2014
DOI: 10.3354/meps10758
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Ontogeny of swimming behaviour in sardine Sardina pilchardus larvae and effect of larval nutritional condition on critical speed

Abstract: The ontogeny of swimming behaviour in sardine Sardina pilchardus larvae was studied, from hatching to 75 days post-hatch (dph), by measuring the critical swimming speed (U crit ) and observing locomotory behaviour. In addition, the effect of larval nutritional condition on U crit at the onset of their swimming abilities (20 to 25 dph) was evaluated by rearing larvae under 4 different feeding treatments. Diets consisted of different concentrations of dinoflagellates, rotifers and the copepod Acartia grani, and … Show more

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“…For typically at least one week after spawning in coastal waters the eggs and larvae of these fish and prawns are passive and advected by the water currents (Rothlisberg et al, 1995;Faria et al, 2011;Silva et al, 2014;Wolanski and Elliott, 2015). If there is a net longshore current, they are dispersed away from the coastal spawning areas (Figure 6a).…”
Section: Prawns and Estuarine Fish: Self-recruitment By Directional Smentioning
confidence: 97%
“…For typically at least one week after spawning in coastal waters the eggs and larvae of these fish and prawns are passive and advected by the water currents (Rothlisberg et al, 1995;Faria et al, 2011;Silva et al, 2014;Wolanski and Elliott, 2015). If there is a net longshore current, they are dispersed away from the coastal spawning areas (Figure 6a).…”
Section: Prawns and Estuarine Fish: Self-recruitment By Directional Smentioning
confidence: 97%
“…However, in sturgeons, manipulation of diet ration or nutritional content has been shown to affect growth, energetic status (Hung and Lutes 1987;Cui et al 1997;Hung et al 1997;Deng et al 2009;Han et al 2012;Haller et al 2015) and the cellular response to heat stress (Deng et al 2009;Han et al 2012;Wang et al 2013). Furthermore, diet composition and nutritional status have been shown to influence swimming capacity (Wagner et al 2004;Chatelier et al 2006;Wilson et al 2007;Gingerich et al 2010;Pettersson et al 2010;Killen et al 2014;Silva et al 2014), osmoregulation (Kirschner 1995;Tseng and Hwang 2008;Haller et al 2015), growth at high temperatures (Glencross and Rutherford 2010;Zhou et al 2013) and tolerance of high temperatures (Akhtar et al 2011;Kumar et al 2014;Patterson and Green 2014;Tejpal et al 2014) for a wide range of fish species.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The time spent swimming and the foraging behaviour of sardine larvae increased with age/size. The increase in the frequency of prey capture with age/size is a consequence of larger larvae swimming faster (Silva et al 2014) and being able to capture prey within a wider size range (Caldeira et al 2014). By being able to select larger prey, larger larvae maximize the net rate of energy gain, because, all other things being equal, larger prey yield more energy per unit effort.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…4, Table 4). The ontogenetic increase in the swimming ability of sardine larvae matches the timing of notochord flexion (Silva et al 2014), coinciding with the beginning of the caudal fin formation and development of the swim bladder (Santos et al 2007). This ontogenetic event also marks the time when foraging abilities (number of orientations and attacks on prey and percent success in capturing prey) sharply in creased, which was more abrupt for larvae reared at 17°C than for larvae reared at 15°C.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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