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McQueen K, Sivle LD, Forland TN, Meager JJ, Skjæraasen JE, Olsen EM, Karlsen Ø, Kvadsheim PH, de Jong K. Continuous sound from a marine vibrator causes behavioural responses of free-ranging, spawning Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Environ Pollut 2024; 344:123322. [PMID: 38211875 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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Marine vibrators are a new technology being developed for seismic surveys. These devices can transmit continuous instead of impulsive sound and operate over a narrower frequency band and at lower peak pressure than airguns, which is assumed to reduce their environmental impacts. We exposed spawning Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) to sound produced by a prototype, but full-scale, marine vibrator, and monitored behavioural responses of tagged cod using acoustic telemetry. Fish were exposed to 10 × 3 h continuous sound treatments over a 4-day period using a randomised-block design. Sound exposure levels were comparable to airgun exposure experiments conducted previously with the same set-up ranging from ∼115 to 145 dB re 1 μPa2s during exposure. Telemetry data were used to assess 1) whether marine vibrator exposure displaced cod from the spawning ground, through estimation of residence and survival probabilities, and 2) fine-scale behavioural responses within the test site, namely swimming depth, activity levels, displacement, and home ranges. Forty-two spawning cod were tagged prior to the exposure, with 22 present during the exposure. All 22 tags were equipped with pressure sensors and ten of these additionally with accelerometers. While no premature departure from the spawning site was observed, cod reacted to the exposure by decreasing their activity levels (by up to 50%, SE = 7%) and increasing their swimming depth (by up to 2.5 m, SE = 1.0 m) within the test site during the exposure period. These behavioural responses varied by sex and time of day. Cod reactions to a marine vibrator may be more pronounced than reactions to airguns, possibly because continuous sound is more disturbing to fish than intermittent sound at the same exposure levels. However, given sample size limitations of the present study, further studies with continuous sound are necessary to fully understand its impact and biological significance.
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- Kate McQueen
- Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes, 5817, Bergen, Norway.
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- Natural Resources, GHD, 3 South Sea Islander Way, Maroochydore, Qld, 4558, Australia
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- Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes, 5817, Bergen, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes, 5817, Bergen, Norway
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- Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), PO Box 115, Horten, 3191, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes, 5817, Bergen, Norway
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Olsen EM, Karlsen Ø, Skjæraasen JE. Large females connect Atlantic cod spawning sites. Science 2023; 382:1181-1184. [PMID: 38060630 DOI: 10.1126/science.adi1826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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The Earth's ecosystems are increasingly deprived of large animals. Global simulations suggest that this downsizing of nature has serious consequences for biosphere functioning. However, the historical loss of large animals means that it is now often impossible to secure empirical data revealing their true ecological importance. We tracked 465 mature Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) during their winter spawning season and show that large females (up to 114 centimeters in length), which are still found in mid-Norway, were characterized by more complex movement networks compared with smaller females. Large males were sparse but displayed similar movement patterns. Our finding implies that management programs promoting large fish will have positive impacts on population resilience by facilitating the continued use of a diversity of spawning habitats and the connectivity between them.
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- Esben Moland Olsen
- Institute of Marine Research; Flødevigen, Arendal 4817, Norway
- Centre for Coastal Research, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Agder; Kristiansand 4604, Norway
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Strøm JF, Bøhn T, Skjaeraasen JE, Gjelland KØ, Karlsen Ø, Johansen T, Hanebrekke T, Bjørn PA, Olsen EM. Movement diversity and partial sympatry of coastal and Northeast Arctic cod ecotypes at high latitudes. J Anim Ecol 2023; 92:1966-1978. [PMID: 37485731 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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Movement diversity within species represent an important but often neglected, component of biodiversity that affects ecological and genetic interactions, as well as the productivity of exploited systems. By combining individual tracking data from acoustic telemetry with novel genetic analyses, we describe the movement diversity of two Atlantic cod Gadus morhua ecotypes in two high-latitude fjord systems: the highly migratory Northeast Arctic cod (NEA cod) that supports the largest cod fishery in the world, and the more sedentary Norwegian coastal cod, which is currently in a depleted state. As predicted, coastal cod displayed a higher level of fjord residency than NEA cod. Of the cod tagged during the spawning season, NEA cod left the fjords permanently to a greater extent and earlier compared to coastal cod, which to a greater extent remained resident and left the fjords temporarily. Despite this overall pattern, horizontal movements atypical for the ecotypes were common with some NEA cod remaining within the fjords year-round and some coastal cod displaying a low fjord fidelity. Fjord residency and exit timing also differed with spawning status and body size, with spawning cod and large individuals tagged during the feeding season more prone to leave the fjords and earlier than non-spawning and smaller individuals. While our results confirm a lower fjord dependency for NEA cod, they highlight a movement diversity within each ecotype and sympatric residency between ecotypes, previously undetected by population-level monitoring. This new knowledge is relevant for the management, which should base their fisheries advice for these interacting ecotypes on their habitat use and seasonal movements.
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- Institute of Marine Research, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Arctic Ecology, Norwegian Institute of Nature Research (NINA), Tromsø, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, His, Norway
- Department of Natural Sciences, Centre for Coastal Research, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
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Sørdalen TK, Halvorsen KT, Olsen EM. Protection from fishing improves body growth of an exploited species. Proc Biol Sci 2022; 289:20221718. [DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Hunting and fishing are often size-selective, which favours slow body growth. In addition, fast growth rate has been shown to be positively correlated with behavioural traits that increase encounter rates and catchability in passive fishing gears such as baited traps. This harvest-induced selection should be effectively eliminated in no-take marine-protected areas (MPAs) unless strong density dependence results in reduced growth rates. We compared body growth of European lobster (
Homarus gammarus
) between three MPAs and three fished areas. After 14 years of protection from intensive, size-selective lobster fisheries, the densities in MPAs have increased considerably, and we demonstrate that females moult more frequently and grow more during each moult in the MPAs. A similar, but weaker pattern was evident for males. This study suggests that MPAs can shield a wild population from slow-growth selection, which can explain the rapid recovery of size structure following implementation. If slow-growth selection is a widespread phenomenon in fisheries, the effectiveness of MPAs as a management tool can be higher than currently anticipated.
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- Tonje Knutsen Sørdalen
- Centre for Coastal Research, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Agder, N-4604 Kristiansand, Norway
- Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen, Nye Flødevigvei 20, N-4817 His, Norway
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- Centre for Coastal Research, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Agder, N-4604 Kristiansand, Norway
- Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen, Nye Flødevigvei 20, N-4817 His, Norway
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Kleiven AR, Espeland SH, Stiansen S, Ono K, Zimmermann F, Olsen EM. Technological creep masks continued decline in a lobster (Homarus gammarus) fishery over a century. Sci Rep 2022; 12:3318. [PMID: 35228599 PMCID: PMC8885706 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-07293-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Fishery-dependent data are frequently used to inform management decisions. However, inferences about stock development based on commercial data such as Catch-Per-Unit-Effort (CPUE) can be severely biased due to a phenomenon known as technological creep, where fishing technology improves over time. Here we show how trap improvement over nine decades has driven technological creep in a European lobster (Homarus gammarus) fishery. We combined fishing data, experimental fishing with contemporary and older trap types, and information on depletion effects during fishing seasons. The resulting standardized CPUE time series indicates a 92% decline in lobster abundance between 1928 and 2019 compared to 70% if technological creep is not corrected for. Differences are most pronounced within the last 40 years when the most substantial shift in gear technology occurred: an uncorrected CPUE index suggests an 8% increase in lobster abundance during this period, while the corrected CPUE index declined by 57%. We conclude that technological creep has masked a continuous stock decline, particularly in recent decades and largely driven by the shift from one- to two-chambered traps, as well as the ability of newer trap designs to capture larger lobsters. Our study confirms the importance of adequate standardization, including technological development, when using fishery dependent CPUE for monitoring and management of data-limited fisheries.
