Field chronobiology of a molluscan bivalve: how the moon and sun cycles interact to drive oyster activity rhythms
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The present study reports new insights into the complexity of environmental drivers in aquatic animals. The focus of this study was to determine the main forces that drive mollusc bivalve behavior in situ. To answer this question, the authors continuously studied the valve movements of permanently immersed oysters, Crassostrea gigas, during a 1-year-long in situ study. Valve behavior was monitored with a specially build valvometer, which allows continuously recording of up to 16 bivalves at high frequency (10 Hz). The results highlight a strong relationship between the rhythms of valve behavior and the complex association of the sun-earth-moon orbital positions. Permanently immersed C. gigas follows a robust and strong behavior primarily driven by the tidal cycle. The intensity of this tidal driving force is modulated by the neap-spring tides (i.e., synodic moon cycle), which themselves depend of the earth-moon distance (i.e., anomalistic moon cycle). Light is a significant driver of the oysters' biological rhythm, although its power is limited by the tides, which remain the predominant driver. More globally, depending where in the world the bivalves reside, the results suggest their biological rhythms should vary according to the relative importance of the solar cycle and different lunar cycles associated with tide generation. These results highlight the high plasticity of these oysters to adapt to their changing environment.
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Potential effects of the anomalistic cycle on biological rhythmicity approximating the synodic month have been shown in Crassostrea gigas, both at the behavioral and reproductive levels.
“However, it is interesting to report that potential effects of the anomalistic cycle on biological rhythmicity approximating the synodic month have been shown in Crassostrea gigas, both at the behavioral and reproductive levels [6,9].”
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- Authors
- Tran, D., Nadau, A., Durrieu, G., Ciret, P., Parisot, J.-P., & Massabuau, J.-C.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Université de Bretagne Sud (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Tran, Damien
- Venue
- Chronobiology International
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2011-05
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 307-317
- ISSN
- 0742-0528 (ISSN-L)
- 1525-6073
- OpenAlex
- W1996070793
- Cited by
- 115
- References
- 49
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- FWCI
- 2.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Chronobiology International (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Keywords
- Crassostrea gigas, valve movement, tidal rhythms, lunar cycle, solar cycle, biological rhythms, bivalve behavior, behavioral plasticity
- MeSH terms
- Activity Cycles, Animals, Chronobiology Phenomena, Circadian Rhythm, Models, Biological, Periodicity, Moon, Solar System, Ecosystem, Crassostrea
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