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Reis-Santos P, Gillanders BM, Sturrock AM, Izzo C, Oxman DS, Lueders-Dumont JA, Hüssy K, Tanner SE, Rogers T, Doubleday ZA, Andrews AH, Trueman C, Brophy D, Thiem JD, Baumgartner LJ, Willmes M, Chung MT, Charapata P, Johnson RC, Trumble S, Heimbrand Y, Limburg KE, Walther BD. Reading the biomineralized book of life: expanding otolith biogeochemical research and applications for fisheries and ecosystem-based management. REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES 2023; 33:411-449. [PMID: 0 DOI: 10.1007/s11160-022-09720-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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AbstractChemical analysis of calcified structures continues to flourish, as analytical and technological advances enable researchers to tap into trace elements and isotopes taken up in otoliths and other archival tissues at ever greater resolution. Increasingly, these tracers are applied to refine age estimation and interpretation, and to chronicle responses to environmental stressors, linking these to ecological, physiological, and life-history processes. Here, we review emerging approaches and innovative research directions in otolith chemistry, as well as in the chemistry of other archival tissues, outlining their value for fisheries and ecosystem-based management, turning the spotlight on areas where such biomarkers can support decision making. We summarise recent milestones and the challenges that lie ahead to using otoliths and archival tissues as biomarkers, grouped into seven, rapidly expanding and application-oriented research areas that apply chemical analysis in a variety of contexts, namely: (1) supporting fish age estimation; (2) evaluating environmental stress, ecophysiology and individual performance; (3) confirming seafood provenance; (4) resolving connectivity and movement pathways; (5) characterising food webs and trophic interactions; (6) reconstructing reproductive life histories; and (7) tracing stock enhancement efforts. Emerging research directions that apply hard part chemistry to combat seafood fraud, quantify past food webs, as well as to reconcile growth, movement, thermal, metabolic, stress and reproductive life-histories provide opportunities to examine how harvesting and global change impact fish health and fisheries productivity. Ultimately, improved appreciation of the many practical benefits of archival tissue chemistry to fisheries and ecosystem-based management will support their increased implementation into routine monitoring.
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Leppi JC, Rinella DJ, Wipfli MS, Whitman MS. Broad Whitefish (Coregonus nasus) isotopic niches: Stable isotopes reveal diverse foraging strategies and habitat use in Arctic Alaska. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0270474. [PMID: 35881611 PMCID: PMC9321764 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Understanding the ecological niche of some fishes is complicated by their frequent use of a broad range of food resources and habitats across space and time. Little is known about Broad Whitefish (Coregonus nasus) ecological niches in Arctic landscapes even though they are an important subsistence species for Alaska’s Indigenous communities. We investigated the foraging ecology and habitat use of Broad Whitefish via stable isotope analyses of muscle and liver tissue and otoliths from mature fish migrating in the Colville River within Arctic Alaska. The range of δ13C (-31.8– -21.9‰) and δ15N (6.6–13.1‰) across tissue types and among individuals overlapped with isotope values previously observed in Arctic lakes and rivers, estuaries, and nearshore marine habitat. The large range of δ18O (4.5–10.9‰) and δD (-237.6– -158.9‰) suggests fish utilized a broad spectrum of habitats across elevational and latitudinal gradients. Cluster analysis of muscle δ13Cˈ, δ15N, δ18O, and δD indicated that Broad Whitefish occupied four different foraging niches that relied on marine and land-based (i.e., freshwater and terrestrial) food sources to varying degrees. Most individuals had isotopic signatures representative of coastal freshwater habitat (Group 3; 25%) or coastal lagoon and delta habitat (Group 1; 57%), while individuals that mainly utilized inland freshwater (Group 4; 4%) and nearshore marine habitats (Group 2; 14%) represented smaller proportions. Otolith microchemistry confirmed that individuals with more enriched muscle tissue δ13Cˈ, δD, and δ18O tended to use marine habitats, while individuals that mainly used freshwater habitats had values that were less enriched. The isotopic niches identified here represent important foraging habitats utilized by Broad Whitefish. To preserve access to these diverse habitats it will be important to limit barriers along nearshore areas and reduce impacts like roads and climate change on natural flow regimes. Maintaining these diverse connected habitats will facilitate long-term population stability, buffering populations from future environmental and anthropogenic perturbations.
