长江安庆江段存在溯河洄游型和淡水定居型刀鲚实证研究

为了探究长江十年禁渔后安庆江段刀鲚的生境履历,利用X射线电子探针微区分析技术研究安庆江段不同类型长颌刀鲚(Coilia nasus)和短颌刀鲚的耳石Sr和Ca微化学特征。结果显示,根据耳石Sr/Ca值的变化值将安庆江段的短颌刀鲚分为2类,一类是其比值为一直小于3.0的低值,表明其纯淡水的生境履历;另一类是其比值不仅有小于3.0的低值区,还有大于3.0的高值区(小于7.0),表明其不仅有淡水的生境履历,还有高盐度的河口半咸水生境履历。长颌刀鲚的耳石Sr/Ca值均具有小于3.0的低值区和大于3.0 (甚至大于7.0)高值区的显著波动,表现为典型的淡水、河口半咸水及海水的溯河洄游型生境履历,Sr含量面分析图谱也可印证上述结果。本研究表明,长江安庆江段刀鲚群体组成较为复杂,同时存在溯河洄游型、淡水定居型短颌刀鲚和溯河洄游型长颌刀鲚3种生态表型个体。     

基于耳石微化学分析的福建水域刀鲚生境履历研究

利用X射线电子探针微区分析技术(electron probe micro-analysis, EPMA),首次对福建(福州、宁德)沿岸海域采集到的3尾刀鲚(Coilia nasus)进行矢耳石的锶(Sr)和钙(Ca)微化学特征分析,重建其生活史。结果显示,这3尾刀鲚耳石核心区的Sr/Ca值均小于3,且耳石面分析显示核心区均为蓝色,表明它们都属于淡水产卵和淡水孵化;其中,福州海域的1尾刀鲚早期生活史对淡水依赖时间较长,而宁德海域的2尾刀鲚对淡水依赖时间较短。根据耳石从核心到边缘的Sr/Ca值变化线分析及过核心截面Sr含量面分析可以确定,3尾刀鲚均为典型的溯河洄游生态类型;其中,福州海域1尾刀鲚呈现淡水–半咸水型的生境履历,而宁德海域2尾刀鲚呈现淡水–半咸水–海水型的生境履历。本研究首次利用耳石微化学分析技术揭示了福建水域刀鲚生活史和生境履历存在多样性,也证实了宁德三沙湾外海域和闽江口外沿岸海域尚存溯河洄游型刀鲚。本研究为进一步开展福建沿岸水域刀鲚的关键栖息地研究及其资源管理和保护提供了宝贵的基础信息。     

长江南京江段长颌鲚生境履历的反演

利用电子探针显微分析技术(EPMA),对2009年和2014年采自长江南京段的长颌鲚耳石微化学进行了研究,反演了其生境履历。结果显示,这些长颌鲚耳石上元素Sr/Ca值的动态可分为两类。一类Sr/Ca值出现显著波动,不仅具有对应淡水生境的低值(1.87±0.36),而且有对应于河口半咸水生境的较高值(4.80±0.80),甚至出现了外海高盐度生境的高值(7.85±0.57),反映了溯河洄游的生境履历特征。另一类Sr/Ca值稳定3.0以下(14NJC09和14NJCE10),仅反映出在淡水生境中生活的履历。上述结果均得到了耳石Sr面分布的验证。上述"反演"的结果首次发现,传统上认为的一定是溯河洄游的长颌鲚,也可能存在有淡水定居个体。单纯利用上颌骨的长短并不能作为有效判别长江刀鲚资源群体中溯河洄游个体和淡水定居个体的标准。     

长江南京江段长颌鲚生境履历的反演研究

利用电子探针显微分析技术(EPMA),对2009年和2014年采自长江南京段的长颌鲚耳石微化学进行了研究,反演了其生境履历.结果显示,这些长颌鲚耳石上元素Sr/Ca值的动态可分为两类.一类Sr/Ca值出现显著波动,不仅具有对应淡水生境的低值(1.87±0.36),而且有对应于河口半咸水生境的较高值(4.80±0.80),甚至出现了外海高盐度生境的高值(7.85±0.57),反映了溯河洄游的生境履历特征.另一类Sr/Ca值稳定3.0以下(14NJC09和14NJCE10),仅反映出在淡水生境中生活的履历.上述结果均得到了耳石Sr面分布的验证.上述“反演”的结果首次发现,传统上认为的一定是溯河洄游的长颌鲚,也可能存在有淡水定居个体.单纯利用上颌骨的长短并不能作为有效判别长江刀鲚资源群体中溯河洄游个体和淡水定居个体的标准.     