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Kristensen ML, Olsen EM, Moland E, Knutsen H, Grønkjær P, Koed A, Källo K, Aarestrup K. Disparate movement behavior and feeding ecology in sympatric ecotypes of Atlantic cod. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:11477-11490. [PMID: 34429934 PMCID: PMC8366838 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2021] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Coexistence of ecotypes, genetically divergent population units, is a widespread phenomenon, potentially affecting ecosystem functioning and local food web stability. In coastal Skagerrak, Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) occur as two such coexisting ecotypes. We applied a combination of acoustic telemetry, genotyping, and stable isotope analysis to 72 individuals to investigate movement ecology and food niche of putative local "Fjord" and putative oceanic "North Sea" ecotypes-thus named based on previous molecular studies. Genotyping and individual origin assignment suggested 41 individuals were Fjord and 31 were North Sea ecotypes. Both ecotypes were found throughout the fjord. Seven percent of Fjord ecotype individuals left the study system during the study while 42% of North Sea individuals left, potentially homing to natal spawning grounds. Home range sizes were similar for the two ecotypes but highly variable among individuals. Fjord ecotype cod had significantly higher δ13C and δ15N stable isotope values than North Sea ecotype cod, suggesting they exploited different food niches. The results suggest coexisting ecotypes may possess innate differences in feeding and movement ecologies and may thus fill different functional roles in marine ecosystems. This highlights the importance of conserving interconnected populations to ensure stable ecosystem functioning and food web structures.
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- Institute of Marine ResearchFlødevigen Marine Research StationHisNorway
- Centre for Coastal ResearchDepartment of Natural SciencesUniversity of AgderKristiansandNorway
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- Institute of Marine ResearchFlødevigen Marine Research StationHisNorway
- Centre for Coastal ResearchDepartment of Natural SciencesUniversity of AgderKristiansandNorway
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- Institute of Marine ResearchFlødevigen Marine Research StationHisNorway
- Centre for Coastal ResearchDepartment of Natural SciencesUniversity of AgderKristiansandNorway
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- Aquatic BiologyDepartment for BioscienceUniversity of AarhusAarhusDenmark
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- National Institute for Aquatic ResourcesTechnical University of DenmarkSilkeborgDenmark
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- National Institute for Aquatic ResourcesTechnical University of DenmarkSilkeborgDenmark
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- National Institute for Aquatic ResourcesTechnical University of DenmarkSilkeborgDenmark
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Thorbjørnsen SH, Moland E, Villegas‐Ríos D, Bleeker K, Knutsen H, Olsen EM. Selection on fish personality differs between a no-take marine reserve and fished areas. Evol Appl 2021; 14:1807-1815. [PMID: 34295365 PMCID: PMC8288012 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Marine reserves can protect fish populations by increasing abundance and body size, but less is known about the effect of protection on fish behaviour. We looked for individual consistency in movement behaviours of sea trout in the marine habitat using acoustic telemetry to investigate whether they represent personality traits and if so, do they affect survival in relation to protection offered by a marine reserve. Home range size had a repeatability of 0.21, suggesting that it represents a personality trait, while mean swimming depth, activity and diurnal vertical migration were not repeatable movement behaviours. The effect of home range size on survival differed depending on the proportion of time fish spent in the reserve, where individuals spending more time in the reserve experienced a decrease in survival with larger home ranges while individuals spending little time in the reserve experienced an increase in survival with larger home ranges. We suggest that the diversity of fish home range sizes could be preserved by establishing networks of marine reserves encompassing different habitat types, ensuring both a heterogeneity in environmental conditions and fishing pressure.
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- Susanna Huneide Thorbjørnsen
- Centre for Coastal ResearchDepartment of Natural SciencesUniversity of AgderKristiansandNorway
- Institute of Marine Research, FlødevigenHisNorway
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- Centre for Coastal ResearchDepartment of Natural SciencesUniversity of AgderKristiansandNorway
- Institute of Marine Research, FlødevigenHisNorway
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- IMEDEAInstituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados (CSIC‐UIB)Department of Ecology and Marine ResourcesIchthyology GroupEsporlesBalearic IslandsSpain
- IIMInstituto de Investigaciones Marinas (CSIC)Department of Ecology and Marine ResourcesFisheries Ecology GroupVigoPontevedraSpain
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- Centre for Coastal ResearchDepartment of Natural SciencesUniversity of AgderKristiansandNorway
- Institute of Marine Research, FlødevigenHisNorway
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- Centre for Coastal ResearchDepartment of Natural SciencesUniversity of AgderKristiansandNorway
- Institute of Marine Research, FlødevigenHisNorway
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- Centre for Coastal ResearchDepartment of Natural SciencesUniversity of AgderKristiansandNorway
- Institute of Marine Research, FlødevigenHisNorway
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Freitas C, Villegas-Ríos D, Moland E, Olsen EM. Sea temperature effects on depth use and habitat selection in a marine fish community. J Anim Ecol 2021; 90:1787-1800. [PMID: 33844859 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Understanding the responses of aquatic animals to temperature variability is essential to predict impacts of future climate change and to inform conservation and management. Most ectotherms such as fish are expected to adjust their behaviour to avoid extreme temperatures and minimize acute changes in body temperature. In coastal Skagerrak, Norway, sea surface temperature (SST) ranges seasonally from 0 to over 20°C, representing a challenge to the fish community which includes cold-, cool- and warm-water affinity species. By acoustically tracking 111 individuals of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua, pollack Pollachius pollachius and ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta in 2015-2018, we examined how coexisting species within a fish community adjusted their behaviour (i.e. vertical distribution in the water column and habitat selection) to cope with the thermal variation. Mixed-effect models showed that thermal preference was a main driver of behaviour and habitat use of the fish community in a southern Norwegian fjord. Cod used colder waters, compared with pollack and ballan wrasse. Increases in SST during summer were associated with the use of deeper, colder waters by cod, especially by larger individuals, and conversely with the occupancy of shallower areas by pollack and ballan wrasse. During winter, when SST dropped and the thermal stratification reversed, pollack and ballan wrasse moved to deeper, relatively warmer areas, while cod selected shallower, colder habitats. Although habitat selection was affected by temperature, species-specific habitat selection was observed even when temperature was similar throughout habitats. This study shows how cohabiting fish species respond to thermal heterogeneity, suggesting that (a) temperature regulates the access to the different depths and habitats and (b) behavioural plasticity may be an important factor for coping with temperature variability and potentially for adaptation to climate change.
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- Carla Freitas
- Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen, His, Norway.,Marine and Environmental Sciences Center (MARE), Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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- Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados (CSIC-UiB), Department of Ecology and Marine Resources, Esporles, Balearic Islands, Spain.,Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (CSIC), Department of Ecology and Marine Resources, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain
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- Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen, His, Norway.,Centre for Coastal Research (CCR), Department of Natural Sciences, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen, His, Norway.,Centre for Coastal Research (CCR), Department of Natural Sciences, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
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Sørdalen TK, Halvorsen KT, Vøllestad LA, Moland E, Olsen EM. Marine protected areas rescue a sexually selected trait in European lobster. Evol Appl 2020; 13:2222-2233. [PMID: 33005220 PMCID: PMC7513721 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Revised: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly implemented worldwide to maintain and restore depleted populations. However, despite our knowledge on the myriad of positive responses to protection, there are few empirical studies on the ability to conserve species' mating patterns and secondary sexual traits. In male European lobsters (Homarus gammarus), the size of claws relative to body size correlates positively with male mating success and is presumably under sexual selection. At the same time, an intensive trap fishery exerts selection against large claws in males. MPAs could therefore be expected to resolve these conflicting selective pressures and preserve males with large claws. We explored this hypothesis by contrasting claw size of males and females in three pairs of MPAs and nearby fished areas in southern Norway. By finding that male lobsters have up to 8% larger claws inside MPAs compared to similarly sized males in fished areas, our study provides evidence that MPAs rescue a secondary sexual trait. Recovery from harvest selection acting on claws is the most likely explanation; however, the higher abundance of lobster inside MPAs does not rule out a plastic response on claw size due to increased competition. Regardless of the underlying cause, our study demonstrates (a) the value of protected areas as a management tool for mitigating fisheries-induced evolution and (b) that MPAs help maintaining the scope for sexual selection in populations with vulnerable life histories and complex mating system.
