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Effects of chemical stress and food limitation on the energy reserves and growth of turbot, Scophthalmus maximus

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The objective of the present study is to examine the growth and energetic performance of juvenile turbot after exposure to contaminated sediment and during the subsequent recovery period with or without food limitation. We designed a two-step experiment by first exposing juvenile turbot to harbour sediment for 26 days and then transferring them to clean sea water with different frequencies of feeding for 35 days. Without food limitation, fish previously exposed to contaminated sediment compensated for weight, length and lipid reserve losses; we did not record any differences in size, Fulton’s K condition index and triacylglycerol/sterol (TAG/ST) ratio after the 35-day depuration period compared to the reference fish. This result could be related to the compensatory growth mechanism observed in a wide range of fish species following a period of growth depression. With food limitation during the 35-day depuration period, recovery growth was not sufficient to restore length and weight values similar to the reference fish. Moreover, turbot previously exposed to contaminated sediment and subsequently fed twice or once a week exhibited extremely low TAG/ST ratios, but the reference fish submitted to the same restrictive feeding conditions did not. This study indicates that juvenile fish affected by chemical pollution can improve their biological performance if pollution events are followed by a period of abundant food. However, if pollution events occur during periods of food scarcity, e.g. in winter, storage of energy reserves will be compromised.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the post Grenelle programme 190, DEVIL, of the French Ministry for Ecology and the Franco-British INTERREG IVA European project, DIESE. We thank A. Benazza, V. Cornille, L. Courcot, A. Delegrange, J. Denis, M. Lareal and C. Mahfouz for their help during experimental assays. Thanks to Annie Buchwalter for revision of the English grammar and syntax (http://anniebuchwalter.byethost16.com/).

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  1. University of Lille Nord de France, Lille, France

    E. Kerambrun, F. Henry, K. Rabhi & R. Amara

  2. ULCO, LOG, 62930, Wimereux, France

    E. Kerambrun, F. Henry, K. Rabhi & R. Amara

  3. CNRS, UMR 8187, 62930, Wimereux, France

    E. Kerambrun, F. Henry, K. Rabhi & R. Amara

  4. UMR I_02 INERIS-URCA-ULH SEBIO, 51100, Reims, France

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Kerambrun, E., Henry, F., Rabhi, K. et al. Effects of chemical stress and food limitation on the energy reserves and growth of turbot, Scophthalmus maximus . Environ Sci Pollut Res 21, 13488–13495 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-014-3281-1

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