Trophic relationship between the parasitic isopod ichthyoxenus japonensis and the fish carassius auratus auratus as revealed by stable isotopes | |
Xu, Jun; Zhang, Min; Xie, Ping; Xie, P, Chinese Acad Sci, Donghu Expt Stn Lake Ecosyst, State Key Lab Freshwater Ecol & Biotechnol China, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China | |
2007-06-01 | |
Source Publication | JOURNAL OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY
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ISSN | 0270-5060 |
Volume | 22Issue:2Pages:333-338 |
Abstract | Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis was used to investigate the host-parasite trophic relationship between the parasitic isopod Ichthyoxenus japonensis and one of its freshwater fish host Carassius auratus auratus from Lake Fuxian, China. No significant differences in delta C-13 and delta N-15 were observed between the heterosexual pairs of I. japonensis in the same host. delta C-13 and delta N-15 of I. japonensis were significantly lower than those of its host fish, and the isotopic ratios of the isopod increased with the increase of host fish isotopic signatures. Unlike isotopic fractionation patterns generally observed among consumers and their diets, isopod parasite was delta C-13 and N-15 depleted relative to the muscle tissue of this host fish. Differential isotopic fractionation patterns in the isopod parasite and the fish may be attributed to differences in parasite and host metabolism.; Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis was used to investigate the host-parasite trophic relationship between the parasitic isopod Ichthyoxenus japonensis and one of its freshwater fish host Carassius auratus auratus from Lake Fuxian, China. No significant differences in delta C-13 and delta N-15 were observed between the heterosexual pairs of I. japonensis in the same host. delta C-13 and delta N-15 of I. japonensis were significantly lower than those of its host fish, and the isotopic ratios of the isopod increased with the increase of host fish isotopic signatures. Unlike isotopic fractionation patterns generally observed among consumers and their diets, isopod parasite was delta C-13 and N-15 depleted relative to the muscle tissue of this host fish. Differential isotopic fractionation patterns in the isopod parasite and the fish may be attributed to differences in parasite and host metabolism. |
Subtype | Article |
Keyword | Food-web Structure Delta-n-15 Lake Delta-c-13 Carbon Fractionation Nitrogen Host Enrichment Patterns |
Department | Chinese Acad Sci, Donghu Expt Stn Lake Ecosyst, State Key Lab Freshwater Ecol & Biotechnol China, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China; Huazhong Agr Univ, Coll Fisheries, Wuhan 430070, Peoples R China |
Subject Area | Ecology ; Limnology |
WOS Headings | Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
Indexed By | SCI |
Language | 英语 |
WOS Research Area | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Marine & Freshwater Biology |
WOS Subject | Ecology ; Limnology |
WOS ID | WOS:000246088600019 |
WOS Keyword | FOOD-WEB STRUCTURE ; DELTA-N-15 ; LAKE ; DELTA-C-13 ; CARBON ; FRACTIONATION ; NITROGEN ; HOST ; ENRICHMENT ; PATTERNS |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.ihb.ac.cn/handle/152342/8604 |
Collection | 期刊论文 |
Corresponding Author | Xie, P, Chinese Acad Sci, Donghu Expt Stn Lake Ecosyst, State Key Lab Freshwater Ecol & Biotechnol China, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China |
Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Donghu Expt Stn Lake Ecosyst, State Key Lab Freshwater Ecol & Biotechnol China, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China 2.Huazhong Agr Univ, Coll Fisheries, Wuhan 430070, Peoples R China |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Xu, Jun,Zhang, Min,Xie, Ping,et al. Trophic relationship between the parasitic isopod ichthyoxenus japonensis and the fish carassius auratus auratus as revealed by stable isotopes[J]. JOURNAL OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY,2007,22(2):333-338. |
APA | Xu, Jun,Zhang, Min,Xie, Ping,&Xie, P, Chinese Acad Sci, Donghu Expt Stn Lake Ecosyst, State Key Lab Freshwater Ecol & Biotechnol China, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China.(2007).Trophic relationship between the parasitic isopod ichthyoxenus japonensis and the fish carassius auratus auratus as revealed by stable isotopes.JOURNAL OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY,22(2),333-338. |
MLA | Xu, Jun,et al."Trophic relationship between the parasitic isopod ichthyoxenus japonensis and the fish carassius auratus auratus as revealed by stable isotopes".JOURNAL OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY 22.2(2007):333-338. |
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