Comparison of biochemical and histological methods for the evaluation of the in situ nutritional condition of marine fish larvae.

Sieg, A., Clemmesen, Catriona and Ueberschär, Bernd (1989) Comparison of biochemical and histological methods for the evaluation of the in situ nutritional condition of marine fish larvae. Open Access [Paper] In: ICES Annual Science Conference 1989. , 05.10.1989, Den Haag, Netherlands . ICES Council Meeting Papers, 1989 (L:4).

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Abstract

To estimate the importance of starvation induced mortality for recruitment of marine fish larvae three distinct methods were applied to determine the nutritional condition of fish larvae in situ. In addition to highly sensitive fluorescence techniques for analysing RNA/DNA ratios and tryptic enzyme activities histological standard methods were used to compare the nutritional status of fish larvae of the genus Vinciguerria (Photichthyidae) caught in two ecologically different areas of the Indian Ocean: In the central Arabian Sea and on the continental shelf of Pakistan. A comparison of the results elaborated by the distinct methods shows a trend towards better nutritional conditions for fish larvae from the offshore region.

Document Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Keywords: Ichthyology; activity; arabian sea; article geographic; article subject terms fish larvae; article taxonomic terms vinciguerria; enzymatic; fluorescence; histology; isw; marine; pakistan; q1 01602 surveying prospecting; recruitment; starvation; terms isw
Research affiliation: OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB3 Marine Ecology > FB3-EV Marine Evolutionary Ecology
Publisher: ICES
Date Deposited: 23 Sep 2011 11:58
Last Modified: 06 Jan 2017 13:56
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/12168

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