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- Jason C. Leppi
- Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
- Research Department, The Wilderness Society, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
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- Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
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- Arctic District Office, Bureau of Land Management, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
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Leppi JC, Rinella DJ, Wipfli MS, Brown RJ, Spaleta KJ, Whitman MS. Strontium isotopes reveal diverse life history variations, migration patterns, and habitat use for Broad Whitefish (Coregonus nasus) in Arctic, Alaska. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0259921. [PMID: 35499986 PMCID: PMC9060380 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Conservation of Arctic fish species is challenging partly due to our limited ability to track fish through time and space, which constrains our understanding of life history diversity and lifelong habitat use. Broad Whitefish (Coregonus nasus) is an important subsistence species for Alaska's Arctic Indigenous communities, yet little is known about life history diversity, migration patterns, and freshwater habitat use. Using laser ablation Sr isotope otolith microchemistry, we analyzed Colville River Broad Whitefish 87Sr/86Sr chronologies (n = 61) to reconstruct movements and habitat use across the lives of individual fish. We found evidence of at least six life history types, including three anadromous types, one semi-anadromous type, and two nonanadromous types. Anadromous life history types comprised a large proportion of individuals sampled (collectively, 59%) and most of these (59%) migrated to sea between ages 0-2 and spent varying durations at sea. The semi-anadromous life history type comprised 28% of samples and entered marine habitat as larvae. Nonanadromous life history types comprised the remainder (collectively, 13%). Otolith 87Sr/86Sr data from juvenile and adult freshwater stages suggest that habitat use changed in association with age, seasons, and life history strategies. This information on Broad Whitefish life histories and habitat use across time and space will help managers and conservation planners better understand the risks of anthropogenic impacts and help conserve this vital subsistence resource.
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- Jason C. Leppi
- Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
- Research Department, The Wilderness Society, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
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- Fish and Wildlife Field Conservation Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
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- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fairbanks Fish and Aquatic Conservation Office, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
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- Alaska Stable Isotope Facility, Water and Environmental Research Center, Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
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- Arctic District Office, Bureau of Land Management, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
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Tran NT, Labonne M, Chung MT, Wang CH, Huang KF, Durand JD, Grudpan C, Chan B, Hoang HD, Panfili J. Natal origin and migration pathways of Mekong catfish (Pangasius krempfi) using strontium isotopes and trace element concentrations in environmental water and otoliths. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0252769. [PMID: 34111178 PMCID: PMC8191956 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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To improve our knowledge of the migration pathway of a highly threatened fish species along the Mekong River, strontium isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr) and 18 trace element concentrations were measured in the water and in the otoliths of an anadromous catfish, Pangasius krempfi, to infer its natal origin and potential migration pathways. Water was sampled at 18 locations along the mainstream, tributaries and distributaries of the Mekong River. To check for accuracy and precision, measurements of the 87Sr/86Sr ratios and trace element concentrations were then compared in two laboratories that use different analytical methods. Differences in trace element concentrations between locations were not significant and could not, therefore, be used to discriminate between migration pathways. However, the Mekong mainstream, tributaries and distributaries could all be discriminated using Sr isotopes. The 87Sr/86Sr profiles recorded in P. krempfi otoliths showed that there were three contingents with obligate freshwater hatching and variable spawning sites along the Mekong mainstream, from Phnom Penh (Cambodia) to Nong Khai (Thailand) or further. After hatching, the fish migrated more or less rapidly to the Mekong Delta and then settled for most of their lifetime in brackish water. Spawning habitats and migration routes may be threatened by habitat shifts and the increasing number of hydropower dams along the river, especially the contingents born above Khone Falls (Laos). The conservation of P. krempfi, as well as other migratory fish in the Mekong River, requires agreements, common actions and management by all countries along the Mekong River. This study highlighted the importance of using both Sr/Ca and 87Sr/86Sr ratios to understand life history of anadromous fishes as the 87Sr/86Sr ratio in the water was shown to be less effective than the Sr/Ca ratio in identifying movements between different saline areas.
