冰下生殖洄游的江鳕

揭示了镜泊湖水域江鳕性腺发育演替现象，产卵期的主要特征及冰下行生殖洄游是成熟系数，肝指数和摄食指数的阶段性同步变化，并据此对江鳕产卵期问题提出了商榷意见。     

色林错裸鲤的年轮行征

本文描述了色林错裸鲤（Gymnocypris selincuoensis）的臀鳞、背鳍条磨片和耳石磨片上的生长标志及特征,指出色林错裸鲤臀鳞上的繁殖痕迹,以及耳石磨片早期生长中出现类似月周期的生长阻断、光镜下透明带中日生长减少甚至消失等现象与色林错裸鲤的繁殖习性及多变的高原环境相关,在5种年龄鉴定的材料中,以耳石磨片上的轮纹特征最为明显、清晰且规律性强,是最好的年龄解释材料,而鳃盖骨和脊椎骨上都只能观察到到少几个轮纹,并不适用用作年龄鉴定的材料。     

江垭水库树木年轮与溇水河近百年间气候变化

论述了湖南省桑植县氵娄水河地区的柏木生长年轮特点。根据柏木年轮资料分析得知 ,氵娄水河近百年间曾有过 1 9次冷期阶段和 1 9次暖期阶段 ,文中表 2显示了近百年氵娄水河地区气候冷、暖阶段 2～ 3年循环变化的周期规律 ;通过年轮宽度指数与气候因子的相关性分析 ,为氵娄水河地区柏木生长的历史气候变化及环境变化提供了基础研究资料。     

江垭水库树木年轮与Lou水河近百年间气候变化

论述了湖南省桑植县Lou水河地区的柏木生长年轮特点。根据柏木经资料分析得知,Lou水河近百年间曾有过19次冷期阶段和19次暖期阶段。文中表2显示了近百年Lou水河地区气候冷、暖阶段2－3年循环变化的周期规律;通过年轮宽度指数与气候因子的相关生分析,为Lou水河地区柏木生长的历史气候变化及环境变化提供了基础研究资料。     

江垭水库树木年轮与氵娄水河近百年间气候变化

论述了湖南省桑植县氵娄水河地区的柏木生长年轮特点.根据柏木年轮资料分析得知,氵娄水河近百年间曾有过19次冷期阶段和19次暖期阶段,文中表2显示了近百年氵娄水河地区气候冷、暖阶段2～3年循环变化的周期规律;通过年轮宽度指数与气候因子的相关性分析,为氵娄水河地区柏木生长的历史气候变化及环境变化提供了基础研究资料.     

鱼类耳石微结构的计算机自动识别

本文介绍了鱼类耳石微结构图像识别系统的工作原理和应用实例 ,该系统实现了对鱼类的耳石日轮的自动识别计数和测量日轮宽度 ,并将分析结果自动保存为Excel可识别格式的数据文件。用草鱼微耳石对该系统进行测试的结果表明 ,在随机抽取的 30个样本中 ,有 2 8个样本日轮自动识别的正确率为 1 0 0 % ,其余 2个样本经过手工修改后也能达到对日轮的完全识别。此外 ,采用 768× 5 82像素的BMP格式数字图像测量日轮宽度 ,计算机的分辨率比显微镜提高了约 1 3倍。该系统还可应用于鱼类的鳞片、胸鳍棘和脊椎骨等年龄鉴定材料的微结构分析     

软刺裸裂尻鱼耳石日轮及年轮沉积规律研究

研究利用软刺裸裂尻鱼(Schizopygopsis malacanthus)确证了耳石生长轮沉积规律,并在此基础上,探究了其生长轮与年轮关系,推算了第一年轮形成时间。研究结果表明:仔鱼微耳石第一轮纹在出膜后第二天形成,在实验条件下,轮纹沉积具有日周期性,生长轮为日轮;成鱼轮纹沉积具有年周期性,生长轮每年增加1轮。基于耳石日轮技术推算养殖和野生软刺裸裂尻鱼第一年轮形成时间分别为2021年1月28日至3月13日(n=40)和2017年3月8日至5月10日(n=75)。养殖和野生样本耳石轮纹数年际间的分析结果发现,软刺裸裂尻鱼耳石轮纹数和耳石年生长宽度随着年龄增加逐渐降低,耳石年生长面积随着年龄增加逐渐增加。这些结果揭示了软刺裸裂尻鱼耳石轮纹沉积规律,有助于增加年龄鉴定的准确性,进而为种群动态研究和渔业管理政策制定等提供参考。     

