Review Article: The importance of Shell-attached algae in B. chinensis (ARYA)

We know that algae are very important in paddy field ecosystem as food resources and habitat for some aquatic creature. The interesting of algae are they can growth in the shell of B. chinensis shell. So, what is the function of it? Fujibayashi et al. (2016) determined the function of it as a food resource for other individual. The Isotope analysis showed the snail consumed the algae which growth in other individual shell.  This is very interesting to study more as in my hypothesis not just B. chinensis consume these algae but other species also such as S. libertina, P. acuta or other insects. Our lab also studies about the important of algae and B. chinensis in the paddy field ecosystem and this time my study is the interaction among freshwater snail. I hope this study going well!



Journal resource:

Fujibayashi, Megumu & Sakamaki, Takashi & Shin, Wooseok & Nishimura, Osamu. (2016). Food Utilization of Shell-Attached Algae Contributes to the Growth of Host Mud Snail, Bellamya chinensis: Evidence from Fatty Acid Biomarkers and Carbon Stable Isotope Analysis. Limnologica - Ecology and Management of Inland Waters. 57. 10.1016/j.limno.2015.11.006. 


水田の生態系における水生生物の食料資源や生息地として、藻類が非常に重要であることを私たちは知っています。 藻類の興味深い点は、Bellamya chinensisの殻の中で成長できることです。 それで、それは何をしているのですか？ Fujibayashi et al（2016）によると、それは他の個人の食料資源として機能することが決定されています。 同位体分析は、カタツムリが他の個々の殻で成長している藻類を消費したことを示しました。 私の仮説では、Bellamya chinensisはこれらの藻類だけでなく、Semisulcospira libertina、Physa acuta、その他の昆虫などの他の種も消費するため、これをさらに研究することは非常に興味深いことです。 私たちの研究室では、水田の生態系における藻類とB.chinensisの重要性についても研究しています。 この研究は、淡水カタツムリ間の相互作用です。 この研究がうまくいくことを願っています！

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