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- Ngan Trong Tran
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- IRD, MARBEC (Univ Montpellier, Ifremer, CNRS, IRD), Montpellier, France
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- The University of Tokyo, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Environmental Biology and Fisheries Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Fishery, Faculty of Agriculture, Ubon Ratchathani University, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
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- Wonders of the Mekong Project, Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute, Fisheries Administration, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- IRD, MARBEC (Univ Montpellier, Ifremer, CNRS, IRD), Montpellier, France
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Hahn L, Silva PC, Malabarba MC, Malabarba LR, Câmara LFD, Nunes LD, Machado LS, Martins EG, Barthem RB. Genetics and telemetry indicate unexpected movements among structured populations for Brachyplatystoma platynemum in the Amazon. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2019; 95:633-637. [PMID: 30963582 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2019] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The genetic analysis of Brachyplatystoma platynemum individuals sampled from the lower Madeira River reinforces the existence of two structured populations in the Amazon Basin (Madeira and Amazon populations). However, the recapture of an individual from the Amazon population in the Solimões River, which was telemetry-tagged in the Madeira River after the damming, indicates that fish from the Amazon population move between the two river systems. This has not yet been observed, however, in the Madeira River population, which is currently divided and isolated in the lower and upper Madeira River by the construction of two dams.
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- Lisiane Hahn
- Divisão de Pesquisas, Neotropical Consultoria Ambiental, Rua Cesário Rosseto, Passo Fundo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Viçosa, Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Divisão de Pesquisas, Neotropical Consultoria Ambiental, Rua Cesário Rosseto, Passo Fundo, Brazil
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- Divisão de Pesquisas, Neotropical Consultoria Ambiental, Rua Cesário Rosseto, Passo Fundo, Brazil
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- Divisão de Pesquisas, Neotropical Consultoria Ambiental, Rua Cesário Rosseto, Passo Fundo, Brazil
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- Ecosystem Science and Management Program, University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), Prince George, Canada
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- Departamento de Zoologia/Ictiologia, Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Belém, Brazil
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Hegg JC, Middleton J, Robertson BL, Kennedy BP. The sound of migration: exploring data sonification as a means of interpreting multivariate salmon movement datasets. Heliyon 2018. [PMID: 29527578 PMCID: PMC5842366 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The migration of Pacific salmon is an important part of functioning freshwater ecosystems, but as populations have decreased and ecological conditions have changed, so have migration patterns. Understanding how the environment, and human impacts, change salmon migration behavior requires observing migration at small temporal and spatial scales across large geographic areas. Studying these detailed fish movements is particularly important for one threatened population of Chinook salmon in the Snake River of Idaho whose juvenile behavior may be rapidly evolving in response to dams and anthropogenic impacts. However, exploring movement data sets of large numbers of salmon can present challenges due to the difficulty of visualizing the multivariate, time-series datasets. Previous research indicates that sonification, representing data using sound, has the potential to enhance exploration of multivariate, time-series datasets. We developed sonifications of individual fish movements using a large dataset of salmon otolith microchemistry from Snake River Fall Chinook salmon. Otoliths, a balance and hearing organ in fish, provide a detailed chemical record of fish movements recorded in the tree-like rings they deposit each day the fish is alive. This data represents a scalable, multivariate dataset of salmon movement ideal for sonification. We tested independent listener responses to validate the effectiveness of the sonification tool and mapping methods. The sonifications were presented in a survey to untrained listeners to identify salmon movements with increasingly more fish, with and without visualizations. Our results showed that untrained listeners were most sensitive to transitions mapped to pitch and timbre. Accuracy results were non-intuitive; in aggregate, respondents clearly identified important transitions, but individual accuracy was low. This aggregate effect has potential implications for the use of sonification in the context of crowd-sourced data exploration. The addition of more fish, and visuals, to the sonification increased response time in identifying transitions.
