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Specific regulations of gill membrane fatty acids in response to environmental variability reveal fitness differences between two suspension-feeding bivalves (Nodipecten subnodosus and Spondylus crassisquama)
Author(s) -
Margaux MathieuResuge,
Fabienne Le Grand,
Gauthier Schaal,
Salvador E. LluchCota,
Ilie S. Racotta,
Edouard Kraffe
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
conservation physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2051-1434
DOI - 10.1093/conphys/coaa079
Subject(s) - biology , docosahexaenoic acid , trophic level , eicosapentaenoic acid , arachidonic acid , polyunsaturated fatty acid , composition (language) , fatty acid , zoology , gill , ecology , biochemistry , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , linguistics , philosophy , enzyme
Gill membrane lipids of two bivalves presented specific regulations in response to both environmental and dietary resource variabilities. This highlights the importance of considering both trophic and physiological processes when studying responses to environmental stressors; an approach that can be defined as ‘trophic ecophysiology’.

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