18S rRNA gene sequences of leptocephalus gut contents, particulate organic matter, and biological oceanographic conditions in the western North Pacific
Abstract Eel larvae apparently feed on marine snow, but many aspects of their feeding ecology remain unknown. The eukaryotic 18S rRNA gene sequence compositions in the gut contents of four taxa of anguilliform eel larvae were compared with the sequence compositions of vertically sampled seawater par...
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oai:doaj.org-article:0be81b5e90df4ea6b0a22750d09b28892021-12-02T11:37:18Z18S rRNA gene sequences of leptocephalus gut contents, particulate organic matter, and biological oceanographic conditions in the western North Pacific10.1038/s41598-021-84532-y2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/0be81b5e90df4ea6b0a22750d09b28892021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84532-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Eel larvae apparently feed on marine snow, but many aspects of their feeding ecology remain unknown. The eukaryotic 18S rRNA gene sequence compositions in the gut contents of four taxa of anguilliform eel larvae were compared with the sequence compositions of vertically sampled seawater particulate organic matter (POM) in the oligotrophic western North Pacific Ocean. Both gut contents and POM were mainly composed of dinoflagellates as well as other phytoplankton (cryptophytes and diatoms) and zooplankton (ciliophoran and copepod) sequences. Gut contents also contained cryptophyte and ciliophoran genera and a few other taxa. Dinoflagellates (family Gymnodiniaceae) may be an important food source and these phytoplankton were predominant in gut contents and POM as evidenced by DNA analysis and phytoplankton cell counting. The compositions of the gut contents were not specific to the species of eel larvae or the different sampling areas, and they were most similar to POM at the chlorophyll maximum in the upper part of the thermocline (mean depth: 112 m). Our results are consistent with eel larvae feeding on marine snow at a low trophic level, and feeding may frequently occur in the chlorophyll maximum in the western North Pacific.Tsuyoshi WatanabeSatoshi NagaiYoko KawakamiTaiga AsakuraJun KikuchiNobuharu InabaYukiko TaniuchiHiroaki KurogiSeinen ChowTsutomu TomodaDaisuke AmbeDaisuke HasegawaNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2021) |
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Abstract Eel larvae apparently feed on marine snow, but many aspects of their feeding ecology remain unknown. The eukaryotic 18S rRNA gene sequence compositions in the gut contents of four taxa of anguilliform eel larvae were compared with the sequence compositions of vertically sampled seawater particulate organic matter (POM) in the oligotrophic western North Pacific Ocean. Both gut contents and POM were mainly composed of dinoflagellates as well as other phytoplankton (cryptophytes and diatoms) and zooplankton (ciliophoran and copepod) sequences. Gut contents also contained cryptophyte and ciliophoran genera and a few other taxa. Dinoflagellates (family Gymnodiniaceae) may be an important food source and these phytoplankton were predominant in gut contents and POM as evidenced by DNA analysis and phytoplankton cell counting. The compositions of the gut contents were not specific to the species of eel larvae or the different sampling areas, and they were most similar to POM at the chlorophyll maximum in the upper part of the thermocline (mean depth: 112 m). Our results are consistent with eel larvae feeding on marine snow at a low trophic level, and feeding may frequently occur in the chlorophyll maximum in the western North Pacific. |
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Tsuyoshi Watanabe Satoshi Nagai Yoko Kawakami Taiga Asakura Jun Kikuchi Nobuharu Inaba Yukiko Taniuchi Hiroaki Kurogi Seinen Chow Tsutomu Tomoda Daisuke Ambe Daisuke Hasegawa |
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Tsuyoshi Watanabe Satoshi Nagai Yoko Kawakami Taiga Asakura Jun Kikuchi Nobuharu Inaba Yukiko Taniuchi Hiroaki Kurogi Seinen Chow Tsutomu Tomoda Daisuke Ambe Daisuke Hasegawa |
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18S rRNA gene sequences of leptocephalus gut contents, particulate organic matter, and biological oceanographic conditions in the western North Pacific |
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18S rRNA gene sequences of leptocephalus gut contents, particulate organic matter, and biological oceanographic conditions in the western North Pacific |
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18S rRNA gene sequences of leptocephalus gut contents, particulate organic matter, and biological oceanographic conditions in the western North Pacific |
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18S rRNA gene sequences of leptocephalus gut contents, particulate organic matter, and biological oceanographic conditions in the western North Pacific |
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18S rRNA gene sequences of leptocephalus gut contents, particulate organic matter, and biological oceanographic conditions in the western North Pacific |
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18s rrna gene sequences of leptocephalus gut contents, particulate organic matter, and biological oceanographic conditions in the western north pacific |
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