Reproductive Ecology of the Inland Silverside, Menidia beryllina, (Pisces: Atherinidae) from Blackwater Bay, Florida

Middaugh, Douglas P.; Hemmer, Michael J.

doi:10.2307/1446535

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“…Similar results in the duration and seasonality of the reproductive season have also been reported in other silversides in the northern hemisphere, e.g. Menidia beryllina (Middaugh and Hemmer, 1992), Atherinosoma microstoma (Molsher et al, 1994), Menidia peninsulae (Middaugh and Hemmer, 1987), and Mothocya epimerica (Bello et al, 1997).…”

Section: Reproductive Cyclesupporting

confidence: 82%

“…They comprise 165 species distributed in 25 genera that display relatively uniform morphology and life history strategies that were presumably developed to adapt to the environmental conditions where they live (Bamber and Henderson, 1988;Creech, 1991;Beheregaray and Levy, 2000). Overall, silversides are small, thin, elongated fish that live 1-4 years, with spawning seasons lasting between two and five months (Middaugh and Hemmer, 1992;Pajuelo and Lorenzo, 2000;Moresco and Bemvenuti, 2006). Most silversides studied to date appear to be multi-spawners with relatively large eggs (1.5-2.5 mm in diameter) and low fecundity (Neira et al, 1988;Molsher et al, 1994;Moreno et al, 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Female reproductive biology of the silverside Odontesthes regia

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Female reproductive biology of the silverside Odontesthes regia

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“…Both species are small schooling fish, native to Northeast US estuaries, feed at or near the base of marine food webs, and are critical trophic intermediaries transferring energy to higher trophic levels (i.e., commercially harvested species). Both species exist along a broad thermal range (e.g., ∼0-30 • C, Middaugh and Hemmer, 1992) and become reproductively active in temperate latitudes as water temperatures warm (e.g., ∼13 • C) in early-spring and continue to lay eggs into the summer (Middaugh and Hemmer, 1992;Able and Fahay, 1998), periods when warm and acidified conditions can become established within temperate, net heterotrophic estuaries (Melzner et al, 2013;Wallace et al, 2014;Baumann et al, 2015). Despite their abundance in Northeast US coastal systems, as well as the persistence of coastal acidification and other stressors (see above) within their geographical range, the current and future impacts of concurrent exposure to multiple marine stressors are unknown.…”

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Temperature, Acidification, and Food Supply Interact to Negatively Affect the Growth and Survival of the Forage Fish, Menidia beryllina (Inland Silverside), and Cyprinodon variegatus (Sheepshead Minnow)

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Climate change processes are warming, acidifying, and promoting a reduction of plankton biomass within World oceans. While the effects of these stressors on marine fish have been studied individually, their combined and interactive impacts remain unclear. Here we present experiments investigating the interactive effects of increased pCO 2, temperature, and food-limitation on the early life history traits of two species of marine schooling fish native to Northeast US estuaries, Menidia beryllina (inland silverside) and Cyprinodon variegatus (sheepshead minnow). While each stressor significantly altered hatching times, growth rates, and/or survival of fish, significant interactions between stressors resulted in impacts that could not have been predicted based upon exposures to individual stressors. Fish that were unaffected by high pCO 2 when reared at ideal temperatures experienced significant declines in survivorship when exposed to elevated pCO 2 at temperatures above or below their thermal optimum. Similarly, fish provided with less food were more vulnerable to elevated pCO 2 than fish provided with adequate nutrition. These findings highlight the significance of incorporating multiple stressors in studies investigating the impacts of climate change stressors on marine life. Collectively, these results suggest that climate change stressors may interact to synergistically suppress the productivity of fisheries in coastal ecosystems and that these effects may intensify as climate changes continue.

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“…While we found that males caught from the urban site were significantly longer than males caught from the ranch site, examination of otoliths revealed that the growth rate of urban males was significantly slower than ranch males. Urban males were also significantly larger than urban females, which is surprising considering that in Menidia populations female fecundity is strongly correlated with increasing SL and weight [33]. This is another indication, along with significantly reduced male GSI and a significantly higher incidence of severe testicular necrosis, that overall fecundity may be lower at the urban/municipal wastewater outfall site.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…Fish were collected monthly from the urban and ranch beaches from March through October of 2009 and 2010, as previously described [33]. All research was done in accordance with the University of California, Davis Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), under approved protocol #13353.…”

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From ‘Omics to Otoliths: Responses of an Estuarine Fish to Endocrine Disrupting Compounds across Biological Scales

Brander

Connon

et al. 2013

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Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) cause physiological abnormalities and population decline in fishes. However, few studies have linked environmental EDC exposures with responses at multiple tiers of the biological hierarchy, including population-level effects. To this end, we undertook a four-tiered investigation in the impacted San Francisco Bay estuary with the Mississippi silverside (Menidia audens), a small pelagic fish. This approach demonstrated links between different EDC sources and fish responses at different levels of biological organization. First we determined that water from a study site primarily impacted by ranch run-off had only estrogenic activity in vitro, while water sampled from a site receiving a combination of urban, limited ranch run-off, and treated wastewater effluent had both estrogenic and androgenic activity. Secondly, at the molecular level we found that fish had higher mRNA levels for estrogen-responsive genes at the site where only estrogenic activity was detected but relatively lower expression levels where both estrogenic and androgenic EDCs were detected. Thirdly, at the organism level, males at the site exposed to both estrogens and androgens had significantly lower mean gonadal somatic indices, significantly higher incidence of severe testicular necrosis and altered somatic growth relative to the site where only estrogens were detected. Finally, at the population level, the sex ratio was significantly skewed towards males at the site with measured androgenic and estrogenic activity. Our results suggest that mixtures of androgenic and estrogenic EDCs have antagonistic and potentially additive effects depending on the biological scale being assessed, and that mixtures containing androgens and estrogens may produce unexpected effects. In summary, evaluating EDC response at multiple tiers is necessary to determine the source of disruption (lowest scale, i.e. cell line) and what the ecological impact will be (largest scale, i.e. sex ratio).

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Reproductive Ecology of the Inland Silverside, Menidia beryllina, (Pisces: Atherinidae) from Blackwater Bay, Florida

Cited by 35 publications

References 11 publications

Female reproductive biology of the silverside Odontesthes regia

Female reproductive biology of the silverside Odontesthes regia

Temperature, Acidification, and Food Supply Interact to Negatively Affect the Growth and Survival of the Forage Fish, Menidia beryllina (Inland Silverside), and Cyprinodon variegatus (Sheepshead Minnow)

From ‘Omics to Otoliths: Responses of an Estuarine Fish to Endocrine Disrupting Compounds across Biological Scales

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