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Understanding the Nutritional Sources of Gastropods and Anomura from the Mangrove Forest of Weno Island, Micronesia

마이크로네시아 웨노섬의 맹그로브 숲에 서식하는 고둥류 및 집게의 영양원에 대한 이해

  • Ko, Ah-Ra (Deep-Sea & Seabed Resources Research Division, KIOST) ;
  • Kim, Min-Seob (Fundamental Environment Research Department, NIER) ;
  • Ju, Se-Jong (Deep-Sea & Seabed Resources Research Division, KIOST)
  • 고아라 (한국해양과학기술원 심해저자원연구부) ;
  • 김민섭 (국립환경과학원 환경측정분석센터) ;
  • 주세종 (한국해양과학기술원 심해저자원연구부)
  • Received : 2013.09.09
  • Accepted : 2013.11.22
  • Published : 2013.12.30
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Abstract

Carbon cycling and productivity within Weno Island of Micronesia enclosed by the coral reef may be likely self-maintained and insignificantly affected by the open ocean. Therefore, it is important to understand the role of the mangrove known as providing the organic matter and habitats for many organisms in this enclosed area. In order to trace the nutritional source of fauna (mostly invertebrates) in the mangrove forest of Weno island, we analyzed the fatty acid (FA) and carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes of potential nutritional sources (mangrove leaf & pneumatophore, seagrass leaf & root, surface sediment, and particulate organic matter (POM) in water) and consumers (4 gastropods and anomura). The mangrove and seagrass contained the abundance of 18:2${\omega}$6, and 18:3${\omega}$3, whereas FAs associated with phytoplankton and bacteria were accounted for a high proportion in the surface sediment and POM. FA composition of consumers was found to be similar to those of the surface sediment, mangrove, and seagrass. These were also confirmed through the mixing model of stable isotope for contribution of nutritional sources to consumers. Overall results with the feeding types of investigated mangrove fauna indicate that investigated mangrove fauna obtained their nutrition from the various sources, i.e. the mangrove for Littorina cf. scabra, the microalgae for Strombus sp., and omnivorous Pagurus sp. and Terebralia cf. palustris. However, it is obvious that the nutrition of most species living in the mangrove ecosystem is highly dependent on the mangrove, either directly or indirectly. More detail food-web structure and function of the mangrove ecosystem would be established with the analysis of additional fauna and flora.

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