Korean Journal of Environmental Biology (환경생물)

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Identification of the Food Sources-Metabolism of the Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas using Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotopic Ratios

  • Yang, Jin-Yong (Department of Environmental Marine Sciences, Hanyang University) ;
  • Shin, Kyung-Hoon (Department of Environmental Marine Sciences, Hanyang University)
  • Received : 2009.06.10
  • Accepted : 2009.09.05
  • Published : 2009.08.31
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Abstract

In order to understand food sources-metabolism for the pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas), the stable isotope ratios of carbon (${\delta}^{13}C$) and nitrogen (${\delta}^{15}N$) of its gut, gill, and muscle as well as potential food sources (particulate organic matter, sedimentary organic matter, benthic microalgae, seagrass detritus) were determined in Dongdae Bay. Average ${\delta}^{13}C$ and ${\delta}^{15}N$ values reflect that oysters primarily fed on sedimentary organic matter as opposed to suspended organic matter during summer and winter seasons. However, the relatively enriched $^{15}N$ values of particulate organic matter (>$250{\mu}m$) and sedimentary organic matter in the summer may be due to the photosynthetic incorporation of $^{15}N$-enriched nitrogen (DIN) or the spawning events of bivalves. Specific oyster tissues (gut, gill, and muscle) revealed different metabolic pathways, which were determined through analysis of ${\delta}^{13}C$ and ${\delta}^{15}N$ in each organ. The present results suggest the determination of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes to be a useful approach in ecological research related to the food sources- metabolism of Crassostrea gigas.

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