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Reproduction Nutrition Development, 1984

The aim of the present paper was to outline the major achievements in larval fish rearing and, wh... more The aim of the present paper was to outline the major achievements in larval fish rearing and, when possible, to speculate on further useful research. The effect of the parents' nutritional history is mentioned as affecting larval vitality. Several environmental factors which may influence larval behaviour in enclosures are discussed. Of particular interest are the aspects of larval fish digestive tract morphology and physiology but, up to now, information in this field is fragmentary. From information presented in this review, the processes of digestion, absorption and assimilation appear to differ considerably according to life stage-larval, juvenile or adult. Data on the biochemical composition of zooplankton, the natural food of fish larvae, is of interest because of its use in commercial rearing procedures when dry compound diets are not available. Furthermore, zooplankton can be used as a model for the formulation of an « artificial » feed. A great deal still remains to be learned about the chemical composition of zooplankton, its enzyme characteristics and its interaction with the fish digestive apparatus after the live organisms are ingested. Finally, the more or less successful results of rearing larval fish on compound diets are discussed. Diets based on single-cell protein (SCP) have proven to be the best in several trials since they support fish growth and survival as well as zooplankton does. Each section of the present review includes suggestions for further research.

Biology of Reproduction, May 1, 1995

Ascorbic acid is an essential nutrient in rainbow trout diets and has been shown to play an impor... more Ascorbic acid is an essential nutrient in rainbow trout diets and has been shown to play an important role in fish reproduction. Recommended dietary levels are based on immature fish, and the specific requirements for brood stock are unknown. To establish the optimum dietary level for mature rainbow trout, six graded levels of ascorbyl-2-monophosphate were fed to groups of female fish over a period of 10 mo until spawning. Increasing dietary levels of ascorbyl monophosphate resulted in significantly increased ascorbic acid concentrations in liver, kidney, ovaries, and ovulated eggs. Liver and egg concentrations were saturable at 109.3 and 266.6 gIg ascorbic acid/g tissue, respectively. Tissue saturation levels of 83.7% and 91.2%, respectively, were reached at the highest dietary level (870 mg ascorbyl monophosphate/kg diet) tested. Both fecundity and embryo survival increased significantly with dietary ascorbyl monophosphate levels. The results indicated that the present National Research Council recommended dietary level of 50 mg ascorbic acid/kg diet for rainbow trout is inadequate for brood stock fish. An amount 8 times higher is necessary to optimize tissue ascorbic acid levels and achieve maximum reproductive success.

Environmental biotechnology, 2007

Gynogenetic northern pike (Esox lucius L.) were produced using UV irradiated sperm and heat shock... more Gynogenetic northern pike (Esox lucius L.) were produced using UV irradiated sperm and heat shock applied to inseminated eggs shortly after gamete activation. Milt was diluted in immobilizing solution (1:9) and UV irradiated (6.4 W·m-2) for 2-20 min, with dosage in the range of 768-7680 J·m-2. Genetic inactivation of spermatozoa was most efficient when milt was irradiated for 8 min (3072 J·m-2). Insemination of eggs with irradiated milt yielded 100% haploid larvae with hatching rate at 72.1±0.8% (mean±SD), expressed as a percentage of inseminated eggs. Haploid embryo developed and most of them hatched (showing ”haploid syndrome”) but all haploid larvae died within 48 hours after hatching. After insemination with irradiated sperm the eggs were exposed to a thermal shock of 34°C or 34.5°C, lasting 3 or 5 min, applied 11-16 min after gamete activation. The efficiency of heat shock and survival in experimental groups significantly depended on the source (individual female effect) and qu...

