, éléments de l'immunité spécifique humorale ainsi que leur rôle anticorps. Chez les bars adultes ces immunoglobulines sont des molécules tétramériques de haut poids moléculaire (850 kD), composées de chaînes lourdes (H) de 80 kD et légères (L) de 26 kD. Dans les oeufs, des formes plus simples, monomériques ou dimériques, sont mises en évidence et sont localisées sous la membrane chorionique. Dans un second temps, nous avons étudié la mise en place du système immunitaire spécifique chez les larves, en effectuant le dosage des IgM par ELISA, l'étude de l'organogenèse des principaux organes lymphoïdes, puis celle de l'ontogenèse des cellules productrices d'IgM par cytométrie de flux. L'ensemble de cette étude nous permet de proposer une date d'acquisition de l'immunocompétence à partir du 54ème jour d'élevage chez le bar. Enfin, ces différents résultats ont été mis à profit dans le cadre d'une pathologie virale (nodavirus) touchant les reproducteurs et les larves. Après avoir défini un modèle de contamination expérimental des larves et des oeufs, nous avons mis en évidence une protection des oeufs lorsque ceux-ci proviennent d'une femelle vaccinée (vaccin expérimental) contre le nodavirus.

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http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1997/these-1265.pdf
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/1265/

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Royal Society, The
Résumé : International audience
Since its original description as a chordate, the Late Devonian Scaumenella mesacanthi has been interpreted alternately as a prochordate, a larval ostracoderm and an immature acanthodian. For the past 30 years, these minute specimens were generally considered as decayed acanthodians, most of them belonging to Triazeugacanthus affinis. Among the abundant material of `Scaumenella', we identified a size series of 188 specimens of Triazeugacanthus based on otolith characteristics. Despite taphonomic alteration, we describe proportional growth and progressive appearance of skeletal elements through size increase. Three ontogenetic stages are identified based on squamation extent, ossification completion and allometric growth. We demonstrate that what has been interpreted previously as various degrees of decomposition corresponds to ontogenetic changes.
ISSN: 1744-9561

hal-01545474
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01545474
DOI : 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0950

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Springer Verlag/EDP Sciences
Résumé : International audience
In the dense tropical rainforest understorey, saplings exhibit different growth strategies aiming at reaching light levels better fitting their ecology. Investing mainly in height growth, at the expense of their width, a lot are close to mechanical instability. Tachigali melinonii, a long living heliophilic tree species, is frequently observed to be extremely slender and supported by neighbours. Such observations suggest an active growth control through the perception of mechanical environment. * Mechanical environment or light availability, which one is the most influent on growth and slenderness (H/D)? To test this question, we recorded growth of control and staked saplings of two species with contrasting habits and ecology: T. melinonii, and Dicorynia guianensis, along a natural light gradient. * Dicorynia, the more stable, responded more clearly to the staking treatment, showing slenderness increase when light is available, whereas for Tachigali, only light availability governed growth. * For Tachigali, growth allocation is mainly governed by light availability and ontogeny, whereas Dicorynia is probably similar to the average tree strategy, using the thigmomorphogenetic physiological process to control its stability.
ISSN: 1286-4560

hal-00534019
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00534019
DOI : 10.1051/forest/2009104