基于耳石微化学分析的丹东鸭绿江刀鲚不同生态表型生境履历的研究

为了解东北地区刀鲚(Coilia nasus)的生活史履历特征,2020年7月对丹东鸭绿江水域刀鲚进行调查,获得传统长颌鲚10尾、短颌鲚3尾,并首次采集到“杂颌鲚”6尾。通过电子探针微区分析技术对不同刀鲚进行了研究。耳石Sr和Ca定量线分析及Sr面分布图谱分析结果显示,长颌鲚既有具江海洄游生境履历的生态表型,亦有仅具淡水定居生境履历的生态表型;而短颌鲚及“杂颌鲚”个体则全为河口孵化起源、具江海洄游生境履历的生态表型。结果表明,丹东鸭绿江刀鲚类型的组成非常复杂,生境履历极富多样性,显示其可能是一个独特资源地理种群。     

湖南湘江重现溯河洄游型刀鲚

随着十年禁捕政策的实施,长江刀鲚资源恢复效果已日益凸显,一些传统栖息地被发现重新有了刀鲚的分布。湖南湘江水域曾是洞庭湖水系内刀鲚的主要分布水域之一,但洄游型刀鲚长期被认为在该水域已绝迹。近期笔者对2023年6月13日采集自湖南湘江湘阴段的1尾刀鲚标本进行耳石微化学特征研究,以验证其所属的生态类型。结果发现,该个体耳石锶钙比生境特征可分为5个阶段,其中既有对应于淡水生境的SI(1.37±0.60)、SIII(2.80±0.16)和SV(2.47±0.62)阶段,也有对应于河口半咸水的SII(5.50±1.10)、SIV (4.52±0.94)阶段。此外SII阶段有部分锶钙比高于7,说明该个体还进入过海水栖息。锶含量面分布分析结果显示,自核心至边缘亦依次呈现蓝色、黄绿色、蓝色、黄绿色以及蓝色的不同盐度生境变化的“分色图谱”特征。上述结果确证了所研究个体为典型的溯河洄游型刀鲚。这也首次客观证实了十年禁捕政策实施后,洄游型刀鲚不仅能够重新自海区经长江进洞庭湖,而且更能自湖上溯至湘江水域。为保护洞庭湖内及各支流洄游型刀鲚资源,同时也为持久守护长江十年禁捕的成效,亟需开展洞庭湖及各支流内洄游性刀鲚...     

日本有明海及周边水域刀鲚耳石微化学研究

刀鲚在日本仅分布于有明海及与之相通的一些河流中,为重要的渔业资源,现已被列入了"危急种"名录。为探明相关水域该资源种的生活史履历及生境需求特征,本研究利用鱼类耳石微化学分析技术,对采自有明海海区及六角川、筑后川河口水域的刀鲚进行了耳石锶(Sr)和钙(Ca)的微化学研究。耳石由核心到边缘Sr、Ca定量线及Sr面分布分色图谱分析结果发现,3种水域刀鲚个体总体上可分为淡水产卵场起源(即溯河洄游)和非淡水产卵场起源(即海生刀鲚)2种生态类型,其中前者刀鲚中还进一步包含有3种不同淡水、海水间生境履历模式,反映出3种水域分布刀鲚生活史和生境需求的多样性及对不同盐度生境较好的适应性。此外,微化学结果还显示,研究涉及的17尾刀鲚中,有30%是在河口半咸水生境孵化起源。这在一定程度上提示,相关水域除传统淡水起源的资源补充量外,河口域半咸水起源的补充量同样不能忽视。     