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- Tonje Knutsen Sørdalen
- Department of Natural Sciences Centre for Coastal Research University of Agder Kristiansand Norway
- Institute of Marine Research Flødevigen Norway
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- Department of Biosciences Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES) University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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- Department of Natural Sciences Centre for Coastal Research University of Agder Kristiansand Norway
- Institute of Marine Research Flødevigen Norway
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- Department of Natural Sciences Centre for Coastal Research University of Agder Kristiansand Norway
- Institute of Marine Research Flødevigen Norway
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Haraldstad T, Haugen TO, Kroglund F, Olsen EM, Höglund E. Migratory passage structures at hydropower plants as potential physiological and behavioural selective agents. R Soc Open Sci 2019; 6:190989. [PMID: 31827840 PMCID: PMC6894575 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.190989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Anthropogenic activities affect fish populations worldwide. River dams have profound impacts on ecosystems by changing habitats and hindering migration. In an effort to counteract such effects, a range of mitigation measures have been installed at hydroelectric power plants. However, not all individuals in a population use these measures, potentially creating strong selection processes at hydroelectric power plants. This may be especially true during migration; fish can get heavily delayed or pass through a hydropower turbine, thus facing increased mortality compared with those using a safe bypass route. In this study, we quantify migration route choices of descending wild passive integrated transponder (PIT)-tagged Atlantic salmon smolts released upstream from a hydroelectric plant. We demonstrate how only a few metres' displacement of bypass canals can have a large impact on the fish guidance efficiency (FGE). The proportion of fish using the bypasses increased from 1% to 34% when water was released in surface gates closer to the turbine intake. During a period of low FGE, we observed two different smolt migratory strategies. While some individuals spent little time in the forebay before migrating through the turbine tunnel, others remained there. We suggest that these groups represent different behavioural types, and that suboptimal mitigation measures at hydropower intakes may, therefore, induce strong selection on salmon behavioural traits. The ultimate outcome of these selection mechanisms is discussed in light of potential trade-offs between turbine migration mortality coast and optimal sea entrance timing survival benefits.
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- Tormod Haraldstad
- Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), N-4879 Grimstad, Norway
- Centre for Coastal Research, University of Agder, N-4604 Kristiansand, Norway
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NO-1432 Ås, Norway
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- County Governor of Aust- and Vest-Agder, N-4809 Arendal, Norway
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- Centre for Coastal Research, University of Agder, N-4604 Kristiansand, Norway
- Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Flødevigen, N-4817 His, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), N-4879 Grimstad, Norway
- Centre for Coastal Research, University of Agder, N-4604 Kristiansand, Norway
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Moland E, Carlson SM, Villegas‐Ríos D, Ree Wiig J, Moland Olsen E. Harvest selection on multiple traits in the wild revealed by aquatic animal telemetry. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:6480-6491. [PMID: 31236237 PMCID: PMC6580266 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Revised: 03/30/2019] [Accepted: 04/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Harvesting can have profound impacts on the ecology and evolution of marine populations. However, little is known about the strength and direction of fisheries-induced selection acting on multiple traits in the wild. Here, we used acoustic telemetry to directly monitor individual behavior and fate in an intensively harvested species, the European lobster (Homarus gammarus, n = 100), in southern Norway. Overall, 24% of the tracked lobsters survived the two-month harvest season within the study area. Our results indicated that local survival was not random with respect to phenotype. We found no clear support for fisheries-induced selection acting directly on body size. However, lobsters with large crusher claws relative to their body size, typical of socially dominant individuals, appeared at higher risk of being captured in the conventional trap fishery. We also detected a fine-scale spatial gradient in survival. After accounting for this gradient, individuals displaying larger home ranges were more likely to survive the harvest season. Finally, we found significant repeatabilities for lobster behavior on a monthly timescale, indicating that individual behavioral attributes tended to persist and may reflect personality. Our study therefore provides empirical support for the need to consider an evolutionary enlightened approach to fisheries management that considers the influence of harvest on multiple traits of target species.
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- Even Moland
- FlødevigenInstitute of Marine ResearchHisNorway
- Department of Natural Sciences, Centre for Coastal ResearchUniversity of AgderKristiansandNorway
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and ManagementUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia
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- Department of Ecology and Marine Resources, Ichthyology GroupIMEDEA, Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios AvanzadosEsporlesSpain
- Department of Ecology and Marine Resources, Fisheries Ecology GroupInstituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM‐CSIC)Vigo, PontevedraSpain
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- FlødevigenInstitute of Marine ResearchHisNorway
- Department of Natural Sciences, Centre for Coastal ResearchUniversity of AgderKristiansandNorway
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Nillos Kleiven PJ, Espeland SH, Olsen EM, Abesamis RA, Moland E, Kleiven AR. Fishing pressure impacts the abundance gradient of European lobsters across the borders of a newly established marine protected area. Proc Biol Sci 2019; 286:20182455. [PMID: 30963876 PMCID: PMC6367164 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are considered viable fisheries management tools due to their potential benefits of adult spillover and recruitment subsidy to nearby fisheries. However, before-after control-impact studies that explore the biological and fishery effects of MPAs to surrounding fisheries are scarce. We present results from a fine-scale spatial gradient study conducted before and after the implementation of a 5 km2 lobster MPA in southern Norway. A significant nonlinear response in lobster abundance, estimated as catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) from experimental fishing, was detected within 2 years of protection. After 4 years, CPUE values inside the MPA had increased by a magnitude of 2.6 compared to before-protection values. CPUE showed a significant nonlinear decline from the centre of the MPA, with a depression immediately outside the border and a plateau in fished areas. Overall fishing pressure almost doubled over the course of the study. The highest increase in fishing pressure (by a magnitude of 3) was recorded within 1 km of the MPA border, providing a plausible cause for the depression in CPUE. Taken together, these results demonstrate the need to regulate fishing pressure in surrounding areas when MPAs are implemented as fishery management tools.
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- Portia Joy Nillos Kleiven
- Institute of Marine Research, Nye Flødevigveien 20, 4817 His, Norway
- Center for Coastal Research, Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Agder, 4604 Kristiansand, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, Nye Flødevigveien 20, 4817 His, Norway
- Center for Coastal Research, Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Agder, 4604 Kristiansand, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, Nye Flødevigveien 20, 4817 His, Norway
- Center for Coastal Research, Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Agder, 4604 Kristiansand, Norway
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- Silliman University-Angelo King Center for Research and Environmental Management, Bantayan, Dumaguete City 6200, Philippines
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- Institute of Marine Research, Nye Flødevigveien 20, 4817 His, Norway
- Center for Coastal Research, Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Agder, 4604 Kristiansand, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, Nye Flødevigveien 20, 4817 His, Norway
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Thorbjørnsen SH, Moland E, Simpfendorfer C, Heupel M, Knutsen H, Olsen EM. Potential of a no-take marine reserve to protect home ranges of anadromous brown trout ( Salmo trutta). Ecol Evol 2019; 9:417-426. [PMID: 30680124 PMCID: PMC6342106 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Revised: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The extent to which no-take marine reserves can benefit anadromous species requires examination. Here, we used acoustic telemetry to investigate the spatial behavior of anadromous brown trout (sea trout, Salmo trutta) in relation to a small marine reserve (~1.5 km2) located inside a fjord on the Norwegian Skagerrak coast. On average, sea trout spent 42.3 % (±5.0% SE) of their time in the fjord within the reserve, a proportion similar to the area of the reserve relative to that of the fjord. On average, sea trout tagged inside the reserve received the most protection, although the level of protection decreased marginally with increasing home range size. Furthermore, individuals tagged outside the reserve received more protection with increasing home range size, potentially opposing selection toward smaller home range sizes inflicted on fish residing within reserves, or through selective fishing methods like angling. Monthly sea trout home ranges in the marine environment were on average smaller than the reserve, with a mean of 0.430 (±0.0265 SE) km2. Hence, the reserve is large enough to protect the full home range of some individuals residing in the reserve. Synthesis and applications: In general, the reserve protects sea trout to a varying degree depending on their individual behavior. These findings highlight evolutionary implications of spatial protection and can guide managers in the design of marine reserves and networks that preserve variation in target species' home range size and movement behavior.
