Seasonal changes in carotenoid and lipid storage by threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus |
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Authors: | C. A. Black R. J. Scott M. A. Bernards |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Biology, Western University, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada 2. Sustainable Resource Management, and Environmental Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland – Grenfell Campus, Corner Brook, NL, A2H 6P9, Canada
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Abstract: | Total body astaxanthin and lipid concentrations in threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) collected from fall through the start of the breeding season were correlated; concentrations of each increased between fall and spring and decrease during the pre-breeding season. Individual tissues (skin, muscle, viscera, carcass, and gonads) showed a decrease between the spring and pre-breeding seasons; beta-carotene also decreased in all tissues except the skin, where there was an increase. Unlike previous studies, beta-carotene, but not astaxanthin, was deposited in the skin prior to nesting, suggesting that that beta-carotene is the carotenoid responsible for creating the nuptial signal in this wild population. |
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