Éditeur(s) : Co-tutelle Al Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste - Université de Bretagne occidentale
Résumé : The interest in probiotics for aquaculture is increasing rapidly. In the present work we evaluated the potential of some yeast to induce the larvae gut maturation in sea bass larvae Dicentrarchus labrax. The production of polyamines putrescine, spermidine and spermine was quantified in ten yeast strains using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Afterwards, fluorescently labelled yeast adhesion to the intestine of sea bass larvae and the spotted sand bass (Paralabrax maculatofasciatus) was evaluated by fluorescent microscopy. Two of them, CBS 8339 strain (Debaryomyces hansenii) and X2180 strain (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) produce the polyamines of our interest. The same strains showed the best adhering capabilities to the sea bass and spotted sand bass intestine. Both strains were selected and introduced by pulverization into the diet of larvae. The larvae fed with CBS 8339 strain, increase survival in 8.3% but not in their weight. The secretion of trypsin and amylase as well as those from the brush border membrane: alkaline phosphatase, maltase and leucine aminopeptidase, are incresed at 27 days after hatching (dah). At 42 dah difference in the enzyme activity of the different groups does not exist, suggesting a maturation of the digestive system in early stages of larval development. A second experiment was carried out to know the effect of different levels of incorporation into the diet of CBS 8339 strain: 1.1% and 5.7%. The minimum level, 1.1% of yeast produce best growth and survival rates, as well as lower deformed larvae than those obtained by 5.7% and the control one. Both level of yeast inclusion favored the trypsin secretion and lipase activity at 26 dah. Whereas mRNA levels for trypsin and amylase were influenced by both yeast concentrations at 26 and 36 dah, which suggest a development of digestive capacity of larvae as a result of the presence of polyamines secreted by the yeast.
Les probiotiques ont été définis comme des préparations microbiennes vivantes utilisées comme additif alimentaire, et qui ont une action bénéfique sur l'animal hôte en améliorant la digestion et l'hygiène intestinale. L'application de tels traitements aux productions aquacoles suscite un intérêt qui s'accroît rapidement. Dans ce travail, nous avons étudié l'effet de souches de levures sur la maturation de l'intestin des larves du bar Dicentrarchus labrax. Ces souches produisent des polyamines qui sont impliquées dans la réplication et la différentiation cellulaire, ainsi que dans la synthèse des protéines et des acides nucléiques. Dix souches de levures ont été testées pour leur production de polyamines (putrescine, spermidine et spermine), et pour leur adhérence à la paroi intestinale du bar et la cabrilla (Paralabrax maculatofasciatus). La production des polyamines a été analysée en utilisant la chromatographie liquide à haute performance (HPLC). Les levures selectionées ont été marquées avec un composé fluorescent pour tester leur adhérence a l'intestin de larves de bar et de juvéniles de cabrilla. L'adhérence a pu ainsi être evaluée par observation microscopique en épifluorescence. Les souches CBS 8339 (Debaryomyces hansenii) et X2180 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) ont été choisies pour leur forte production de spermidine et de spermine, respectivement, et pour leur capacité d'adhérence à l'intestin du bar et de la cabrilla. Les deux souches ont été ajoutées par pulvérisation au régime des larves. Nous avons observé une augmentation de 8.3% du taux de survie avec les larves alimentées avec la souche CBS 8339, mais le poids moyen de ces larves était inférieur à celui obtenu sans ajout de levure. Une augmentation de l'activité de la trypsine et de l'amylase, aussi bien que des activités enzymatiques dans la bordure en brosse, aminopeptidase, phosphatase alkaline et maltase, ont été observées dans les larves âgées de 27 jours alimentées avec la souche CBS 8339. Au jour 42, il n'existait plus de différence d'activité enzymatique entre les larves traitées ou non avec la levure. Ces résultats suggèrent que la maturation du système digestif a été accélérée chez les larves nourries avec la levure, la maturation étant achevée chez les larves de 42 jours, qu'elles aient reçu l'un ou l'autre régime. Une deuxième expérience a été effectuée pour étudier l'effet de différents niveaux d'incorporation dans le régime contenant 1,1% et 5,7% de levure CBS 8339. L'incorporation de 1,1% a induit une augmentation du poids moyen et du taux de survie des larves, ainsi qu'une réduction du taux de malformation de la colonne vertébrale, par rapport aux résultats obtenus avec 0 ou 5,7% de levure. Les deux niveaux d'incorporation de la levure ont favorisé l'activité de la trypsine et de la lipase au jour 26. Les niveaux d'ARNm codant pour la synthèse de la trypsine et de l'amylase ont été influencés par les deux doses de levure aux jours 26 et 36. Ces résultats suggèrent qu'une faible dose de levure améliore le développement et la capacité digestive des larves, et nous formulons l'hypothèse que cette efficacité est due à la production de polyamines in situ. Le rôle des polyamines est particulièrement important pendant les phases de forte croissance comme les stades larvaires, mais elles peuvent être toxiques à dose trop élevée. L'incorporation de levure dans l'aliment destiné aux larves semble donc une excellente méthode pour délivrer les polyamines chez l'animal hôte.