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- Susanna Huneide Thorbjørnsen
- Center for Coastal Research, Department of Natural SciencesUniversity of AgderKristiansandNorway
- Institute of Marine ResearchFlødevigenNorway
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- Center for Coastal Research, Department of Natural SciencesUniversity of AgderKristiansandNorway
- Institute of Marine ResearchFlødevigenNorway
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture & College of Science and EngineeringJames Cook UniversityTownsvilleQueenslandAustralia
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- Australian Institute of Marine ScienceTownsvilleQueenslandAustralia
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- Center for Coastal Research, Department of Natural SciencesUniversity of AgderKristiansandNorway
- Institute of Marine ResearchFlødevigenNorway
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- Center for Coastal Research, Department of Natural SciencesUniversity of AgderKristiansandNorway
- Institute of Marine ResearchFlødevigenNorway
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Villegas-Ríos D, Réale D, Freitas C, Moland E, Olsen EM. Individual level consistency and correlations of fish spatial behaviour assessed from aquatic animal telemetry. Anim Behav 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kleiven AR, Fernandez-Chacon A, Nordahl JH, Moland E, Espeland SH, Knutsen H, Olsen EM. Correction: Harvest Pressure on Coastal Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) from Recreational Fishing Relative to Commercial Fishing Assessed from Tag-Recovery Data. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0159220. [PMID: 27391096 PMCID: PMC4938558 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Sodeland M, Jorde PE, Lien S, Jentoft S, Berg PR, Grove H, Kent MP, Arnyasi M, Olsen EM, Knutsen H. "Islands of Divergence" in the Atlantic Cod Genome Represent Polymorphic Chromosomal Rearrangements. Genome Biol Evol 2016; 8:1012-22. [PMID: 26983822 PMCID: PMC4860689 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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In several species genetic differentiation across environmental gradients or between geographically separate populations has been reported to center at "genomic islands of divergence," resulting in heterogeneous differentiation patterns across genomes. Here, genomic regions of elevated divergence were observed on three chromosomes of the highly mobile fish Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) within geographically fine-scaled coastal areas. The "genomic islands" extended at least 5, 9.5, and 13 megabases on linkage groups 2, 7, and 12, respectively, and coincided with large blocks of linkage disequilibrium. For each of these three chromosomes, pairs of segregating, highly divergent alleles were identified, with little or no gene exchange between them. These patterns of recombination and divergence mirror genomic signatures previously described for large polymorphic inversions, which have been shown to repress recombination across extensive chromosomal segments. The lack of genetic exchange permits divergence between noninverted and inverted chromosomes in spite of gene flow. For the rearrangements on linkage groups 2 and 12, allelic frequency shifts between coastal and oceanic environments suggest a role in ecological adaptation, in agreement with recently reported associations between molecular variation within these genomic regions and temperature, oxygen, and salinity levels. Elevated genetic differentiation in these genomic regions has previously been described on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, and we therefore suggest that these polymorphisms are involved in adaptive divergence across the species distributional range.
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- Marte Sodeland
- Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen, Norway Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Syntheses, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Integrative Genetics, Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Syntheses, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Syntheses, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Integrative Genetics, Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
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- Centre for Integrative Genetics, Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
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- Centre for Integrative Genetics, Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen, Norway Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen, Norway Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Syntheses, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Norway
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Kleiven AR, Fernandez-Chacon A, Nordahl JH, Moland E, Espeland SH, Knutsen H, Olsen EM. Harvest Pressure on Coastal Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) from Recreational Fishing Relative to Commercial Fishing Assessed from Tag-Recovery Data. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0149595. [PMID: 26959371 PMCID: PMC4784990 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2013] [Accepted: 02/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Marine recreational fishing is a popular outdoor activity. However, knowledge about the magnitude of recreational catches relative to commercial catches in coastal fisheries is generally sparse. Coastal Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) is a target species for recreational fishers in the North Atlantic. In Norway, recreational fishers are allowed to use a variety of traps and nets as well as long-line and rod and line when fishing for cod. From 2005 to 2013, 9729 cod (mean size: 40 cm, range: 15–93 cm) were tagged and released in coastal Skagerrak, southeast Norway. Both high-reward (NOK 500) and low-reward tags (NOK 50) were used in this study. Because some harvested fish (even those posting high-reward tags) may go unreported by fishers, reporting rates were estimated from mark-recovery models that incorporate detection parameters in their structure, in addition to survival and mortality estimates. During 2005 to 2013, a total of 1707 tagged cod were recovered and reported by fishers. We estimate the overall annual survival to be 33% (SE 1.5). Recreational rod and line fishing were responsible for 33.7% (SE 2.4) of total mortality, followed by commercial fisheries (15.1% SE 0.8) and recreational fixed gear (6.8% SE 0.4). Natural mortality was 44.4% (SE 2.5) of total mortality. Our findings suggest that recreational fishing—rod and line fishing in particular—is responsible for a substantial part of fishing mortality exerted on coastal cod in southern Norway.
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- Alf Ring Kleiven
- Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen Marine Research Station, Nye Flødevigveien 20, N-4817 His, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen Marine Research Station, Nye Flødevigveien 20, N-4817 His, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, Matre Research Station, N-5984 Matredal, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen Marine Research Station, Nye Flødevigveien 20, N-4817 His, Norway
- Centre for Coastal Research, Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Agder, N-4604 Kristiansand, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen Marine Research Station, Nye Flødevigveien 20, N-4817 His, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen Marine Research Station, Nye Flødevigveien 20, N-4817 His, Norway
- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biology, University of Oslo, PO Box 1066 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
- Centre for Coastal Research, Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Agder, N-4604 Kristiansand, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen Marine Research Station, Nye Flødevigveien 20, N-4817 His, Norway
- Centre for Coastal Research, Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Agder, N-4604 Kristiansand, Norway
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Catarino D, Knutsen H, Veríssimo A, Olsen EM, Jorde PE, Menezes G, Sannæs H, Stanković D, Company JB, Neat F, Danovaro R, Dell'Anno A, Rochowski B, Stefanni S. The Pillars of Hercules as a bathymetric barrier to gene flow promoting isolation in a global deep-sea shark (Centroscymnus coelolepis). Mol Ecol 2015; 24:6061-79. [PMID: 26547144 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2014] [Revised: 10/29/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Knowledge of the mechanisms limiting connectivity and gene flow in deep-sea ecosystems is scarce, especially for deep-sea sharks. The Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis) is a globally distributed and near threatened deep-sea shark. C. coelolepis population structure was studied using 11 nuclear microsatellite markers and a 497-bp fragment from the mtDNA control region. High levels of genetic homogeneity across the Atlantic (Φ(ST) = -0.0091, F(ST) = 0.0024, P > 0.05) were found suggesting one large population unit at this basin. The low levels of genetic divergence between Atlantic and Australia (Φ(ST) = 0.0744, P < 0.01; F(ST) = 0.0015, P > 0.05) further suggested that this species may be able to maintain some degree of genetic connectivity even across ocean basins. In contrast, sharks from the Mediterranean Sea exhibited marked genetic differentiation from all other localities studied (Φ(ST) = 0.3808, F(ST) = 0.1149, P < 0.001). This finding suggests that the shallow depth of the Strait of Gibraltar acts as a barrier to dispersal and that isolation and genetic drift may have had an important role shaping the Mediterranean shark population over time. Analyses of life history traits allowed the direct comparison among regions providing a complete characterization of this shark's populations. Sharks from the Mediterranean had markedly smaller adult body size and size at maturity compared to Atlantic and Pacific individuals. Together, these results suggest the existence of an isolated and unique population of C. coelolepis inhabiting the Mediterranean that most likely became separated from the Atlantic in the late Pleistocene.