刀鲚胸鳍条和耳石微化学“指纹”相似性研究

耳石微化学被广泛应用于鱼类洄游生态学研究,但耳石的摘取难免会造成鱼的死亡和损伤,故寻找可以快捷、非致死地替代耳石进行微化学分析的材料很有意义。为此,本研究比较了刀鲚(Coilia nasus)胸鳍条和耳石微化学的相似性特征。耳石的锶钙比值(Sr/Ca)和Sr含量图谱分型结果分别很好地对应了所研究的洄游型、淡水定居型和陆封型的典型个体。胸鳍条微化学结果显示,湖鲚和短颌鲚2类个体呈现出稳定的低Sr/Ca值?(1.38±0.52)~(2.04±0.74)和(1.40±0.32)~(1.81±0.66)?与刀鲚胸鳍条生活史第一阶段的特征相吻合?(2.06±0.64)~(2.26±0.29)?,这些均反映了淡水生境“指纹”的特征。刀鲚胸鳍条Sr含量图谱和耳石相似,自核心至边缘可分为明显的3个阶段,分别对应于面分布图上自核心至边缘的蓝色、绿色、蓝色之间微化学“指纹”的变化。由此可见,刀鲚胸鳍条可以作为耳石的非致死、低损伤的代替材料,用于刀鲚洄游习性、生境履历等研究。同时,由于胸鳍条具有取样和前处理的优势,在其他鱼类资源或标志放流评价研究时,可以考虑以胸鳍条代替耳石来开展研究。     

长江短颌鲚耳石Sr/Ca值变化特征及其江海洄游履历

为确证长江刀鲚生殖洄游季节的短颌刀鲚是否为江海洄游个体,采用X射线电子探针微区分析技术(EPMA)研究了2013年4月27日采自长江靖江段的1尾短颌鲚(XGC-A)和1尾长颌鲚(XGC-B)矢耳石的锶(Sr)和钙(Ca)的微化学特征,同时将实验结果与确认是江海洄游型长江刀鲚矢耳石的Sr和Ca的微化学特征进行了比对分析。定量线分析结果显示,短颌鲚和长颌鲚个体的Sr/Ca值均波动显著,不仅具有对应淡水生活的低值(1.59±0.80、1.55±0.74),而且出现了对应于海水生活的高值(4.38±1.33、3.56±0.94),显示出其溯河洄游的履历;耳石元素面分布分析结果同时验证了短颌鲚和长颌鲚均参与江海洄游的事实。研究表明,目前长江中存在参与江海洄游的短颌鲚个体。     

信江发现溯河洄游型刀鲚的实证研究

利用电子探针微区分析技术,对2014年8月1日采自江西省余干县瑞洪镇信江(鄱阳湖水系五大河流之一)江段的刀鲚(Coilia nasus)的矢耳石进行了锶和钙的微化学分析研究。元素定量线分析表明,样品的锶钙比值(Sr/Ca×103)波动显著,不仅具有对应淡水生活的低值(Sr/Ca×1033),而且出现了对应于海水生活的高值(3Sr/Ca×1037),显示出其典型的溯河洄游特征。耳石Sr含量的面分析结果与之相同,均具有对应淡水生活的低值(蓝色)区域和海水生活的高值(绿色)区域。这两种耳石微化学类型首次直观地证实,目前距长江河口约1000 km的信江中存在洄游型刀鲚。     

Colonisation tactics of three temperate catadromous species,eel Anguilla anguilla,mullet Liza ramada and flounder Plathychtys flesus,revealed by Bayesian multielemental otolith microchemistry approach