耳石在鱼类年龄与生长研究中的应用

有关鱼类耳石的研究已有100多年的历史,目前已形成一个相对独立的研究领域,在多个研究层面上深入开展,但年龄与生长至今仍然是鱼类耳石研究的主要方面。本文分别从耳石的年轮、日轮和重量方面,介绍了当前耳石在鱼类年龄与生长研究中的应用与发展。我们认为,对耳石日轮的研究仍将会是耳石研究的重要方向;相关研究将会逐渐由个体尺度向种群尺度发展,并可为渔业资源的可持续利用提供科学依据。     

胶州湾12种饵料鱼类耳石大小与体长的关系

根据2008年11月至2009年8月在胶州湾海域进行的逐月定点底拖网调查, 选择12种常见的饵料鱼类作为研究对象, 运用最小二乘法分析了每种饵料鱼类的体长与耳石形态大小(包括耳石的长度、宽度、长半径和短半径)的关系, 并建立回归方程, 旨在为深入研究高营养级鱼类的摄食生态和食物网营养动力学提供基础资料。研究表明, 12种饵料鱼类的体长与体重均呈显著的幂函数关系(P0.05), 回归系数b值在2.871-3.371, 平均值为3.1590.110 (95% CL), b值最小的鱼种是六丝钝尾虾虎鱼Amblychaeturichthys hexanema, 最大的是细条天竺鲷Apogon lineatus。经检验, Liza haematocheilus和箭鱼衔Callionymus sagitta的b值与3无显著差异(P0.05), 属等速生长; 李氏鱼衔Callionymus richardsonii和六丝钝尾虾虎鱼的b值显著小于3 (P0.05), 属负异速生长; 其余8种鱼类的b值均大于3 (P0.05), 为正异速生长。方差分析表明, 12种鱼类的体长与耳石各个形态参数的回归关系均极显著(P0.01)。在所有48个回归方程中, 有37个方程的决定系数R2值大于0.8, 拟合效果较好; 有9个回归方程的R2值在0.7-0.8; 其余2个回归方程的R2值小于0.7, 拟合效果略差。其中, 各方程拟合效果最好的是六丝钝尾虾虎鱼, 其R2值均接近于1。通过比较同种鱼类各个回归方程的R2值可知, 在这12种饵料鱼类中, 多数鱼种体长与耳石长度和宽度的拟合效果要略好于体长与耳石半径的拟合效果, 因此在实际应用中, 可以通过测量耳石的长度和宽度来推算饵料鱼类的体长等形态参数。另一方面, 由于多数鱼类的耳石比较脆, 尤其是耳石的两端更容易破损, 因此与耳石长度相比, 耳石宽度与体长的回归方程更加适合于实际应用。       

鱼类耳石微结构特征的研究与应用

鱼类耳石的结构与组成相当稳定,可能反映鱼类的生长情况及一生所经历的环境变化.自20世纪70年代以来,耳石微结构研究领域迅速发展,成为研究鱼类早期生活史的基础.耳石微结构的检测与分析(Otolith microstructure examination and analysis)已成为当今鱼类生态学及渔业生物学研究中的一项重要而公认的技术1,为准确研究鱼类的种群生态学特征提供了新途径,不仅具有一定的理论意义,而且有较广泛的应用前景.       