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- Diana Catarino
- MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores, Rua Prof. Dr. Frederico Machado, Horta, Azores, Portugal.,IMAR-Institute of Marine Research, Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores, Rua Prof. Dr. Frederico Machado, Horta, Azores, Portugal
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- Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Flødevigen, N-4817 His, Norway.,University of Agder, Kristiansand, N-4604, Norway.,Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), PO Box 1066 Blindern, Oslo, N-0316, Norway
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- CIBIO-U.P., Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, Vairão, 4485-661, Portugal.,College of William and Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Route 1208, Greate Road, Gloucester Point, 23062, VA, USA
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- Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Flødevigen, N-4817 His, Norway.,University of Agder, Kristiansand, N-4604, Norway.,Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), PO Box 1066 Blindern, Oslo, N-0316, Norway
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), PO Box 1066 Blindern, Oslo, N-0316, Norway
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- MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores, Rua Prof. Dr. Frederico Machado, Horta, Azores, Portugal.,IMAR-Institute of Marine Research, Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores, Rua Prof. Dr. Frederico Machado, Horta, Azores, Portugal
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- Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Flødevigen, N-4817 His, Norway
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via Licio Giorgieri 5, Trieste, 34127, Italy
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- Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
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- Marine Laboratory, Marine Scotland-Science, PO Box 101, 375 Victoria Road, Aberdeen, AB11 9DB, UK
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, 60131, Italy.,Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, 60131, Italy
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- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., 3010, Australia
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- IMAR-Institute of Marine Research, Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores, Rua Prof. Dr. Frederico Machado, Horta, Azores, Portugal.,CNR-ISSIA, Via de Marini 6, Genova, 16149, Italy
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Aalvik IM, Moland E, Olsen EM, Stenseth NC. Spatial ecology of coastal Atlantic cod Gadus morhua associated with parasite load. J Fish Biol 2015; 87:449-464. [PMID: 26177748 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2014] [Accepted: 05/22/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Acoustic tags and receivers were used to investigate the spatial ecology of coastal Atlantic cod Gadus morhua (n = 32, mean fork length: 50 cm, range: 33-80 cm) on the Norwegian Skagerrak coast in 2012. Monthly home ranges (HR), swimming activity and depth use varied considerably among individuals and through the months of June, July and August. HR sizes for the period ranged from 0.25 to 5.20 km2 (mean = 2.30 km2. Two thirds of the tagged G. morhua were infected with black spot disease Cryptocotyle lingua parasites; these fish had larger HRs and occupied deeper water compared with non-infected fish. The infected fish also tended to be more active in terms of horizontal swimming. From an ecological and evolutionary perspective, any environmental change that modifies G. morhua behaviour may therefore also alter the parasite load of the population, and its conservation and fishery status.
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- I M Aalvik
- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Syntheses (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, P. O. Box 1066 Blindern, N-0316, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen Marine Research Station, Nye Flødevigveien 20, N-4817, His, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen Marine Research Station, Nye Flødevigveien 20, N-4817, His, Norway
- Centre for Coastal Research, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Agder, P. O. Box 422, N-4604, Kristiansand, Norway
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Syntheses (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, P. O. Box 1066 Blindern, N-0316, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen Marine Research Station, Nye Flødevigveien 20, N-4817, His, Norway
- Centre for Coastal Research, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Agder, P. O. Box 422, N-4604, Kristiansand, Norway
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Syntheses (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, P. O. Box 1066 Blindern, N-0316, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen Marine Research Station, Nye Flødevigveien 20, N-4817, His, Norway
- Centre for Coastal Research, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Agder, P. O. Box 422, N-4604, Kristiansand, Norway
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Fernández-Chacón A, Moland E, Espeland SH, Olsen EM. Demographic effects of full vs. partial protection from harvesting: inference from an empirical before-after control-impact study on Atlantic cod. J Appl Ecol 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Institute of Marine Research; Nye Flødevigveien 20 4817 His Norway
- Department of Natural Sciences; University of Agder; P.O. Box 422 4604 Kristiansand Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research; Nye Flødevigveien 20 4817 His Norway
- Department of Natural Sciences; University of Agder; P.O. Box 422 4604 Kristiansand Norway
- Department of Biosciences; Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Syntheses (CEES); University of Oslo; P.O. Box 1066 Blindern 0316 Oslo Norway
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Freitas C, Olsen EM, Moland E, Ciannelli L, Knutsen H. Behavioral responses of Atlantic cod to sea temperature changes. Ecol Evol 2015; 5:2070-83. [PMID: 26045957 PMCID: PMC4449760 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2015] [Revised: 03/04/2015] [Accepted: 03/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Understanding responses of marine species to temperature variability is essential to predict impacts of future climate change in the oceans. Most ectotherms are expected to adjust their behavior to avoid extreme temperatures and minimize acute changes in body temperature. However, measuring such behavioral plasticity in the wild is challenging. Combining 4 years of telemetry-derived behavioral data on juvenile and adult (30–80 cm) Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), and in situ ocean temperature measurements, we found a significant effect of sea temperature on cod depth use and activity level in coastal Skagerrak. During summer, cod were found in deeper waters when sea surface temperature increased. Further, this effect of temperature was stronger on larger cod. Diel vertical migration, which consists in a nighttime rise to shallow feeding habitats, was stronger among smaller cod. As surface temperature increased beyond ∼15°C, their vertical migration was limited to deeper waters. In addition to larger diel vertical migrations, smaller cod were more active and travelled larger distances compared to larger specimens. Cold temperatures during winter tended, however, to reduce the magnitude of diel vertical migrations, as well as the activity level and distance moved by those smaller individuals. Our findings suggest that future and ongoing rises in sea surface temperature may increasingly deprive cod in this region from shallow feeding areas during summer, which may be detrimental for local populations of the species.
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- Carla Freitas
- Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Agder Post Box 422, 4604, Kristiansand, Norway ; Institute of Marine Research Flødevigen, 4817, His, Norway ; Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto 4050-123, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Agder Post Box 422, 4604, Kristiansand, Norway ; Institute of Marine Research Flødevigen, 4817, His, Norway ; Department of Biosciences, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Syntheses (CEES), University of Oslo PO Box 1066, Blindern, 0316, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Agder Post Box 422, 4604, Kristiansand, Norway ; Institute of Marine Research Flødevigen, 4817, His, Norway
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- College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University 104 CEOAS Administration Building, Corvallis, Oregon, 97331-5503
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Agder Post Box 422, 4604, Kristiansand, Norway ; Institute of Marine Research Flødevigen, 4817, His, Norway ; Department of Biosciences, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Syntheses (CEES), University of Oslo PO Box 1066, Blindern, 0316, Oslo, Norway
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Olsen EM, Knutsen H, Gjøsæter J, Jorde PE, Knutsen JA, Stenseth NC. Small-scale biocomplexity in coastal Atlantic cod supporting a Darwinian perspective on fisheries management. Evol Appl 2015; 1:524-33. [PMID: 25567733 PMCID: PMC3352383 DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2008.00024.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2007] [Accepted: 02/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Harvesting of marine resources raises concerns about how to identify and preserve biocomplexity, including the diversity of life histories found within and among wild populations of a species. In order to fully accomplish this, there is a need to elucidate the underlying causes of phenotypic variation, and how this variation responds to environmental changes. In general, both evolutionary (genetic) and nonevolutionary (plastic) responses may occur. Plastic responses to environmental change are expected to shift the phenotype along a reaction norm, while an evolutionary response is expected to shift the reaction norm itself. Here, we assess the maturation patterns of coastal Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in Skagerrak, where studies using neutral markers have revealed genetically differentiated populations of this harvested fish within tens of kilometres of coastline. Our results suggest that physiological state prior to the spawning season, as well as juvenile growth, both influence the probability of completing sexual maturation at a given age. Furthermore, our results point towards a spatial structuring of this plasticity (i.e. the maturation reaction norms) comparable with population connectivity inferred from neutral markers. We argue that such fine-scale biocomplexity calls for a Darwinian approach to fisheries management.