Daverat F, Martin J, Fablet R, Pécheyran C. Colonisation tactics of three temperate catadromous species, eel Anguilla anguilla, mullet Liza ramada and flounder Plathychtys flesus, revealed by Bayesian multielemental otolith microchemistry approach.
Ecology of Freshwater Fish 2011: 20: 42–51. © 2010 John Wiley & Sons A/S Abstract – The colonisation of Gironde (SW France) river catchment by juvenile, eel, Anguilla anguilla, flounder Platychtys flesus and thinlipp mullet Liza ramada was investigated comparatively using Sr:Ca and Ba:Ca composition of otolith. The relation between Sr, Ba and habitat was investigated based on Sr and Ba water composition sampled each month along the estuary‐river gradient. A total of 50 mullets, 30 eels and 47 flounders were collected in the Gironde river catchment. Analysis was performed with a Femtosecond LA‐ICPMS along a trajectory from the core to the edge. Sr and Ba water concentrations discriminated three habitats within the Gironde system, the lower estuary, the upper estuary and the freshwater sites. A signal processing method based on Gaussian hidden Markov models was applied to the multielemental life‐history data. The linear model used to allocate a Gironde habitat to coupled Sr, Ca values was parameterised with seasonal patterns and magnitude of Sr and Ba water values in the different habitats. The results showed that the three species used three different habitats and they had a large diversity of habitat use patterns with resident and nomadic tactics. Resident tactics were less frequent than nomadic tactics that suggested individual fish used two or more habitats. Mullet used a wider range of habitats in the lower part of the estuary than eel and flounder and switched habitats more frequently. Flounders tended to colonise initially freshwater, and then estuarine habitats later in life while mullets used the entire range of available catchment habitats throughout their life.     

Coexistence of anadromous and lacustrine life histories of the shirauo, Salangichthys microdon

The environmental history of the shirauo, Salangichthys microdon, was examined in terms of strontium (Sr) and calcium (Ca) uptake in the otolith, by means of wavelength dispersive X‐ray spectrometry on an electron microprobe. Anadromous and lacustrine type of the shirauo were found to occur sympatric. Otolith Sr concentration or Sr : Ca ratios of anadromous shirauo fluctuated strongly along the life‐history transect in accordance with the migration (habitat) pattern from sea to freshwater. In contrast, the Sr concentration or the Sr : Ca ratios of lacustrine shirauo remained at consistently low levels throughout the otolith. The higher ratios in anadromous shirauo, in the otolith region from the core to 90–230 μm, corresponded to the initial sea‐going period, probably reflecting the ambient salinity or the seawater–freshwater gradient in Sr concentration. The findings clearly indicated that otolith Sr : Ca ratios reflected individual life histories, enabling these anadromous shirauo to be distinguished from lacustrine shirauo.     

An additional life-history tactic of masu salmon: Migration of parr to coastal habitats

Alternative life-history tactics of masu salmon Oncorhynchus masou are well documented. Subsequent to the freshwater parr stage (age ≥ 1 + years), an anadromous form migrates to the sea after smolting, while a resident form matures without seaward migration. In addition to this typical migratory dimorphism, anecdotal reports based on field observations have indicated that some underyearling masu salmon use estuarine waters. However, no empirical evidence indicates saltwater utilisation and subsequent survival in the early parr stage. Here, we used otolith microchemistry to examine whether a portion of masu salmon parr in northern Japan enters coastal habitats. The otolith Sr:Ca ratios of most juveniles collected from six rivers had consistently low values, indicating that masu salmon parr inhabiting these rivers stay only in freshwater. In contrast, in individuals from a steep-gradient river the Sr:Ca ratios increased at about a 200-µm distance from the otolith core. These results suggest that some masu salmon parr might use brackish water or sea water temporarily. In addition, three masu salmon parr were found in another steep river where a culvert located only ten metres from the river mouth completely blocked upstream migration for spawning. The Sr:Ca ratios in these fish increased at about >200 µm from the otolith core, indicating the parr had immigrated to the non-natal river from the sea. Such flexible behaviour at an early life stage may contribute to the spatial expansion of masu salmon, and the movement could moreover help to stabilise its population dynamics.     

Comparison of habitat use during early life stage between ayu Plecoglossus altivelis and ice goby Leucopsarion petersi along the sanriku coast of Japan, as determined from otolith microchemistry

ABSTRACT:   The habitat use and migration of ayu Plecoglossus altivelis was compared to that of ice goby Leucopsarion petersi using otolith microchemistry analysis. Both species were collected along the Sanriku Coast. Otolith Sr : Ca ratios of ayu fluctuated strongly along the life history transect in accordance with the migration (habitat) pattern from fresh water to sea water. The Sr : Ca ratios of the center region averaged 3.2 × 10⁻³; thereafter, the ratios increased sharply, averaging 9.2 × 10⁻³, and were maintained at the higher levels until the outermost regions. By contrast, the Sr : Ca ratios of ice goby showed consistently high values along the life history transect of the otolith, ranging 9.0 × 10⁻³ in the center to 9.2 × 10⁻³ in regions outside the center, with further increases around the otolith edge. These findings indicate that ayu shows a typical amphidromous migratory pattern, while ice goby does not show the anadromous migratory pattern previously reported. The use of a freshwater environment during the early developmental stage in ice goby along the Sanriku Coast was less prominent than that of ayu in the same region.     

