In situ biochemical and bacterial variation of sediments enriched with mussel biodeposits |
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Authors: | Christian Grenz Marie-Noelle Hermin Dominique Baudinet Raoul Daumas |
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Institution: | (1) Centre Océanologie de Marseille, Station Marine d'Endoume, 13007 Marseille, France;(2) Laboratoire de Microbiologie Marine (CNRS), Faculté des Sciences de Luminy, Case 907, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France |
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Abstract: | In order to estimate the qualitative variation of sedimented mussel deposits, biochemical and microbial measurements were undertaken after a sediment enrichment with fresh faeces and pseudo-faeces collected in a mussel farming area (Carteau, Gulf of Fos).During two months, cores sampled were investigated at three stations: a first station enriched with mussel deposits, a second considered as a reference station without mussel deposits and occasionally a third corresponding to a continuously enriched sediment under a rope culture.Carbohydrate, organic carbon and nitrogen contents in the sediments gave evidence of a short term variation after sedimentation.Bacterial production increased rapidly at the enriched station and returned to its initial level 8 days later. At this station, exoglucosidasic activity of bacteria, low at the beginning, presented a maximum two weeks after enrichment whereas exoproteolytic activity, which was high in the biodeposits, decreased in the course of the first week. These exoenzymatic activities were significantly higher at the enriched station than at the reference stations. Carbohydrate measurements were in agreement with these results.Degradation rate of biodeposits is discussed on the basis of exoenzymatic activity, organic carbon, nitrogen and free amino acid content at the three stations. |
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Keywords: | mussel deposits bacterial activity exoenzymes degradation rate |
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