Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2023, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (4): 125-132.doi: 10.11978/2022175CSTR: 32234.14.2022175

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Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope turnover of different tissues of the Hongkong oyster at the fattening stage in a polyculture pond

ZHOU Hui1(), TANG Baogui1(), WU Xumin1, PENG Zifeng1, ZHONG Peigui2, YU Ge3, KONG Fansen1   

  1. 1. Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
    2. Haiste (Zhanjiang) Aquatic Technology Co., Ltd., Zhanjiang 524099, China
    3. Guangdong Evergreen Breeding Technology Service Co., Ltd., Zhanjiang 524094, China
  • Received:2022-08-03 Revised:2022-10-24 Online:2023-07-10 Published:2022-12-08
  • Supported by:
    State Oceanic Administration “The Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” Marine Economic Innovation and Development Demonstration City Project(XM-202012-03B2)

Abstract:

In order to provide basic data for the study of food webs in the polyculture pond ecosystem, the Hongkong oyster samples were collected during fattening stage in a fish-shrimp polyculture pond, and the oyster body mass, soft tissue mass, meat yield, and changes in δ13C and δ15N values of adductor muscle, mantle and ctenidia during the fattening stage were monitored; the metabolic rate constant m and stable carbon and nitrogen isotope turnover time of three soft tissues were calculated. The results showed that after 44 days of fattening, although the body mass of oysters did not increase significantly (P>0.05), the soft body tissue mass and meat yield increased significantly(P<0.05). The growth ​​of mantle, adductor muscle and ctenidia were basically synchronized with the growth of whole soft tissue. The δ13C and δ15N values ​​of oyster tissues decreased significantly (P<0.05) after 16 days of fattening (P<0.05). Comparing the δ13C and δ15N values ​​of the three tissues collected on the same day, the values of adductor muscle were significantly larger than those of mantle and ctenidia (P<0.05), while there was no significant difference between values of mantle and ctenidia (P>0.05). The metabolic turnover constant m of adductor muscle and mantle was zero, and their stable carbon and nitrogen isotope turnover were completely determined by growth; therefore the turnover time of stable carbon and nitrogen isotope turnover in adductor muscle and mantle were the same, t50 and t95 were 40.77d and 176.22d, respectively. The stable carbon and nitrogen isotope metabolic turnover constant m of ctenidia were 1.09%·d-1 and 1.76%·d-1, respectively, indicating that the stable carbon and nitrogen isotope turnover of ctenidia were also affected by metabolism. The t50 and t95 of ctenidia stable nitrogen isotope turnover were 20.02d and 86.53d, respectively, while the t50 and t95 of stable carbon isotope turnover were 24.85d and 107.42d, respectively. During the fattening stage of this study, the δ13C and δ15N values of the adductor muscle, mantle and ctenidia of Hongkong oyster had distinct characteristics, and showed rapid and regular changes with the extension of the fattening time, which indicated the Hongkong oyster could reflect the basic characteristics of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in polyculture pond, and is suitable as a medium and long time scale baseline organism for food web research in polyculture pond ecosystem.

Key words: Crassostrea hongkongensis, fattening, stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes, turnover