Journal
AQUACULTURE
Volume 495, Issue -, Pages 172-178Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.05.050
Keywords
Fish farms; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Stream; Benthic communities; Stable isotopes; Multiple-source mixing models
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- French Ministry of Agriculture (8PP) (CASDAR PROPRE project)
- INRA
- Brittany Region
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Environmental impacts of intensive fish cultivation on receiving food webs have been investigated mainly for cage culture systems in lake and marine ecosystems; however, the potential influence of land-based salmonid farms on rivers is less documented. Stable C and N isotopes were used to examine the influence of aquaculture waste on aquatic organisms in three streams with different discharge rates (1-5m(3).s(-1)) that receive effluents from rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) farms with different rearing capacities (100-600 t wet weight per year). Feed pellets from each farm were significantly C-13-enriched (up to + 8% delta C-13) compared to the isotopic backgrounds of the receiving streams. Benthic invertebrates (detritivores and predators) and small-bodied fish were consistently C-13-enriched downstream the fish farm effluents. This pattern was stronger for low stream discharges and high-production farms. The trophic niche breadths of these organisms, estimated by the spread of their isotopic values. decreased in downstream these farms, suggesting a reduction in the diversity of dietary sources. Upstream-downstream comparisons based on multiple-source mixing models revealed high contributions (40-88%) of pellet-derived material in their diet, which indicates that waste from land-based salmonid farms enhanced the detritus-based food chain via this particulate route.
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