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- Jens C Hegg
- Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Sciences, University of Idaho, 975 W 6th St, Moscow, ID 83844, United States
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- Department of Music, Eastern Washington University, 119 Music Building, Cheney, WA 99004, United States.,Faculty of Communication Sciences, University of Tampere, 33014, Finland
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- McIntire Department of Music, University of Virginia, 112 Cabell Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22904, United States
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- Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Sciences, University of Idaho, 975 W 6th St, Moscow, ID 83844, United States.,Department of Biology, Life Sciences South 252, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, United States.,Department of Geology, McClure Hall 203, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, United States
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Brennan SR, Schindler DE. Linking otolith microchemistry and dendritic isoscapes to map heterogeneous production of fish across river basins. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS : A PUBLICATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2017; 27:363-377. [PMID: 27875020 DOI: 10.1002/eap.1474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2016] [Revised: 09/22/2016] [Accepted: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Production patterns of highly mobile species, such as anadromous fish, often exhibit high spatial and temporal heterogeneity across landscapes. Such variability is often asynchronous in time among habitats, which stabilizes production at aggregate scales of complexity. Reconstructing production patterns explicitly in space and time across multiple scales, however, remains difficult but is important for prioritizing habitat conservation. This is especially true for fishes inhabiting river basins due to long-range dispersal, high mortality at early life stages, complex population structure and elusive life history variation. We develop a new approach for mapping production patterns of Pacific salmon across a large river basin by integrating otolith microchemistry and dendritic isoscape models. The geographically continuous Bayesian assignment framework presented here yielded high accuracies (>90%) and relatively high precisions (precisions <4%; i.e., assignment areas of <530 river km of the 13 100 km total river length) when used to determine the natal source of known-origin juvenile Chinook salmon captured throughout the study region. Integrating these methods enabled us to base estimates of provenance and habitat use of individuals on a per location basis using strontium isotopic data throughout the continuous spatial domain of a river network. Such a framework provides substantial advantages over the more common nominal approach to employing otolith microchemistry to reconstruct movement patterns of fish. In doing so, we reconstructed the spatial production patterns of adult Chinook salmon returning to a large watershed in Bristol Bay, Alaska and illustrate the power of such an approach to conservation efforts.
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- Sean R Brennan
- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98105, USA
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98105, USA
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Barthem RB, Goulding M, Leite RG, Cañas C, Forsberg B, Venticinque E, Petry P, Ribeiro MLDB, Chuctaya J, Mercado A. Goliath catfish spawning in the far western Amazon confirmed by the distribution of mature adults, drifting larvae and migrating juveniles. Sci Rep 2017; 7:41784. [PMID: 28165499 PMCID: PMC5292968 DOI: 10.1038/srep41784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 12/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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We mapped the inferred long-distance migrations of four species of Amazonian goliath catfishes (Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii, B. platynemum, B. juruense and B. vaillantii) based on the presence of individuals with mature gonads and conducted statistical analysis of the expected long-distance downstream migrations of their larvae and juveniles. By linking the distribution of larval, juvenile and mature adult size classes across the Amazon, the results showed: (i) that the main spawning regions of these goliath catfish species are in the western Amazon; (ii) at least three species—B. rousseauxii, B. platynemum, and B. juruense—spawn partially or mainly as far upstream as the Andes; (iii) the main spawning area of B. rousseauxii is in or near the Andes; and (iv) the life history migration distances of B. rousseauxii are the longest strictly freshwater fish migrations in the world. These results provide an empirical baseline for tagging experiments, life histories extrapolated from otolith microchemistry interpretations and other methods to establish goliath catfish migratory routes, their seasonal timing and possible return (homing) to western headwater tributaries where they were born.
