Distribution and abundance of copepod nauplii in southern part of the East China Sea: implications for prey availability to jack mackerel Trachurus japonicus larvae

In the southern part of the East China Sea (ECS), a large spawning ground of jack mackerel Trachurus japonicus has recently been found: Larval survival during the period of transport from the spawning ground along the shelf break is potentially a critical stage prior to recruitment. As such, the distribution of copepod nauplii in this region was investigated during the main spawning period in 2003–2006. The average naupliar density in 2003 was significantly higher than the other years along the shelf break, which is a major transport pathway for jack mackerel larvae (sea-surface temperature 20–23°C). Estimated egg production rates for Paracalanus spp., one of the most dominant genera of copepods in the southern ECS, based on temperature and chlorophyll-a concentration could not fully explain the spatial and annual variation in naupliar distribution and abundance. Although naupliar densities showed significant positive correlations with chlorophyll-a concentration for all years, an analysis of covariance revealed that naupliar density in 2003 was high even if the effect of chlorophyll-a concentration was excluded. This suggests that apart from copepod production, adult female distribution plays an important role in variability of the naupliar distribution and abundance in the southern ECS.     

Effect of an immunostimulating alginate on protein turnover of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus L.) larvae

High densities of marine larvae are often associated with microbial problems, mostly caused by opportunistic pathogens, resulting in poor growth and mass mortalities. The early life stages of fish have a very limited immune defence system. Therefore stimulation of non-specific immune mechanisms in fish larvae might be a very interesting tool. The present study evaluates the effects of a known immunostimulant on protein turnover in larval turbot (Scophthalmus maximus). Protein turnover and food intake was determined at day 13 using a time course after feeding the larvae with ¹⁵N-labelled rotifers. Turbot larvae fed with rotifers enriched with the immunostimulant FMI at first feeding had significantly higher fractional rates of protein synthesis when compared to a control group. This resulted in three-fold higher protein turnover in the larvae given the immunostimulant compared to the control group. Food intake, larval size and survival at the end of the experiment were similar in the two treatments. The effect of FMI in increasing protein turnover probably imply a higher larval viability and survival in case of environmental/disease stress. However, protein turnover is costly, and this may cause a trade-off between fast growth and stress-resistance/survival in fish larvae.     

莱州湾人工鱼礁区及附近海域鱼卵和仔稚鱼的种类组成与数量分布

 2010-2011年对莱州湾莱州海域和招远海域人工鱼礁区及附近海域鱼卵和仔稚鱼的种类组成和数量分布进行了水平和垂直拖网调查, 以期为研究人工鱼礁对产卵鱼类的诱集效果以及对鱼卵和仔稚鱼的庇护效应等提供参考资料。调查结果表明: 2010年调查海域共采集鱼卵16 088粒、仔稚鱼2 487尾, 隶属于7目14科19属19种, 其中, 鱼卵样品以鲱形目(Clupeiformes)最多, 鲻形目(Mugiliformes)次之, 而仔稚鱼样品以鲻形目最多, 颌针鱼目(Beloniformes)次之; 2011年共采集鱼卵9 948粒、仔稚鱼1 778尾, 隶属于4目14科21属21种, 其中, 鱼卵和仔稚鱼样品均以鲈形目(Perciformes)最多, 鲱形目次之。2年间莱州和招远调查海域鱼卵样品的唯一优势种均为日本鳀(Engraulis japonicus); 仔稚鱼样品均以油 (Sphyraena pinguis)优势度最高, 但两海域均不存在仔稚鱼优势种。鱼类浮游生物群落稳定性以夏季最高, 春季次之, 人工鱼礁区的鱼类浮游生物量多于非礁区。综合分析认为, 人工鱼礁区鱼类浮游生物群落的多样性相对较高, 但多为低级小型鱼种, 人工鱼礁对近海生物资源养护和修复效果需进行长期的监测与评价。

     

珠江禁渔对广东鲂资源补充群体的影响分析

继我国各大水系实施禁渔期制度之后,珠江水系于2011年4月1日至6月1日实现首次禁渔。广东鲂是珠江中下游地区主要的经济鱼类之一,为分析珠江实施禁渔期制度对广东鲂资源补充群体的影响,于珠江实施禁渔制度前(2006—2010年)和禁渔制度后(2011—2012年)在珠江下游肇庆江段设立固定采样点,利用定量弶网对流经该江段的广东鲂鱼苗补充群体进行调查。结果显示,禁渔前,珠江广东鲂鱼苗集中出现在4月中下旬至10月中旬,持续时间为(189±11)d,高峰期为6—8月。禁渔期制度实施之后,全年广东鲂鱼苗出现的起始时间变化不大,但是结束时间提前,持续时间略有缩短,4—5月份广东鲂鱼苗密度明显增大。广东鲂鱼苗总量及其在鱼苗补充群体中的比例均有所提高。根据禁渔前广东鲂鱼苗发生量与径流量之间存在的回归关系:LgY=0.988Lnx-4.932(R2=0.365,P0.01),结合禁渔后实际调查结果,对禁渔的实际作用进行了估算,2011年和2012年由于禁渔分别增加了9.43×108和651.81×108尾广东鲂鱼苗。研究表明,在径流量有保障的前提下,目前的禁渔制度可以有效增加广东鲂鱼苗补充群体资源量。     