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Well studied in mammals, amelogenesis is less known at the molecular level in reptiles and amphibians. In the course of extensive studies of enamel matrix protein (EMP) evolution in tetrapods, we look for correlation between changes in protein sequences and temporospatial protein gene expression during amelogenesis, using an evo-devo approach. Our target is the major EMP, amelogenin (AMEL) that plays a crucial role in enamel structure. We focused here our attention to an amphibian, the salamander Pleurodeles waltl. RNAs were extracted from the lower jaws of a juvenile P. waltl and the complete AMEL sequence was obtained using PCR and RACE PCR. The alignment of P. waltl AMEL with other tetrapodan (frogs, reptiles and mammals) sequences revealed residue conservation in the N- and C-terminal regions, and a highly variable central region. Using sense and anti-sense probes synthetized from the P. waltl AMEL sequence, we performed in situ hybridization on sections during amelogenesis in larvae, juveniles, and adults. We demonstrated that (i) AMEL expression was always found to be restricted to ameloblasts, (ii) the expression pattern was conserved through ontogeny, even in larvae where enameloid is present in addition to enamel, and (iii) the processes are similar to those described in lizards and mammals. These findings indicate that high variations in the central region of AMEL have not modified its temporospatial expression during amelogenesis for 360 million years of tetrapod evolution. J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 320B:200209, 2013.
ISSN: 1552-5007

hal-01545483
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DOI : 10.1002/jez.b.22494

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Springer Verlag/EDP Sciences
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We present a plant trait database covering autecology for rain forest trees of French Guiana. The database comprises more than thirty traits including autecology (e.g., habitat associations and reproductive phenology), wood structure (e.g., density and tension characteristics) and physiology at the whole plant (e.g., carbon and nitrogen isotopes) and leaf level (e.g., specific leaf area, photosynthetic capacity). The current database describes traits for about nine hundred species from three hundred genera in one hundred families. For more than sixty species, data on twelve morphological and ecophysiological traits are provided for individual plants under different environmental conditions and at different ontogenetic stages. The database is thus unique in permitting intraspecific analyses, such as the effects of ontogenetic stages or environmental conditions on trait values and their relationships.
ISSN: 1286-4560

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hal-00884130
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Éditeur(s) : Elsevier
Résumé : Marine fish larvae undergo major morphological and cellular changes during the first month of life. The ontogeny of the gastrointestinal tract combines these two aspects of the larval development and is very interesting in that the timing of functional changes appears genetically hard-wired. The goal of this paper is to give an overview of the gastrointestinal development process in marine fish larvae, with particular attention to three species: sea bass; red drum; and sole, since the description of gut maturation in fish larvae was initiated during the last decade with these species. During the early stages, marine fish larvae exhibit particular digestive features. Concerning the exocrine pancreas, amylase expression decreases with age from the third week post-hatching in sea bass and red drum (approximately 400 degree days), whereas expression of other enzymes (trypsin, lipase, phospholipase A2...) increases until the end of the larva period. Moreover, secretory function of the exocrine pancreas progressively develops and becomes efficient after the third week of life. Concerning the intestine, enzymes of the enterocyte cytosol (in particular peptidase) have higher activity in young larvae than in older. Approximately in the fourth week of post-hatching development in sea bass, red drum and sole larvae, the cytosolic activities dramatically decline concurrently with a sharp increase in membranous enzyme activities of the brush border, such as alkaline phosphatase, aminopeptidase N, maltase... This process characterises the normal maturation of enterocytes in developing fish larvae and also in other vertebrates' species. The establishment of an efficient brush border membrane digestion represents the adult mode of digestion of enterocytes. This paper also describes the role of diet on the development of the gastrointestinal tract. Indeed, the maturational process of digestive enzyme can be enhanced, stopped, or delayed depending on the composition of the diet.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology (1532-0456) (Elsevier), 2001-12 , Vol. 130 , N. 4 , P. 477-487