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- Institute of Marine Research Flødevigen, His, Norway ; Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biology, University of Oslo Blindern, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research Flødevigen, His, Norway ; Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biology, University of Oslo Blindern, Oslo, Norway
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Moland E, Olsen EM, Knutsen H, Garrigou P, Espeland SH, Kleiven AR, André C, Knutsen JA. Lobster and cod benefit from small-scale northern marine protected areas: inference from an empirical before-after control-impact study. Proc Biol Sci 2013; 280:20122679. [PMID: 23303544 PMCID: PMC3574327 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly implemented as tools to conserve and manage fisheries and target species. Because there are opportunity costs to conservation, there is a need for science-based assessment of MPAs. Here, we present one of the northernmost documentations of MPA effects to date, demonstrated by a replicated before–after control-impact (BACI) approach. In 2006, MPAs were implemented along the Norwegian Skagerrak coast offering complete protection to shellfish and partial protection to fish. By 2010, European lobster (Homarus gammarus) catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) had increased by 245 per cent in MPAs, whereas CPUE in control areas had increased by 87 per cent. Mean size of lobsters increased by 13 per cent in MPAs, whereas increase in control areas was negligible. Furthermore, MPA-responses and population development in control areas varied significantly among regions. This illustrates the importance of a replicated BACI design for reaching robust conclusions and management decisions. Partial protection of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) was followed by an increase in population density and body size compared with control areas. By 2010, MPA cod were on average 5 cm longer than in any of the control areas. MPAs can be useful management tools in rebuilding and conserving portions of depleted lobster populations in northern temperate waters, and even for a mobile temperate fish species such as the Atlantic cod.
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- Even Moland
- Flødevigen Marine Research Station, Institute of Marine Research, Nye Flødevigvei 20, 4817 His, Norway.
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Olsen EM, Heupel MR, Simpfendorfer CA, Moland E. Harvest selection on Atlantic cod behavioral traits: implications for spatial management. Ecol Evol 2012; 2:1549-62. [PMID: 22957161 PMCID: PMC3434912 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2011] [Revised: 02/23/2012] [Accepted: 02/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Harvesting wild populations may contrast or reinforce natural agents of selection and potentially cause evolutionary changes in life-history traits such as growth and maturation. Harvest selection may also act on behavioral traits, although this field of research has so far received less attention. We used acoustic tags and a network of receivers to monitor the behavior and fate of individual Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua, N = 60) in their natural habitat on the Norwegian Skagerrak coast. Fish with a strong diel vertical migration, alternating between shallow- and deep-water habitats, had a higher risk of being captured in the fishery (traps, gillnet, hand line) as compared to fish that stayed in deeper water. There was also a significant negative correlation between fish size (30–66 cm) and the magnitude of diel vertical migration. Natural selection on behavior was less clear, but tended to favor fish with a large activity space. On a monthly time scale we found significant repeatabilities for cod behavior, meaning that individual characteristics tended to persist and therefore may be termed personality traits. We argue that an evolutionary approach to fisheries management should consider fish behavior. This would be of particular relevance for spatial management actions such as marine reserve design.
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- Esben Moland Olsen
- Institute of Marine Research FlødevigenN-4817 His, Norway
- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biology, University of OsloP.O. Box 1066 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Australian Institute of Marine ScienceTownsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
- Fishing and Fisheries Research Centre, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook UniversityTownsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
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- Fishing and Fisheries Research Centre, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook UniversityTownsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
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- Institute of Marine Research FlødevigenN-4817 His, Norway
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Serbezov D, Jorde PE, Bernatchez L, Olsen EM, Vøllestad LA. Life history and demographic determinants of effective/census size ratios as exemplified by brown trout (Salmo trutta). Evol Appl 2012; 5:607-18. [PMID: 23028401 PMCID: PMC3461143 DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2012.00239.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2011] [Accepted: 12/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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A number of demographic factors, many of which related to human-driven encroachments, are predicted to decrease the effective population size (N(e)) relative to the census population size (N), but these have been little investigated. Yet, it is necessary to know which factors most strongly impact N(e), and how to mitigate these effects through sound management actions. In this study, we use parentage analysis of a stream-living brown trout (Salmo trutta) population to quantify the effect of between-individual variance in reproductive success on the effective number of breeders (N(b)) relative to the census number of breeders (N(i)). Comprehensive estimates of the N(b)/N ratio were reduced to 0.16-0.28, almost entirely due to larger than binomial variance in family size. We used computer simulations, based on empirical estimates of age-specific survival and fecundity rates, to assess the effect of repeat spawning (iteroparity) on N(e) and found that the variance in lifetime reproductive success was substantially higher for repeat spawners. Random family-specific survival, on the other hand, acts to buffer these effects. We discuss the implications of these findings for the management of small populations, where maintaining high and stable levels of N(e) is crucial to extenuate inbreeding and protect genetic variability.
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- Dimitar Serbezov
- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biology, University of OsloBlindern, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biology, University of OsloBlindern, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Marine ResearchFlødevigen, Norway
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Pavillon Charles-Eugène Marchand, Université LavalQuébec, QC, Canada
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biology, University of OsloBlindern, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Marine ResearchFlødevigen, Norway
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biology, University of OsloBlindern, Oslo, Norway
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Kleiven AR, Olsen EM, Vølstad JH. Total catch of a red-listed marine species is an order of magnitude higher than official data. PLoS One 2012; 7:e31216. [PMID: 22363583 PMCID: PMC3281931 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2011] [Accepted: 01/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Accurate information on total catch and effort is essential for successful fisheries management. Officially reported landings, however, may be underestimates of total catch in many fisheries. We investigated the fishery for the nationally red-listed European lobster (Homarus gammarus) in south-eastern Norway. Probability-based strip transect surveys were used to count buoys in the study area in combination with catch per unit effort data obtained independently from volunteer catch diaries, phone interviews, and questionnaires. We estimate that recreational catch accounts for 65% of total catch in the study area. Moreover, our results indicate that only a small proportion (24%) of lobsters landed commercially were sold through the legal market and documented. Total estimated lobster catch was nearly 14 times higher than reported officially. Our study highlights the need for adequate catch monitoring and data collection efforts in coastal areas, presents a clear warning to resource managers that illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fisheries in coastal areas should not be ignored, and shows the potential impact of recreational fisheries.