刺参育苗期常见流行病

刺参育苗期常见的流行病有幼体浮游期疾病:烂胃、烂边和延迟变态;稚参附着期疾病:化板病和脱板病。     

史氏鲟南移驯养及生物学的研究:Ⅲ.仔鱼的开口摄食

用单一的水蚯蚓、卤虫无节幼体、池塘浮游动物、人工配合饲料投喂及先卤虫无节幼体后人工配合饲料混合投喂等五种方式培育史氏鲟仔鱼。结果为：卤虫无节幼体是史氏鲟最好的开口饵料,可获得高的成活率和生长率;开口摄食后３－５天,即可开始投喂人工饵料进行食性驯化,２０日龄的鱼苗可获得满意的饵料驯化效果。     

Patterns of diel activity and species richness in young and small fishes of European streams: a review of 20 years of point abundance sampling by electrofishing

Originally developed to assess the relative abundance of ≥1+ fishes in large rivers, point abundance sampling by electrofishing (PASE) was adapted for 0+ fishes in the mid‐1980s. Being both economical and widely applicable, PASE for 0+ fish has become a commonly used sampling approach in Europe, but its use for estimating 0+ fish density and species richness has attracted particular concern because of size and species selectivity. As such, this review is both timely and necessary. It summarizes the development of PASE and evaluates its various applications: studies of 0+ fish community composition, relative abundance and density, species richness (S), population size structure, larval and juvenile growth dynamics, microhabitat use, diel dynamics of species–species and species–microhabitat interactions, and the analysis of data emanating from PASE databases. The use and potential misuse of replicate sampling in estimates of S are examined, with PASE data from various European rivers re‐analysed to assess geographical patterns in 0+ fish S. Comparisons of PASE and other approaches for estimating 0+ fish density and species richness have all demonstrated PASE to be cost‐effective and relatively reliable, but sampling accuracy and precision do decrease as fishes enter the juvenile period of development.     

南方糙海参的人工催产与育苗初步试验

糙海参（Holothuria scbra）是中国南方优质的热带海参经济品种,试验首次成功在国内综合运用升温等多种刺激方法人工诱导糙海参产卵,并进行了批量人工育苗。2010年4—6月,共进行人工催产试验10次,催产亲参243头,5次试验产卵,催产成功率50％,共获得受精卵1652．72×10^4粒,孵出糙海参幼体1226．74×10^4头,总体孵化率74．23％;在水温27．5～30．0℃条件下,受精卯完成胚胎发育需要32．5h;利用其中部分幼体开展后期人工育苗,经过21d培育,获得糙海参早期稚参（0．1cm）19．43×10^4头,苗种培育成活率16．7％;经过32d培育获得大规格后期稚参苗（0．3～0．5cm）2,46×10^4头,培育成活率2．12％。试验的成功对下一步开展北部湾海域糙海参的天然种群恢复和在华南地区进行糙海参的人工养殖与开发具有重要意义。     

Protein content and amino acid composition of eggs and endotrophic larvae from wild and captive fed sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)

Knowledge on the biochemistry of proteins and amino acids (AA) of eggs and larvae of echinoids is scarce and the possibility to modify their profiles by diet manipulations is unknown. The protein content of eggs, prisms and pre‐plutei and the amino acid composition of eggs of Paracentrotus lividus from captive broodstock fed prepared diets were analysed and compared with the ones obtained from wild broodstock. Diets differed on protein source (fish or soy meals) and on protein content (10–40% dry weight – DW). Total and soluble protein content of both eggs and larvae was higher than 400 g kg^?1 DW and 200 g kg^?1 DW respectively. Glycine was the most abundant free AA. Very few differences were found among P. lividus eggs and larvae biochemical parameters, suggesting that their AA composition can hardly be changed by broodstock diet manipulations.     

Ecosystem controls of juvenile pink salmon (Onchorynchus gorbuscha) and Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) populations in Prince William Sound,Alaska

Five years of field, laboratory, and numerical modelling studies demonstrated ecosystem‐level mechanisms influencing the mortality of juvenile pink salmon and Pacific herring. Both species are prey for other fishes, seabirds, and marine mammals in Prince William Sound. We identified critical time‐space linkages between the juvenile stages of pink salmon and herring rearing in shallow‐water nursery areas and seasonally varying ocean state, the availability of appropriate zooplankton forage, and the kinds and numbers of predators. These relationships defined unique habitat dependencies for juveniles whose survivals were strongly linked to growth rates, energy reserves, and seasonal trophic sheltering from predators. We found that juvenile herring were subject to substantial starvation losses during a winter period of plankton diminishment, and that predation on juvenile pink salmon was closely linked to the availability of alternative prey for fish and bird predators. Our collaborative study further revealed that juvenile pink salmon and age‐0 herring exploit very different portions of the annual production cycle. Juvenile pink salmon targeted the cool‐water, early spring plankton bloom dominated by diatoms and large calanoid copepods, whereas young‐of‐the‐year juvenile herring were dependent on warmer conditions occurring later in the postbloom summer and fall when zooplankton was composed of smaller calanoids and a diversity of other taxa. The synopsis of our studies presented in this volume speaks to contemporary issues facing investigators of fish ecosystems, including juvenile fishes, and offers new insight into problems of bottom‐up and top‐down control. In aggregate, our results point to the importance of seeking mechanistic rather than correlative understandings of complex natural systems.