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019

Hypoxia, triggered in large part by eutrophication, exerts widespread and expanding stress on coa... more Hypoxia, triggered in large part by eutrophication, exerts widespread and expanding stress on coastal ecosystems. Hypoxia is often specifically defined as water having dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations < 2 mg L −1. However, DO concentration alone is insufficient to categorize hypoxic stress or predict impacts of hypoxia on zooplankton and fish. Hypoxic stress depends on the oxygen supply relative to metabolic demand. Water temperature controls both oxygen solubility and the metabolic demand of aquatic ectotherms. Accordingly, to assess impacts of hypoxia requires consideration of effects of temperature on both oxygen availability and animal metabolism. Temperature differences across ecosystems or across seasons or years within an ecosystem can dramatically impact the severity of hypoxia even at similar DO concentrations. Living under sub-optimum DO can reduce temperature-dependent metabolic efficiencies, prey capture efficiency, growth and reproductive potential, thus impacting production and individual zooplankton and fish fitness. Avoidance of hypoxic bottom water can reduce or eliminate low-temperature thermal refuges for organisms and increase energy demands and respiration rates, and potentially reduce overall fitness if alternative habitats are sub-optimal. Moreover, differential habitat shifts among species can shift predator-prey abundance ratios or interactions and thus modify food webs. For example, more tolerant zooplankton prey may use hypoxic waters as a refuge from fish predation. In contrast, zooplankton avoidance of hypoxic bottom waters can result in prey aggregations at oxyclines sought out by fish predators. Hypoxic conditions that affect spatial ecology can drive taxonomic and size shifts in the zooplankton community, affecting foraging, consumption and growth of fish. Advances in understanding the ecological effects of low DO waters on pelagic zooplankton and fish and comparisons among ecosystems will require development of generic models that estimate the oxygen demand of organisms in relation to oxygen supply which depends on both DO and temperature. We provide preliminary analysis of a metric (Oxygen Stress Level) which integrates oxygen demand in relation to oxygen availability for a coastal copepod and compare the prediction of oxygen stress to actual copepod distributions in areas with hypoxic bottom waters.

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2017

Otolith microchemistry is a commonly used tool for stock discrimination in fisheries management. ... more Otolith microchemistry is a commonly used tool for stock discrimination in fisheries management. Two key questions remain with respect to its effectiveness in discriminating among river-spawning populations. First, do larvae remain in their natal river long enough for their otoliths to pick up that system’s characteristic chemical signature? Second, are larval otolith microchemical differences between natal rivers sufficiently large to overcome spatiotemporal variation in water chemistry? We quantified how larval age, the ratio of ambient strontium to calcium concentrations (Sr:Ca), and water temperature influence otolith Sr in both lab-reared and wild-collected Lake Erie walleye (Sander vitreus). Otolith microchemistry shows promise as a spawning stock discrimination tool, given that otolith Sr in larval walleye (i) is more strongly influenced by ambient Sr:Ca than by temperature; (ii) reflects Sr:Ca levels in the natal environment, even in larvae as young as 2 days old; and (iii) ...

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 1995

Two-year old rainbow trout females were fed diets containing 0, 30, 110, 220, 440 and 870 mg kg-'... more Two-year old rainbow trout females were fed diets containing 0, 30, 110, 220, 440 and 870 mg kg-' ascorbyl-2-monophosphate Mg + salt (groups 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, respectively) from August until March. At the time of spawning (February-March) blood was sampled and the ovulating females were hand stripped. Estradiol (E 2) and testosterone (T) concentrations in plasma, and ascorbic acid (AA) concentrations in plasma and eggs were determined. The mean plasma concentrations of T were higher in group 4, 5, or 6 than in group 2 or 3 (p < 0.05). Moreover, the average plasma concentration of T in fish fed the diets with AA level below National Research Council (NRC) recommendations (groups 1, 2 and 3) was significantly lower (p < 0.01) than the average plasma concentration in fish fed diets with AA level above NRC recommendations (groups 4, 5, and 6). These data are consistent with the hypothesis that AA can influence production of steroids in female rainbow trout.

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021

This 10-week feeding experiment examined the effects of supplementing vitamin C (VC) and E (VE) i... more This 10-week feeding experiment examined the effects of supplementing vitamin C (VC) and E (VE) in oxidized oil diets on growth, fatty acid composition, blood physiological indicators, innate immunity, antioxidant capacity, and liver and intestine histology of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Four diets were produced including a fresh fish oil containing diet (FFO diet), an oxidized fish oil containing diet (OFO diet), and OFO diet supplemented with 500 mg kg–1 VC and 400 mg kg–1 VE (OFO+C500+E400 diet) or 1,000 mg kg–1 VC and 800 mg kg–1 VE (OFO+C1000+E800 diet). Four hundred and twenty fish averaging 46.9 ± 0.32 g were stocked into 12 tanks and fed the diets twice a day to visual satiety. The results showed no significant effect of OFO or vitamins supplementation on growth, feed intake and feed utilization (P > 0.05). The groups that received OFO and OFO+C1000+E800 diets had significantly (P < 0.05) lower hepatosomatic indices than the other groups. Muscle fatty acid com...

