Abstract
Post-settlement dispersal potential of four commercial bivalve species (Mytilus edulis,Pecten maximus,Venus verrucosaandRuditapes philippinarum) were studied through the assessment of recruits' sinking velocities by using a sinking velocity tube of five meters height. In parallel, dynamics of shear stress were monitored for five months on a tidal habitat characterized by the presence and the dispersal of the four species. By coupling both datasets we propose first theoretical estimates of temporal windows of secondary migrations. These experiments revealed interspecific differences in migration potential relate to shell shapes and behaviour, especially to secretion of byssal threads. The sensitivity to passive and active post-settlement migrations seems to rely on the synchronisation between the arrival on the sediment, the tidal regime (spring tide, neap tide), but also the rate of growth of the recruits. The present study confirms that patterns of secondary migrations of bivalve recruits result from a close physical-biological coupling involving benthic boundary layer (BBL) hydrodynamics and shell morphology as well as eco-ethological responses to environmental conditions but clearly modulated by the growth dynamics until a threshold size when drifting is no longer possible.
Funder
BeBEST funded by the Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski (UQAR, Quebec) and the Institut Environnement Ecologie
HEIMa (Habitats, species and marine interactions) action program
Réseau d’Aquaculture du Québec
Fonds de Recherche du Québec Nature et Technologies
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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