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Knutsen H, Olsen EM, Jorde PE, Espeland SH, André C, Stenseth NC. Are low but statistically significant levels of genetic differentiation in marine fishes 'biologically meaningful'? A case study of coastal Atlantic cod. Mol Ecol 2010; 20:768-83. [PMID: 21199035 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2010.04979.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A key question in many genetic studies on marine organisms is how to interpret a low but statistically significant level of genetic differentiation. Do such observations reflect a real phenomenon, or are they caused by confounding factors such as unrepresentative sampling or selective forces acting on the marker loci? Further, are low levels of differentiation biologically trivial, or can they represent a meaningful and perhaps important finding? We explored these issues in an empirical study on coastal Atlantic cod, combining temporally replicated genetic samples over a 10-year period with an extensive capture-mark-recapture study of individual mobility and population size. The genetic analyses revealed a pattern of differentiation between the inner part of the fjord and the open skerries area at the fjord entrance. Overall, genetic differentiation was weak (average F(ST) = 0.0037), but nevertheless highly statistical significant and did not depend on particular loci that could be subject to selection. This spatial component dominated over temporal change, and temporal replicates clustered together throughout the 10-year period. Consistent with genetic results, the majority of the recaptured fish were found close to the point of release, with <1% of recaptured individuals dispersing between the inner fjord and outer skerries. We conclude that low levels of genetic differentiation in this marine fish can indeed be biologically meaningful, corresponding to separate, temporally persistent, local populations. We estimated the genetically effective sizes (N(e) ) of the two coastal cod populations to 198 and 542 and found a N(e) /N (spawner) ratio of 0.14.
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- H Knutsen
- Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen, N-4817 His, Norway.
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In order to provide better fisheries management and conservation decisions, there is a need to discern the underlying relationship between the spawning stock and recruitment of marine fishes, a relationship which is influenced by the environmental conditions. Here, we demonstrate how the environmental conditions (temperature and the food availability for fish larvae) influence the stock–recruitment relationship and indeed what kind of stock–recruitment relationship we might see under different environmental conditions. Using unique zooplankton data from the Continuous Plankton Recorder, we find that food availability (i.e. zooplankton) in essence determines which model applies for the once large North Sea cod (Gadus morhua) stock. Further, we show that recruitment is strengthened during cold years and weakened during warm years. Our combined model explained 45 per cent of the total variance in cod recruitment, while the traditional Ricker and Beverton–Holt models only explained about 10 per cent. Specifically, our approach predicts that a full recovery of the North Sea cod stock might not be expected until the environment becomes more favourable.
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Ohlberger J, Langangen Ø, Edeline E, Olsen EM, Winfield IJ, Fletcher JM, James JB, Stenseth NC, Vøllestad LA. Pathogen-induced rapid evolution in a vertebrate life-history trait. Proc Biol Sci 2010; 278:35-41. [PMID: 20667871 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Anthropogenic factors, including climate warming, are increasing the incidence and prevalence of infectious diseases worldwide. Infectious diseases caused by pathogenic parasites can have severe impacts on host survival, thereby altering the selection regime and inducing evolutionary responses in their hosts. Knowledge about such evolutionary consequences in natural populations is critical to mitigate potential ecological and economic effects. However, studies on pathogen-induced trait changes are scarce and the pace of evolutionary change is largely unknown, particularly in vertebrates. Here, we use a time series from long-term monitoring of perch to estimate temporal trends in the maturation schedule before and after a severe pathogen outbreak. We show that the disease induced a phenotypic change from a previously increasing to a decreasing size at maturation, the most important life-history transition in animals. Evolutionary rates imposed by the pathogen were high and comparable to those reported for populations exposed to intense human harvesting. Pathogens thus represent highly potent drivers of adaptive phenotypic evolution in vertebrates.
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- Jan Ohlberger
- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biology, University of Oslo, PO Box 1066 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway.
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Serbezov D, Bernatchez L, Olsen EM, Vøllestad LA. Quantitative genetic parameters for wild stream-living brown trout: heritability and parental effects. J Evol Biol 2010; 23:1631-41. [PMID: 20524953 DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02028.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Adaptability depends on the presence of additive genetic variance for important traits. Yet few estimates of additive genetic variance and heritability are available for wild populations, particularly so for fishes. Here, we estimate heritability of length-at-age for wild-living brown trout (Salmo trutta), based on long-term mark-recapture data and pedigree reconstruction based on large-scale genotyping at 15 microsatellite loci. We also tested for the presence of maternal and paternal effects using a Bayesian version of the Animal model. Heritability varied between 0.16 and 0.31, with reasonable narrow confidence bands, and the total phenotypic variance increased with age. When introducing dam as an additional random effect (accounting for c. 7% of total phenotypic variance), the level of additive genetic variance and heritability decreased (0.12-0.21). Parental size (both for sires and for dams) positively influenced length-at-age for juvenile trout--either through direct parental effects or through genotype-environment correlations. Length-at-age is a complex trait reflecting the effects of a number of physiological, behavioural and ecological processes. Our data show that fitness-related traits such as length-at-age can retain high levels of additive genetic variance even when total phenotypic variance is high.
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- D Serbezov
- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway
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AIM To derive new reference values for height, weight and body mass index (BMI) of children aged 0-5 years in Denmark and to compare them with the national reference from the 1970s and the 2006 WHO standard. METHODS The height and weight of 4105 healthy singleton children born in 1995 were obtained from a cohort study. Children were measured at birth and at seven regular health examinations by a general practitioner up to 5 years of age. Generalized additive models for location, scale and shape were used to construct percentile curves. RESULTS Mean length, weight and BMI at birth and during the first months of life increased significantly, but the differences diminished thereafter, and at 1 year BMI had decreased. In boys, weight and BMI had decreased by 2 years of age but had increased, together with height, at 5 years. Children were taller, heavier and had a higher BMI than that referred to in the WHO standard. CONCLUSION New references for length or height, weight and BMI by age were constructed for children in Denmark. Since the 1970s, weight, length and BMI at birth increased, and growth during the first year of life appears to be healthier.
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- A M Nielsen
- National Institute of Public Health, Southern University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Gregersen F, Vøllestad LA, Olsen EM, Haugen TO. Sibling-size variation in brown trout Salmo trutta in relation to egg size and stream size. J Fish Biol 2009; 74:1259-1268. [PMID: 20735629 DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02194.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Sibling-size variation (SSV), estimated as the coefficient of variation of egg size, was investigated for 13 populations of brown trout Salmo trutta. SSV was negatively correlated with mean egg size both at the population and individual levels. After correction for the effect of mean egg size, SSV was also negatively correlated with stream size. These results provide new information about how salmonid SSV can vary at different ecological scales (individual, population and region). The results are discussed in light of competing theories for explaining SSV: (1) the passive effect hypothesis, stating that egg size variation follows passively from selection on egg size and (2) the bet-hedging hypothesis, stating that high SSV is adaptive in unpredictable environments.
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- F Gregersen
- Department of Biology, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway
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Asbjørn Vøllestad L, Moland Olsen E. Non-additive effects of density-dependent and density-independent factors on brown trout vital rates. OIKOS 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16872.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Skovgaard AM, Olsen EM, Christiansen E, Houmann T, Landorph SL, Jørgensen T. Predictors (0-10 months) of psychopathology at age 11/2 years - a general population study in The Copenhagen Child Cohort CCC 2000. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2008; 49:553-62. [PMID: 18341552 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01860.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Epidemiological studies of mental health problems in the first years of life are few. This study aims to investigate infancy predictors of psychopathology in the second year of life. METHODS A random general population sample of 210 children from the Copenhagen Child Birth Cohort CCC 2000 was investigated by data from National Danish registers and data collected prospectively from birth in a general child health surveillance programme. Mental health outcome at 1(1/2) years was assessed by clinical and standardised measures including the Child Behavior Check List 1(1/2)-5 (CBCL 1(1/2)-5), Infant Toddler Symptom Check List (ITSCL), Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT), Bayley Scales of Infant Development (BSID II), Mannheim Eltern Interview (MEI), Parent Child Early Relational Assessment (PC ERA) and Parent Infant Relationship Global Assessment Scale (PIR-GAS), and disordered children were diagnosed according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) and Diagnostic Classification Zero to Three (DC: 0-3). RESULTS Deviant language development in the first 10 months of life predicted the child having any disorder at 1(1/2) years, OR 3.3 (1.4-8.0). Neuro-developmental disorders were predicted by deviant neuro-cognitive functioning, OR 6.8 (2.2-21.4), deviant language development, OR 5.9 (1.9-18.7) and impaired social interaction and communication, OR 3.8 (1.3-11.4). Unwanted pregnancy and parents' negative expectations of the child recorded in the first months of the child's life were significant predictors of relationship disturbances at 1(1/2) years. CONCLUSIONS Predictors of neuro-developmental disorders and parent-child relationship disturbances can be identified in the first 10 months of life in children from the general population.