Reproduction Nutrition Development, 1986

Protein hydrolysis to peptides and free amino acids and the apparent absorption of amino acids (A... more Protein hydrolysis to peptides and free amino acids and the apparent absorption of amino acids (AAaa) were evaluated in different segments of carp intestine. The AAaa analysed using Cr z 0 3 as a marker indicated that 73.2 % of the amino acids were absorbed in the first 20 % of the intestinal tract and 5.3 and 21.5, respectively, in the following segments (20 % of gut length). Except for methionine and histidine, essential free amino acid concentration decreased significantly along the intestine. Of the nonessential amino acids, glutamate and aspartate concentrations increased in the hind gut. The absolute amount of the peptide amino acid fraction decreased towards the middle intestine but, expressed as a proportion of the total amino acid content, it changed little along the intestine : 49 and 54 % in the anterior and posterior intestine, respectively. The molar concentration of the peptide amino acid fraction was much higher in carp intestine (543.9 mM) than in rainbow trout (147.3 mM) or human (143.9 mM) intestine.

Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 1983

Institute of Ichthobiology and Fisheries Olsztyn Tetracycline (TC), when consumed along with zoo ... more Institute of Ichthobiology and Fisheries Olsztyn Tetracycline (TC), when consumed along with zoo plankton by the young-of-the-year whitefish, is deposited in the skeleton as calcium-tetracycline compounds, which-in the UV light-form yellow-gold fluorophores. The fluo rescent mark is particularly distinct in vertebrae and otoliths, remaining in those skeletal elements for 24 months and presumably longer. An attempt to utilise artificial feed, based on frcezedried krill substituting live zooplankton used so far, as a TC carrier was made.

Biology of Reproduction, 2000

We evaluated five practical diets in which 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% (dietary treatments 1-5) o... more We evaluated five practical diets in which 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% (dietary treatments 1-5) of fish meal protein was replaced by solvent-extracted cottonseed meal protein. Adult rainbow trout (initial average weight 247 ؎ 8 g) were fed the diets over a period of 131 days during which a general 2fold body weight increase occurred. The total diet gossypol concentration (free and protein-bound) showed a gradual increase with increased cottonseed meal substitution. Blood samples were collected on Days 0, 64, 112, and 131 for hematological and steroid hormone determination in plasma of males and females. Hemoglobin content was significantly reduced in fish from treatment 5 (7.9 ؎ 0.3 g/dl) in comparison to treatments 1-3 (10.3-10.9 g/dl). After 112 and 131 days of feeding, testis weights, concentrations of testosterone, and 11-ketotestosterone were elevated in fish from dietary treatments 2 and 3 in comparison to control and diets 4 and 5. On Day 71, sperm were collected from 6 fish per dietary treatment to assess sperm quality. No significant differences in sperm concentrations (7.2-9.8 ؋ 10 9 /ml), motility (78-89%), and standardized (300 ؋ 10 5 sperm/egg) fertilizing ability (18.9-22.6% hatched embryos) were found. Total gossypol concentrations in blood plasma differed significantly among treatments, and the levels were among the highest ever recorded in animals fed cottonseed-supplemented diets (2.9 ؎ 0.2, 11.7 ؎ 4.1, 21.7 ؎ 1.4, and 29.9 ؎ 3.9 g/ml, for treatments 2-5, respectively). The major portion of gossypol in blood plasma was protein-bound (81-93%). This was in contrast to minute amounts of gossypol present in seminal plasma, mostly in free form (0.02-0.18 g/ml), which indicates the presence of a barrier between general circulation and the testis with respect to gossypol distribution in lower vertebrates. Thus, the reproductive parameters of male rainbow trout examined in this study were not significantly affected by feeding cottonseed meal for 131 days.

NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI, 1986

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Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 2010