Mycobacterium salmoniphilum infection in burbot Lota lota

Burbot Lota lota sampled from lakes Mjosa and Losna in southeastern Norway between 2005 and 2008 were found to be infected with Mycobacterium salmoniphilum at a culture-positive prevalence of 18.6 and 3.3%, respectively. The condition factor (CF) of mycobacteria-affected fish sampled from Mj?sa in 2008 was lower than the average CF of total sampled fish the same year. Externally visible pathological changes included skin ulceration, petechiae, exopthalmia and cataract. Internally, the infections were associated with capsulated, centrally necrotic granulomas, containing large numbers of acid-fast bacilli, found mainly in the mesenteries, spleen, heart and swim bladder. Mycobacterial isolates recovered on Middlebrook 7H10 agar were confirmed as M. salmoniphilum by phenotypical investigation and by partial sequencing of the 16S rRNA, rpoB and Hsp65genes as well as the internal transcribed spacer (ITS1) locus. This study adds burbot to the list of fish species susceptible to piscine mycobacteriosis and describes M. salmoniphilum infection in a non-salmonid fish for the first time.     

Sperm motility and seminal fluid composition in the burbot, Lota lota

Sperm motility and composition of the seminal fluid in Lota lota were investigated. Fives after motility initiation, 88.2 ± 12.4% of the spermatozoa were motile, their mean average path swimming velocity was 61.6 ± 16.3 μm s^?1 and their principal swimming type the linear motion (77.4 ± 20.9%). In distilled water the rate of motile spermatozoa decreased to 0% in 40s. In 25–50 mosmol kg^?1 electrolyte (NaCl) or non-electrolyte (glucose, sucrose) solutions, motility was prolonged for 10s and these solutions can therefore increase the efficiency of artificial fertilization when used for sperm motility activation. When semen was diluted in electrolyte or non-electrolyte solutions with osmolalities higher than 50 mosmol kg^?1, sperm motility rates and swimming velocities decreased, and at osmolalities of 400 mosmol kg^?1 motility was completely suppressed. In the seminal fluid with an osmolality of 290.08 ± 45.22 mosmol kg^?1, sodium levels of 139.86 ± 23.79 mmol × 1^?1, potassium levels of 11.59 ± 2.45 mmol × 1^?1 and calcium levels of 0.20 ± 0.08 mmol × 1^?1, sperm motility was inhibited. Under in vitro conditions, artificial saline solutions resembling the seminal plasma composition and 400 mosmol kg^?1 NaCl or glucose solutions were useful as motility inhibiting solutions for predilution of semen. Sperm motility was not affected by pH 7.5–9.0, but at pH 6 the motility rate and the swimming velocity were reduced; seminal fluid pH was 8.47 ± 0.02. Therefore buffering of the artificial saline solutions can provide more stabile conditions for semen during storage and activation. Temperature optimum of semen was between 2 and 5°C. At higher temperatures semen became spontaneously motile. Therefore, controlled temperature conditions are an important factor for handling of semen. The qualitative, organical composition of seminal fluid was similar as in other fresh water teleosts.     

Induction of gonadal maturation at different temperatures in burbot Lota lota

A rearing experiment was conducted to test whether temperature protocols that differed from a simulation of natural conditions might induce maturation after isothermal grow‐out in burbot Lota lota. Lota lota were acclimated to two different temperature regimes: low temperature (LT), close to natural temperature at 4·0° C and elevated, high temperature (HT) at 8·5° C over 40 and 27 days respectively, with all fish then wintered for 47 days. Every second fish was treated with a gonadotropin‐releasing hormone analogue. Maturational competence of oocytes was assessed with a germinal vesicle breakdown assay using a novel staining strategy. In both treatments, puberty and maturational progress occurred, characterised by an elevated gonado‐somatic index and advanced gonadal stages (histological analysis). Progress of gonadal maturation was reflected by elevated plasma concentrations of testosterone and 11‐ketosterone in males and 17β‐oestradiol in females. Ovulation was not observed. Sperm could be activated equally across treatments. In general, LT was more effective than HT treatment, indicated by advanced gonadal stages, higher numbers of oocytes undergoing germinal vesicle breakdown in vitro and elevated sex steroid levels. Hormone treatment could improve effectiveness at HT. In conclusion, less drastic temperature regimes as previously reported in combination with hormone treatments seem sufficient to induce maturation in L. lota after isothermal grow‐out.     

