Maternal spawning experience and thermal effects on offspring viability of chub mackerel and their influence on reproductive success

Author:

Yoneda Michio,Kitano Hajime,Nyuji Mitsuo,Nakamura Masahiro,Takahashi Masanori,Kawabata Atsushi,Matsuyama Michiya,Shimizu Akio,Tsuzaki Tatsuo,Togashi Hiroyuki,Kamimura Yasuhiro

Abstract

Maternal effects on offspring viability significantly contribute to the productivity and resilience of exploited marine fish populations. The temporal trend of biomass of chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) in the western North Pacific showed cyclic fluctuation patterns, but it has been rapidly increasing since 2011. Although there are several assumptions regarding the mechanisms of the population dynamics of this species in these waters, there is a contradiction in the effects of thermal environmental conditions on recruitment success. We explored the effects of maternal age and/or previous spawning experience on egg and offspring traits of captive chub mackerel in response to thermal conditions. Moreover, from the relationship between the growth rate and temperature experienced by captive fish, the experienced temperatures of wild specimens were assessed. The sizes of eggs spawned from females aged 1–3 years were negatively correlated with temperature, but the effects of maternal age on egg size and nutrition were significant with larger and nutrient-rich eggs spawned from 2- or 3-year-old females (repeat spawners) than those from 1-year-old females (first-time spawners) at a given temperature. Such temperature- and maternal-age-dependent egg traits reflected the standard length of first-feeding larvae. The effects of maternal age on the starvation tolerance of larvae after hatching and body sizes of first-feeding larvae were also evident in larvae derived from 3-year-old females showing longer starvation tolerance and larger body heights than those from 1-year-old females. Further, larvae derived from 3-year-old females grew significantly faster than those from 1-year-old females at the tested temperatures. The process of ontogenetic development and growth rate of captive specimens until age 25 days were positively correlated with temperature. Meanwhile, the estimated temperatures experienced by wild specimens until age 25 days ranged from 18.0 to 20.3°C. These findings suggested that there were opposing thermal responses between maternal and offspring traits of chub mackerel, but the temperatures experienced by the main recruit fish may be restricted within the range of temperatures available for spawning. We discuss the mechanisms of reproductive success of this species in accordance with the maternal spawning experience and thermal effects on life history traits.

Publisher

Frontiers Media SA

Subject

Ocean Engineering,Water Science and Technology,Aquatic Science,Global and Planetary Change,Oceanography

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3