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Isotopic niche provides an insight into the ecology of a symbiont during its geographic expansion
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The study of the recent colonization of a symbiont and its interaction with host communities in new locations is an opportunity to understand how they interact.The use of isotopic ratios in trophic ecol-ogy can provide measurements of a species'isotopic niche,as well as knowledge about how the iso-topic niches between symbiont and host species overlap.Stable isotope measurements were used to assess the sources of carbon assimilated by the host species(the bivalves Mytilus galloprovincialis and Scrobicularia plana)and their associated symbiont pea crab Afropinnotheres monodi,which occurs within these bivalves'mantle cavities.The mixing model estimates suggest that all of them as-similate carbon from similar sources,particularly from pseudofaeces and particulate organic matter in this symbiotic system based on filter feeding.The symbiotic species occupy comparable trophic levels and its association seems to be commensal or parasitic depending on the duration of such association.The pea crab A.monodi reflects a sex-specific diet,where males are more generalist than the soft females because the latter's habitat is restricted to the host bivalve.The high isotopic overlap between soft females and M.galloprovincialis may reflect a good commensal relationship with the host.
bivalvescommensalkleptoparasitismparasitismstable isotopetrophic position
Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía(ICMAN-CSIC),Campus Universitario Rio San Pedro,Avda.República Saharaui,2,11519,Cádiz,Puerto Real,Spain
Unidad Asociada Crecimiento Azul CSIC-IFAPA,EI Puerto de Santa María Spain,Spain
Instituto de Investigación y Formación Agraria y Pesquera,IFAPA-Centro Agua del Pino,Ctra.EI Rompido-Punta Umbría,km 3.8,21459 EI Rompido,Huelva,Spain
CSIC under the Intramural Research program 2018Spanish"Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad(MINECO)Plan Nacional I+D"European FEDER funds through project AFROBIVMINECO also supported an FPI Postdoctoral con-tract for MPM
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