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- Ronaldo B Barthem
- Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi (Belém, Pará, Brazil), Caixa Postal 399, Belém, 66040-170, PA, Brazil
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- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, 10460, New York, USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) Cx Postal 478, Manaus, AM, 69011-970, Brazil
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- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, 10460, New York, USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) Cx Postal 478, Manaus, AM, 69011-970, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Depto. de Ecologia, 59072-970 - Natal, RN - Brazil
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- The Nature Conservancy (TNC), 4245 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA, 22203 &Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MA, Cambridge, USA
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- Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), Reserva Ecológica do IBGE, DF 001, KM 38 - C.P. 8588, Brasília, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Post-graduate Programme of Animal Biology, Laboratório de Ictiologia Departamento de Zoologia - UFRGS Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500 - Bloco IV - Prédio 43435 CEP 91509-900 - Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil
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- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, 10460, New York, USA
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Hermann TW, Stewart DJ, Limburg KE, Castello L. Unravelling the life history of Amazonian fishes through otolith microchemistry. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2016; 3:160206. [PMID: 27429777 PMCID: PMC4929912 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Amazonian fishes employ diverse migratory strategies, but the details of these behaviours remain poorly studied despite numerous environmental threats and heavy commercial exploitation of many species. Otolith microchemistry offers a practical, cost-effective means of studying fish life history in such a system. This study employed a multi-method, multi-elemental approach to elucidate the migrations of five Amazonian fishes: two 'sedentary' species (Arapaima sp. and Plagioscion squamosissimus), one 'floodplain migrant' (Prochilodus nigricans) and two long-distance migratory catfishes (Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii and B. filamentosum). The Sr : Ca and Zn : Ca patterns in Arapaima were consistent with its previously observed sedentary life history, whereas Sr : Ca and Mn : Ca indicated that Plagioscion may migrate among multiple, chemically distinct environments during different life-history stages. Mn : Ca was found to be potentially useful as a marker for identifying Prochilodus's transition from its nursery habitats into black water. Sr : Ca and Ba : Ca suggested that B. rousseauxii resided in the Amazon estuary for the first 1.5-2 years of life, shown by the simultaneous increase/decrease of otolith Sr : Ca/Ba : Ca, respectively. Our results further suggested that B. filamentosum did not enter the estuary during its life history. These results introduce what should be a productive line of research desperately needed to better understand the migrations of these unique and imperilled fishes.
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- Theodore W. Hermann
- Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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- Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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Duponchelle F, Pouilly M, Pécheyran C, Hauser M, Renno JF, Panfili J, Darnaude AM, García-Vasquez A, Carvajal-Vallejos F, García-Dávila C, Doria C, Bérail S, Donard A, Sondag F, Santos RV, Nuñez J, Point D, Labonne M, Baras E. Trans-Amazonian natal homing in giant catfish. J Appl Ecol 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Fabrice Duponchelle
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD); Unité Mixte de Recherche Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (UMR BOREA - MNHN, CNRS-7208, UPMC, UCBN, IRD-207); 911 Avenue Agropolis 34394 Montpellier France
- LMI-EDIA (Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne); IRD-IIAP; Carretera Iquitos-Nauta; km 4·5 Quistococha distrito de San Juan Bautista Maynas Loreto Perú
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD); Unité Mixte de Recherche Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (UMR BOREA - MNHN, CNRS-7208, UPMC, UCBN, IRD-207); 911 Avenue Agropolis 34394 Montpellier France
- LMI-EDIA (Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne); IRD-IIAP; Carretera Iquitos-Nauta; km 4·5 Quistococha distrito de San Juan Bautista Maynas Loreto Perú
