The potential carbon source and trophic level analysis of main organisms in coastal water of Lüsi fishing ground, based on carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis

Gao Shike; Sun Wen; Zhang Shuo

doi:10.12284/hyxb2021066

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Gao Shike，Sun Wen，Zhang Shuo. The potential carbon source and trophic level analysis of main organisms in coastal water of Lüsi fishing ground, based on carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis[J]. Haiyang Xuebao，2021, 43(6)：71–80 doi: 10.12284/hyxb2021066

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The potential carbon source and trophic level analysis of main organisms in coastal water of Lüsi fishing ground, based on carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis

doi: 10.12284/hyxb2021066

Gao Shike^1
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Sun Wen¹,
Zhang Shuo^{1, 2
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College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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Joint Laboratory for Monitoring and Conservation of Aquatic Living Resources in the Yangtze River Estuary, Shanghai 201306, China

Received Date: 2020-12-25
Rev Recd Date: 2021-01-25

Available Online: 2021-05-10

Publish Date: 2021-06-30

Abstract

Abstract

Trophic level among main organisms in costal water of Lüsi fishing ground in summer, 2018, were analyzed in this study by stable isotope method. Using IsoSource model, we calculated potential carbon source contribution of the phytoplankton, POM and SOM of consumers, and then compared the former and latter TLs variation of main organisms by overlapping potential carbon source influence. Results showed that phytoplankton and SOM were main potential carbon source of main organisms in costal water of Lüsi fishing ground in summer. Two trophic level spectrums were constructed by overlapping three potential carbon sources and a single species as the baseline organisms, respectively. The trophic level of the right trophic level spectrum ranged from 1.74 to 3.92, which was averagely 0.19 lower than that of the left trophic level spectrum. Although the overall trend was unchanged, the trophic positions of some fish and most shrimps were changed in two spectrums. The baseline organisms in the right trophic level spectrum changed with the different stacking ratio of potential carbon sources, which could reflect the trophic level more effectively and was more suitable for organisms at low trophic levels, such as shrimp and crabs. However, this had little impact on fish in the position of middle and advanced consumers.
- stable isotope,
- Lüsi fishing ground,
- main organisms,
- potential carbon contribution,
- trophic level analysis

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