Otolith microstructure analysis reveals differentiated growth histories in sympatric black hakes ( M e rluccius polli and Merluccius senegalensis )

Rey, J.; Fernández-Peralta, L.; García, A.; Nava, Enrique; Clemente, M. Carmen; Gamallo, Pablo; Villar, Elisa Isabel; Piñeiro, C.

doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2016.03.020

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“…Otoliths are amenable structures to study the extent of phenotypic plasticity since they allow for estimation of age and growth of individual fish (Campana and Thorrold, 2001). Pannella (1971) initially hypothesized that otolith growth occurs by daily increments which was later confirmed for a variety of species (Brothers et al, 1976;Rey et al, 2016;Gibb et al, 2020). The formation of daily increments was also validated for several life stages from larvae to adults (Panfili and Tomas, 2001;Cermeño et al, 2003).…”

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Comparison of Otolith Microstructure of Herring Larvae and Sibling Adults Reared Under Identical Early Life Conditions

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Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) is a euryhaline species, occupying fully marine habitats (35 psu) in the North Atlantic, as well as brackish waters (<20 psu) such as in the adjacent Baltic Sea. We co-reared Atlantic purebreds and Atlantic/Baltic F1 hybrids in two salinity regimes (16 and 35 psu) in a common garden experiment for 3 years until their first maturity. This setup enabled for the first time a direct comparison between adults and their larval siblings at respective salinity regimes in terms of larval growth indicated by otolith microstructure. We validated that otolith microstructure analysis of adult otoliths is reflecting the experienced otolith growth during the larval stage. No major selection in terms of otolith growth had taken place during the juvenile stage, except for one experimental group. Surviving adult Atlantic purebreds reared at 16 psu had higher otolith growth compared to their larval stages. The validation that otolith microstructure analyses of adult herring can reliably be extracted and used to examine larval growth even after several years adds strong support for further use of such analyses. Among the parental generation, Baltic herring had a faster initial otolith growth than Atlantic herring. The growth of their laboratory-reared F1 progeny was intermediate compared to their parents. In general, larval growth of both Atlantic purebreds and Atlantic/Baltic hybrids reared in 16 psu was significantly larger than for those herring reared at 35 psu. There was no significant difference in larval growth between Atlantic purebreds and Atlantic/Baltic hybrids reared at 35 psu, but hybrid larval growth was significantly higher compared to larval growth of Atlantic purebreds at 16 psu. This was not reflected at the adult stage where purebreds were ultimately larger than hybrids (Berg et al., 2018). This indicates the influence and importance of environmental and genetic factors throughout the life of Atlantic herring, along with genetic contributions to phenotypic variability.

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