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- A M Skovgaard
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Centre, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark.
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Olsen EM, Petersen J, Skovgaard AM, Weile B, Jørgensen T, Wright CM. Failure to thrive: the prevalence and concurrence of anthropometric criteria in a general infant population. Arch Dis Child 2007; 92:109-14. [PMID: 16531456 PMCID: PMC2083342 DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.080333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Failure to thrive (FTT) in early childhood is associated with subsequent developmental delay and is recognised to reflect relative undernutrition. Although the concept of FTT is widely used, no consensus exists regarding a specific definition, and it is unclear to what extent different anthropometric definitions concur. OBJECTIVE To compare the prevalence and concurrence of different anthropometric criteria for FTT and test the sensitivity and positive predictive values of these in detecting children with "significant undernutrition", defined as the combination of slow conditional weight gain and low body mass index (BMI). METHODS Seven criteria of FTT, including low weight for age, low BMI, low conditional weight gain and Waterlow's criterion for wasting, were applied to a birth cohort of 6090 Danish infants. The criteria were compared in two age groups: 2-6 and 6-11 months of life. RESULTS 27% of infants met one or more criteria in at least one of the two age groups. The concurrence among the criteria was generally poor, with most children identified by only one criterion. Positive predictive values of different criteria ranged from 1% to 58%. Most single criteria identified either less than half the cases of significant undernutrition (found in 3%) or included far too many, thus having a low positive predictive value. Children with low weight for height tended to be relatively tall. CONCLUSIONS No single measurement on its own seems to be adequate for identifying nutritional growth delay. Further longitudinal population studies are needed to investigate the discriminating power of different criteria in detecting significant undernutrition and subsequent outcomes.
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- E M Olsen
- Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark.
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Skovgaard AM, Houmann T, Christiansen E, Landorph S, Jørgensen T, Olsen EM, Heering K, Kaas-Nielsen S, Samberg V, Lichtenberg A. The prevalence of mental health problems in children 1(1/2) years of age - the Copenhagen Child Cohort 2000. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2007; 48:62-70. [PMID: 17244271 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2006.01659.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The Copenhagen Child Cohort, CCC 2000, was established to investigate developmental psychopathology prospectively from birth in a general population. METHODS A random sample of 211 children from the CCC 2000 was investigated when the children were 1(1/2) years of age. The prevalence and associates of mental health problems and psychopathology were studied by clinical and standardised strategies, including videotape recordings, parent interviews and the following instruments: The Child Behavior Check List 1(1/2)-5 (CBCL 1(1/2)-5), The Infant Toddler Symptom Check List (ITSCL), Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT), Bayley Scales of Infant Development II (BSID II), The Parent Child Early Relationship Assessment (PC ERA) and Parent Infant Relationship Global Assessment Scale (PIR-GAS). RESULTS Mental health problems according to International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) and Diagnostic Classification Zero to Three (DC 0-3) diagnoses were found in 16-18% of 1(1/2)-year-old children. Most common were disturbances of emotion, behaviour and eating and the DC 0-3 diagnosis of regulatory disorder. Parent-child relationship disturbances were found in 8%. High psychosocial risk was significantly associated with emotional and behavioural disorders (OR 3.1 95% (1.2-8.1)) and disturbed parent-child relationship (OR 5.0 95% (1.6-16.0)). The strongest association of risk was found between relationship disorders and emotional and behavioural disorders (OR 11.6 95% (3.8-37.5)). CONCLUSIONS The prevalence and distribution of psychopathology in 1(1/2)-year-old children seem to correspond to the distributions among older children. Disturbances in parent-child relationship have a key position in the risk mechanisms in early child psychopathology.
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- Anne Mette Skovgaard
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Centre, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark.
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Mortensen LH, Olsen EM, Andersen AMN. Maternal Bmi, Smoking and The Social Gradient in Birth Weight, Low Birth Weight, and Small for Gestational Age. Am J Epidemiol 2006. [DOI: 10.1093/aje/163.suppl_11.s60-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Olsen EM, Krabbe S. [Cataract--an initial symptom of diabetes mellitus in a 14-year old girl]. Ugeskr Laeger 2001; 163:5542-3. [PMID: 11601124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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A 14-year-old girl presented with cataract as an initial sign of IDDM. Before the diagnosis of DM, she showed no acute symptoms, including ketoacidosis. Retrospectively, there had been faint signs of polyuria, polydipsia, and nycturia. Diabetic cataract is a rare complication in young diabetics and is usually associated with long-standing DM and poor metabolic control. Previous cases have a striking resemblance to our patient, thus suggesting that a small group of young diabetics have weak symptoms, but are nevertheless at great risk of developing diabetic complications.
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- E M Olsen
- Centralsygehuset i Naestved, paediatrisk afdeling
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Thrombocytopenia frequently complicates neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and has been postulated to result from absorption of bacterial endotoxins from the injured gut. The authors tested blood obtained during 47 episodes of NEC for endotoxin-like activity (ELA), using a Limulus amoebocyte lysate assay and found 23 patients (49%) had positive results. Concentrations of ELA in plasma ranged from 0.26 to 300 ng/mL of Escherichia coli equivalent activity, with a geometric mean of 1.1 ng/mL. Serial platelet measurements were available from 40 infants, 11 (28%) of whom had nadir counts below 100,000/mm3 following NEC onset. Nine of 19 infants (47%) with ELA in plasma and only 2 of 21 without (9.5%, P less than 0.05) developed thrombocytopenia, suggesting that endotoxinemia may indeed contribute to platelet depletion during NEC.
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Five samples of wheat germ meal (WGM): raw, toasted 45 min, autoclaved 20, 45, or 90 min were analyzed for amino acids. Arginine and lysine were decreased by all treatments; the greatest loss was of lysine in 45- and 90-min autoclaved samples. Digestibility of protein and absorption of amino acids, determined with rats, was decreased by autoclaving. Decreased amino acid content and protein digestibility was reflected in lower weight gain and protein efficiency ratio (PER). Experimentally determined protein digestibilities of mixtures of raw and 90-min autoclaved WGM showed that the digestibility values of the two components were additive. Supplementation of raw WGM with amino acids showed that only methionine improved growth and PER. By these criteria, methionine-supplemented raw WGM was superior to methionine-supplemented soybean meal. Raw WGM exhibited no toxicity for the rat. The results confirm the excellent quality of protein in WGM. It is suggested that heat treatments applied during processing should be kept at a minimum.
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Hill DC, Olsen EM. Effect of Starvation and a Nonprotein Diet on Blood Plasma Amino Acids, and Observations on the Detection of Amino Acids Limiting Growth of Chicks Fed Purified Diets. J Nutr 1963; 79:303-10. [PMID: 13954501 DOI: 10.1093/jn/79.3.303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Hill DC, Olsen EM. Effect of the Addition of Imbalanced Amino Acid Mixtures to a Low Protein Diet, on Weight Gains and Plasma Amino Acids of Chicks. J Nutr 1963; 79:296-302. [PMID: 13954502 DOI: 10.1093/jn/79.3.296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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