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Role of estuarine habitats for the feeding ecology of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.)

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PLOS ONE
卷 17, 期 7, 页码 -

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PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270348

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  1. Parc Naturel Marins des Estuaires Picards et de la Mer d'Opale [2018-28]
  2. Region Hauts de France [PFEA621220CR0310022]
  3. European Maritime Fisheries Fund [PFEA621220CR0310022]

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This study characterizes and compares the feeding ecology of European eels in different salinity gradients in northern France estuaries. The research finds that eels mainly feed on crustaceans and fish, and their trophic level varies among different estuaries. The results are important for understanding the ecology and environmental adaptability of eels.
This study aims to characterize and compare the feeding ecology of the European eels (Anguilla anguilla L.) during the continental phase (i.e. yellow and silver) along a salinity gradient (i.e. lower, middle and upper) in six northern France estuaries (i.e. brackish water). The diet and stable isotopic (i.e. delta N-15 and delta C-13 values) compositions of eels collected with a fyke net in six estuaries (Slack, Wimereux, Liane, Canche, Authie and Somme estuaries) located along the French coast of the eastern English Channel per season over a year were described by combining gut content and stable isotope analyses. Eel guts were dominated by typical BW prey, Malacostraca and Actinopterygii (54% and 40%, respectively), with the gammare Gammarus zaddachi and the green crab Carcinus maenas (38% and 14%, respectively), and smaller yellow eels of A. anguilla and juvenile European flounder, Platichthys flesus (19% and 14%, respectively) being the most frequently found in their guts. The delta C-13 values of a majority of eels confirmed the sea- and brackish water-specific carbon resources. Dietary and isotopic niche revealed no clear change between total length, silvering stages and seasons, but a significant difference between salinity gradients and estuaries. Eels delta C-13 values showed significant enrichment from upper to lower along the estuaries while the delta N-15 values showed an inverse effect, with the lowest values in the lower part and highest in the upper part. Higher variability in delta C-13 values in larger estuaries suggested that eels feed on a wide range of food sources than in smaller estuaries. While eels in the smaller estuaries fed mainly on Actinopterygii prey, eels in the larger ones had a lower trophic level (i.e. delta N-15 values) and fed mainly on Malacostraca prey. This spatial difference in dietary and isotopic niche is discussed in relation to biological structure of eel and environmental variables.

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