Biodeposition, respiration, and excretion rates of an introduced clam <i>Mercenaria mercenaria</i> in ponds with implications for potential competition with the native clam <i>Meretrix meretrix</i> in Shuangtaizi estuary, China -- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2016,34(3):467-476

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	ZHANG Anguo, YUAN Xiutang, HOU Wenjiu, LI Xiaodong, ZHAO Kai, CHEN Weixin, SU Xiurong. Biodeposition, respiration, and excretion rates of an introduced clam Mercenaria mercenaria in ponds with implications for potential competition with the native clam Meretrix meretrix in Shuangtaizi estuary, China[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2016, 34(3): 467-476

Biodeposition, respiration, and excretion rates of an introduced clam Mercenaria mercenaria in ponds with implications for potential competition with the native clam Meretrix meretrix in Shuangtaizi estuary, China

ZHANG Anguo^1,2,3, YUAN Xiutang², HOU Wenjiu³, LI Xiaodong⁴, ZHAO Kai⁵, CHEN Weixin⁵, SU Xiurong¹

1 School of Marine Science s, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China;
2 National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, State Oceanic Administration(SOA), Dalian 116023, China;
3 College of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou 121001, China;
4 Panjin Guanghe Aquaculture Company, Panjin 124200, China;
5 Panshan Marine Fisheries Bureau, Panjin 124200, China

Abstract:

This study aimed to evaluate the potential impacts of an introduced clam Mercenaria mercenaria on estuarine ecosystem, and implications for the niche competition with a native clam Meretrix meretrix. The biodeposition, respiration, and excretion rates of M. mercenaria were determined seasonally using a sediment trap and a closed respirator in fi eld. The biodeposition rates of M. mercenaria were 0.06-0.37 g/(ind.·d), and the respiration rates were 0.31-14.66 mg/(ind.·d). The ammonia and phosphate excretion rates were 0.18-36.70 and 1.44-14.87 μg/(ind.·d), respectively. The hard clam M. mercenaria may discharge dry deposits up to 2.1×10⁵ t, contribute 18.3 t ammonia and 9.0 t phosphate to culture ponds, and consume 7.9×10³ t O₂ from ponds annually. It suggested that the hard clam M. mercenaria might play an important role in pelagic-benthic coupling in pond ecosystem through biodeposition and excretion. A comparison of the key physiological parameters of the introduced clam M. mercenaria and the native clam Meretrix meretrix suggested that M. mercenaria had a niche similar to that of Meretrix meretrix in Shuangtaizi estuary and might have a potential competition with Meretrix meretrix for habitat and food if M. mercenaria species escaped from the culture pond or artifi cially released in estuarine ecosystem.

Received: 2014-11-30 Revised: 2015-03-12

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