The cryopreservation of spermatozoa of the burbot,Lota lota (Gadidae,Teleostei)

The cryopreservation of spermatozoa of a teleost fish, the burbot, Lota lota (Gadidae) was investigated. Cryopreserved semen had the highest motility rate (46.6+/-8.0%, fresh semen control 86.5+/-8.2%) and fertility (78.1+/-2.7% embryo survival in hatching stage, fresh semen control 82.2+/-2.9%) when 10% methanol, 1.5% glucose and 7% hen egg yolk were used as cryoprotectants. Freezing was performed in 0.5-ml straws in the vapour of liquid nitrogen at 1cm above the level of liquid nitrogen and thawing in water at 25 degrees C for 20s. For optimal fertilization cryopreserved semen was first mixed with the eggs and then 25 or 50 mmol/L NaCl solution (pH 8.5) was added at a ratio of 1:24 (semen:saline solution). Under these conditions fertilization ratios in the range of fresh semen control were obtained at minimal sperm to egg ratios of 1.7 x 10(6):1. Fertilization with cryopreserved semen had no influence on the embryonic development, as the ratio of embryos which stopped development and the ratio of embryonic malformations were similar to fresh semen.     

The status of the burbot Lota lota (L.) (Gadidae) in Britain

Records of burbot Lota lota (L.) captures from the early nineteenth century to the present have been gathered and arranged watershed by watershed in chronological order. Most are from eastward-flowing river systems from Durham southwards to the Great Ouse, but a few records from westward-flowing systems are considered. In many areas the records imply a decline of burbot numbers and distribution during the present century, though burbot may never have been more than locally abundant. Local over-fishing, pollution and habitat changes are considered the most likely causes of decline. Conservation measures seem desirable.     

Leptin,ghrelin, and energy metabolism of the spawning burbot (Lota lota,L.)

The aim of this study was to investigate the energy metabolism of the burbot (Lota lota, n=38) before, during, and after spawning, which represents the greatest annual metabolic demand for the species. A decrease in body mass, relative weight of the livers, and glycogen concentration of the livers was observed toward the end of spawning. The prespawning period was characterized by high rates of liver glycogenolysis and lipid mobilization. Also, plasma triiodothyronine and sex steroid levels were high before reproduction. During spawning, liver lipolysis was reduced and muscle glycogenolysis stimulated. The levels of triiodothyronine and sex steroids decreased. After reproduction, liver glycogenolysis was suppressed and the rate of gluconeogenesis increased. Thyroid hormone levels were elevated after spawning. Leptin protein and a ghrelin-immunoreactive peptide were detected in burbot plasma. Their concentrations were relatively low before and during reproduction but increased after spawning. The functions of leptin and the ghrelin-immunoreactive peptide in the physiology of the burbot are not consistent with the models of their function in mammals.     

The effect of temperature on embryonic and yolk-sac larval development in the burbot Lota lota

The present study investigated the effect of various temperature regimes on embryonic and yolk-sac larval development of the burbot Lota lota. At constant temperature regimes a high percentage of ready-to-hatch embryos, hatched larvae and normally shaped larvae was observed at the lowest temperature (2° C), which significantly decreased with increasing temperatures (4 and 6° C). No larvae hatched at 9° C. The stream temperature regime had no effect on the percentage of ready-to-hatch embryos, but significantly decreased the percentage of hatched larvae and of normally shaped larvae. The lake temperature regime did not affect the viability variables. Also an abrupt temperature increase from 2 to 4° C after 8 days and from 2 to 9° C after 48 days had no effect on the evaluated viability variables. For yolk-sac larvae no temperature related mortalities or abnormalities were observed between 2 and 9° C.     

Changed length-at-age of burbot, Lota lota, from an acidified estuary in the Gulf of Bothnia

Synopsis The burbot population off the River Kyrönjoki has suffered from acidification in its reproduction area, causing a reduction of the population throughout the 1980s. During the same period of time the mean length-at-age of burbot was found to increase, with a significant increase in length-at-age for age groups 3–8 from 1979 to 1993. The length-weight relationship however was not found to have changed during this same period. The decreasing burbot population was found to influence the changed length-at-age. An increase in potential prey species population was also documented during this period of increasing length-at-age. The increased lengths were associated to the changed availability of food caused by the simultaneous fluctuations in both burbot and potential prey species populations.