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DOI:10.1016/S1532-0456(01)00274-5
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Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Public Library of Science
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Growth series of Palaeozoic fishes are rare because of the fragility of larval and juvenile specimens owing to their weak mineralisation and the scarcity of articulated specimens. This rarity makes it difficult to describe early vertebrate growth patterns and processes in extinct taxa. Indeed, only a few growth series of complete Palaeozoic fishes are available; however, they allow the growth of isolated elements to be described and individual growth from these isolated elements to be inferred. In addition, isolated and in situ scales are generally abundant and well-preserved, and bring information on (1) their morphology and structure relevant to phylogenetic relationships and (2) individual growth patterns and processes relative to species ontogeny. The Late Devonian acanthodian Triazeugacanthus affinis from the Miguasha Fossil-Lagerstä tte preserves one of the best known fossilised ontogenies of early vertebrates because of the exceptional preservation, the large size range, and the abundance of complete specimens. Here, we present morphological, histological, and chemical data on scales from juvenile and adult specimens (scales not being formed in lar-vae). Histologically, Triazeugacanthus scales are composed of a basal layer of acellular bone housing Sharpey's fibers, a mid-layer of mesodentine, and a superficial layer of ganoine. Developmentally, scales grow first through concentric addition of mesodentine and bone around a central primordium and then through superposition of ganoine layers. Onto-genetically, scales form first in the region below the dorsal fin spine, then squamation spreads anteriorly and posteriorly, and on fin webs. Phylogenetically, Triazeugacanthus scales show similarities with acanthodians (e.g. " box-in-box " growth), chondrichthyans (e.g. squamation pattern), and actinopterygians (e.g. ganoine). Scale histology and growth are interpreted in the light of a new phylogenetic analysis of gnathostomes supporting acantho-dians as stem chondrichthyans.
ISSN: 1932-6203

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hal-01526367
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DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0174655

Éditeur(s) : Université de Nantes
Résumé : The reproductive cycle of Megathura crenulata was documented and quantification of oocyte lipid reserves with lipo-specific stains was explored in both this species and in Crassostrea gigas. The necessity of providing food to female broodstock C. gigas in spring was re-evaluated, because subsequent larval and post-larval rearing performance was not affected by broodstock starvation during conditioning. Developmental study of the organs responsible of particle processing in C. gigas allowed the identification of critical stages related to the ontogenesis of each organ, as well as a better understanding of the evolution of these organs, highly-modified in the Ostreidae. Ciliary type identification and mucocyte mapping from post-larval to adult stage showed that the heterorhabdic specialization precedes the anatomic formation of gill plicae specific to this condition.
Le cycle reproducteur de Megathura crenulata a été documenté et la quantification des réserves ovocytaires par des colorants lipospécifiques a été tentée, sans résultats concluants pour cette espèce, ni pour Crassostrea gigas. L'intérêt d'une alimentation des géniteurs femelles C. gigas au printemps est re-évalué, car la performance ultérieure des élevages larvaires et post-larvaires n'a pas été affectée par le jeûne imposé lors du conditionnement. L'étude du développement des organes impliqués dans le traitement des particules chez C. gigas a permis d'identifier des stades critiques associés à l'ontogenèse de chaque organe, ainsi qu'une meilleure compréhension de l'évolution de ces organes si particuliers chez les Ostreidae. L'examen des types ciliaires et la cartographie des mucocytes de la post-larve à l'adulte ont montré que la spécialisation hétérorhabdique précède même la formation anatomique des plis branchiaux caractéristiques de cette condition.

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