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique Bio-inorganique et Environnement; Institut Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche sur l'Environnement et les Matériaux; CNRS UMR 5254; Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour; 2 avenue du Président Angot 64053 Pau France
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- Laboratório de Ictiologia e Pesca; Departamento de Biologia; Universidade Federal de Rondônia; 9·5 Km - BR-364 78900-060 Porto Velho RO Brasil
- Programa de Pós-graduação da Rede de Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia da Amazônia Legal; Av. Gal. Rodrigo Otavio Jordão Ramos n° 3000-69·077-00 Manaus AM Brasil
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD); Unité Mixte de Recherche Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (UMR BOREA - MNHN, CNRS-7208, UPMC, UCBN, IRD-207); 911 Avenue Agropolis 34394 Montpellier France
- LMI-EDIA (Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne); IRD-IIAP; Carretera Iquitos-Nauta; km 4·5 Quistococha distrito de San Juan Bautista Maynas Loreto Perú
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- IRD; UMR 248 MARBEC (MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation); Université Montpellier - cc 093; Place Eugène Bataillon 34095 Montpellier France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); UMR 248 MARBEC; Université Montpellier - cc 093; Place Eugène Bataillon 34095 Montpellier France
| | - Aurea García-Vasquez
- LMI-EDIA (Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne); IRD-IIAP; Carretera Iquitos-Nauta; km 4·5 Quistococha distrito de San Juan Bautista Maynas Loreto Perú
- Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonia Peruana (IIAP); Carretera Iquitos-Nauta; km 4·5 Quistococha distrito de San Juan Bautista Maynas Loreto Perú
| | - Fernando Carvajal-Vallejos
- LMI-EDIA (Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne); IRD-IIAP; Carretera Iquitos-Nauta; km 4·5 Quistococha distrito de San Juan Bautista Maynas Loreto Perú
- Unidad de Limnologia y Recursos Acuaticos (ULRA); Universidad Mayor de San Simón (UMSS); calle Sucre y parque la Torre CP 2352 Cochabamba Bolivia
- FAUNAGUA NGO; Calle Innominada s/n Zona Arocagua Norte Cochabamba Sacaba Bolivia
| | - Carmen García-Dávila
- LMI-EDIA (Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne); IRD-IIAP; Carretera Iquitos-Nauta; km 4·5 Quistococha distrito de San Juan Bautista Maynas Loreto Perú
- Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonia Peruana (IIAP); Carretera Iquitos-Nauta; km 4·5 Quistococha distrito de San Juan Bautista Maynas Loreto Perú
| | - Carolina Doria
- Laboratório de Ictiologia e Pesca; Departamento de Biologia; Universidade Federal de Rondônia; 9·5 Km - BR-364 78900-060 Porto Velho RO Brasil
| | - Sylvain Bérail
- Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique Bio-inorganique et Environnement; Institut Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche sur l'Environnement et les Matériaux; CNRS UMR 5254; Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour; 2 avenue du Président Angot 64053 Pau France
| | - Ariane Donard
- Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique Bio-inorganique et Environnement; Institut Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche sur l'Environnement et les Matériaux; CNRS UMR 5254; Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour; 2 avenue du Président Angot 64053 Pau France
| | - Francis Sondag
- IRD; SO-HYBAm (Observation Service “Geodynamical, Hydrological and Biogeochemical Control of Erosion/Alteration and Material Transport in the Amazon) & UMR 234 GET (Géosciences Environnement Toulouse); 14 Avenue Edouard Belin 31400 Toulouse France
| | - Roberto V. Santos
- LaboratórioGeochronos; Instituto de Geociências; Universidade de Brasília; 70910-900 Brasília DF Brasil
| | - Jesus Nuñez
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD); Unité Mixte de Recherche Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (UMR BOREA - MNHN, CNRS-7208, UPMC, UCBN, IRD-207); 911 Avenue Agropolis 34394 Montpellier France
- LMI-EDIA (Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne); IRD-IIAP; Carretera Iquitos-Nauta; km 4·5 Quistococha distrito de San Juan Bautista Maynas Loreto Perú
| | - David Point
- LMI-EDIA (Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne); IRD-IIAP; Carretera Iquitos-Nauta; km 4·5 Quistococha distrito de San Juan Bautista Maynas Loreto Perú
- IRD; SO-HYBAm (Observation Service “Geodynamical, Hydrological and Biogeochemical Control of Erosion/Alteration and Material Transport in the Amazon) & UMR 234 GET (Géosciences Environnement Toulouse); 14 Avenue Edouard Belin 31400 Toulouse France
| | - Maylis Labonne
- IRD; UMR 248 MARBEC (MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation); Université Montpellier - cc 093; Place Eugène Bataillon 34095 Montpellier France
| | - Etienne Baras
- IRD; UMR 226 ISE-M (Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution); Université de Montpellier; Place Eugène Bataillon, Cc 065 34095 Montpellier France
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