Migration of anadromous white-spotted charr <Emphasis Type="Italic">Salvelinus leucomaenis</Emphasis>, as determined by otolith strontium: calcium ratios

ABSTRACT:   The migratory history of anadromous white-spotted charr Salvelinus leucomaenis collected from Japanese coastal waters, was examined in terms of strontium (Sr) and calcium (Ca) uptake in the otolith, by means of wavelength dispersive X-ray spectrometry using an electron microprobe. Otolith Sr concentration or Sr : Ca ratios of anadromous S. leucomaenis , fluctuated strongly along the life history transect in accordance with the migration (habitat) pattern from sea to fresh water. The anadrmous S. leucomaenis showed phase L (low Sr : Ca ratio) from the core to the point 1000–2500 µm distant, averaging 1.3 × 10⁻³ to 2.7 × 10⁻³ and thereafter, the ratios increased sharply, being higher than 5.0 × 10⁻³ to 10.0 × 10⁻³. These findings indicated that otolith Sr : Ca ratios reflected individual life histories, enabling a sea habitat to be identified from a freshwater habitat in this species.     

Utilization patterns of estuarine and marine habitats by the halfbeak Zenarchopterus dunckeri at Iriomote Island,southern Japan,evaluated from otolith microchemistry

Estuarine and marine habitat use patterns in the halfbeak Zenarchopterus dunckeri were examined at Iriomote Island, southern Japan, by analyzing otolith Li/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios. The ranges of both Li/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios in juvenile Z. dunckeri from the maximum (30 psu) to minimum (0.5 psu) salinity levels of brackish water estimated from rearing experiments, were compared with those of wild individuals collected from upstream and downstream stations in the Urauchi River estuary. The majority of wild-caught individuals had invariable Li/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios along an otolith transect from the core to the posterior edge, which fell within the otolith Li/Ca and Sr/Ca ranges estimated for estuarine individuals in the rearing experiments, suggesting that such individuals developed within the estuary without migrating to a marine environment at any time, although some downstream-dwelling fish had higher otolith elemental ratios than the predetermined estuarine ranges in the mid transect section. The latter fish may have been accidentally flushed from the estuary into the sea by heavy flood events, subsequently returning to the estuary. The overall results suggested that Z. dunckeri is essentially an estuarine resident, completing its life cycle within an estuarine system.     

Migration history of Sakhalin taimen <Emphasis Type="Italic">Hucho perryi</Emphasis> captured in the Sea of Okhotsk,northern Japan,using otolith Sr:Ca ratios

Sakhalin taimen Hucho perryi populations have decreased drastically to near extinction. It is urgent to establish an effective conservation strategy based on an understanding of the characteristics of migration and habitat use of this species. We examined the migration history of anadromous Sakhalin taimen captured off the Sarufutsu coast, northern Hokkaido, Japan, using otolith Sr:Ca ratios and also examined the relationship between their otolith Sr:Ca ratios during freshwater and seawater residence in a rearing experiment. Otolith Sr:Ca ratios of some fish from the Sarufutsu coast showed freshwater levels (0.5–4.0 × 10⁻³) near the core, which thereafter increased to brackish water levels (4.0–6.0 × 10⁻³), and then to seawater levels (6.0–10.0 × 10⁻³) in the outermost regions. Those findings indicate that specimens from the Sarufutsu coast migrated to the brackish water region or the sea and spent most of their lives there. The anadromous migration pattern including the timing of downstream migration seems to be flexible among individuals in the species. They migrate between freshwater and seawater or brackish water several times during their lives, showing extensive habitat use. It is essential to secure the continuity among the freshwater, brackish water, and seawater areas for their effective conservation.