Journal of Fish Biology

Interspecies hybrids have long been studied to further understanding of speciation. Reciprocal cr... more Interspecies hybrids have long been studied to further understanding of speciation. Reciprocal crosses sometimes have asymmetric viability - a phenomenon termed "Darwin's corollary to Haldane's rule". It has been proposed that this asymmetry is caused by Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibilities between nuclear genes and cytoplasmic factors (e.g. maternal transcripts, mitochondrial genome). The molecular basis of this hypothesis has received little empirical investigation, presumably due to the lack of an appropriate model system. We report a case of extreme asymmetry in viability between reciprocal hybrids of zebrafish Danio rerio and pearl danio D. albolineatus. Hybrids from D. rerio females x D. albolineatus males (n = 4 crosses) were viable, with 83.2 ± 9.6% surviving from fertilization to 5 days post-fertilization (dpf) and 80.1 ± 14.4% surviving from 5 to 21 dpf. Hybrids from D. albolineatus females x D. rerio males (n = 6 crosses) were inviable after embryonic development. These hybrids developed pericardial edema at 1 dpf and only 37.2 ± 18.0% survived from fertilization to 5 dpf. Of the 595 larvae alive at 5 dpf, only one juvenile with stunted growth survived to 21 dpf. We propose that given the resources available for the D. rerio model system and the strong asymmetry in viability between reciprocal crosses, these hybrids will allow investigation of the molecular basis for Darwin's corollary to Haldane's rule. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Plasma steroid concentrations in two and three year-old male yellow perch maintained under two di... more Plasma steroid concentrations in two and three year-old male yellow perch maintained under two different photothermal regimes were investigated. Initially, all fish kept indoors were exposed to the same water temperature (22°C) and photoperiod (15L:9D). By the end of August, following the first sampling, fish were exposed to different photothermal regimes. Groups A 2 (2 year old) and A 3 (3 year old) were maintained under photothermal conditions similar to those of southern Ohio. Groups B 2 (2 year old) and B 3 (3 year old) were exposed to a condensed light/temperature regime designed to accelerate maturation. Testosterone (T) was the major circulating androgen in all groups. In regime A fish, plasma concentrations of 11-ketotestosterone (11KT) and T were very low in August, increased in October and remained elevated until March. In regime B plasma androgens were high until February and then dropped abruptly in March. The elevated circulating levels of 11KT and T were associated with production of sperm. The highest sperm concentration in the groups A 3 and B 3 was observed in February and December, respectively. There were no major differences in profiles and levels of plasma steroids between two age categories within each photothermal regime. These data indicate that the compression of the photothermal cycle accelerated both the occurrence of the low postspawning levels of circulating steroids and the completion of milt production. Higher sperm concentration observed in B 3 group earlier in the season compared to A 3 group also support the notion that the condensed photothermal cycle accelerated gonadal maturation. It appears that modification of the environmental cues may be a useful tool for manipulation of reproductive processes in male yellow perch.

The Journal of Experimental Biology

Ribas et al. (2017) claim that the sex of zebrafish Danio rerio is influenced by stocking density... more Ribas et al. (2017) claim that the sex of zebrafish Danio rerio is influenced by stocking density. The authors describe a series of experiments in which four breeding pairs were reproduced, and the resulting larvae were stocked at four different densities and then raised to maturity. At the two higher densities, the percentage of males was significantly higher than 50%, and this was not the case at the two lower densities. Based on this evidence, it was suggested that higher stocking densities induce masculinization. However, offspring from each breeding pair were not represented in each density treatment (Fig. 1). Larvae from individual breeding pairs were split into two to 12 tanks, and tanks from breeding pairs were distributed unequally across treatments (Ribas et al., 2017, table 1). Liew et al. (2012) demonstrated that sex ratio in unselected zebrafish families can range from 5% to 97% male owing to genetic variation between individual broodstock, and therefore it is crucial that genetic variation be controlled in any study examining environmental effects on sex determination in zebrafish. This oversight has serious consequences for the interpretation of the authors' data. At the lowest two densities, breeding pair number one gave offspring groups with female-biased sex ratios, and breeding pair three gave male-biased offspring groups. Offspring from breeding pair one were not tested at the two higher densities, and only offspring from breeding pair three were tested at the highest density. Thus, sex ratio at the higher rearing densities was skewed towards being male-biased by genetic differences in the fish that were tested. If we examine sex ratios produced by individual

Biology letters, 2016

Haploid gynogenetic screens increase the efficiency of forward genetic screens and linkage analys... more Haploid gynogenetic screens increase the efficiency of forward genetic screens and linkage analysis in fish. Typically, UV-irradiated zebrafish sperm is used to activate zebrafish oocytes for haploid screens. We describe the use of UV-irradiated common carp sperm to activate haploid gynogenetic zebrafish development. Carp × zebrafish hybrids are shown to have a characteristic set of features during embryonic development and exhibit functional development of several tissues (muscle, heart and nervous system). Hybrids become inviable past the embryonic stages. This technique eliminates the possibility of incompletely irradiated zebrafish spermatozoa contaminating haploid progenies. While developing this protocol, one unique zebrafish female was identified which, upon insemination with UV-irradiated carp spermatozoa, repeatedly displayed spontaneous diploidization of the maternal chromosomes in her offspring.

Status and Perspectives, 2000

Development of Non-teleost Fishes, 2009