Unravelling habitat use of <i>Coilia nasus</i> from the Rokkaku River and Chikugo River estuaries of Japan by otolith strontium and calcium

LIU Hongbo; JIANG Tao; YANG Jian

doi:10.1007/s13131-018-1190-8

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LIU Hongbo, JIANG Tao, YANG Jian. Unravelling habitat use of Coilia nasus from the Rokkaku River and Chikugo River estuaries of Japan by otolith strontium and calcium[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2018, 37(6): 52-60. doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1190-8

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LIU Hongbo, JIANG Tao, YANG Jian. Unravelling habitat use of Coilia nasus from the Rokkaku River and Chikugo River estuaries of Japan by otolith strontium and calcium[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2018, 37(6): 52-60. doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1190-8

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Unravelling habitat use of Coilia nasus from the Rokkaku River and Chikugo River estuaries of Japan by otolith strontium and calcium

doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1190-8

Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecological Environment Assessment and Resource Conservation in Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China

Received Date: 2017-09-13
Rev Recd Date: 2017-10-13

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The migratory history of the engraulid fish Coilia nasus in the Rokkaku and Chikugo River estuaries of the Ariake Sea, Japan was assessed using otolith strontium (Sr) X-ray intensity maps and strontium:calcium (Sr:Ca) ratio life history transects by an electron probe microanalyzer (EPMA). The results showed that seven of the ten specimens from the Rokkaku River Estuary (LJC) and all 15 specimens collected in the Chikugo River Estuary (ZHC) had low Sr:Ca ratios (≤ 3) at the central otolith area, indicating their riverine origin and initial freshwater residence. After the first regime shift adjacent to natal regions, the Sr level mapping displayed a wide variety of color patterns, and the Sr:Ca ratios obtained by the line transect analysis could be divided into one to six significantly different phases indicative of gradual life history transition. The other three specimens from the Rokkaku River Estuary had high Sr:Ca ratios (3-6.7) at the central otolith area but showed alternating changes between low and high values outside the natal region, suggesting that estuarine-origin individuals occurred in the Rokkaku River Estuary. The two-dimensional maps of the Sr level and average of the otolith Sr:Ca ratios along the life-history transects could be used as effective tools for reconstruction of past habitat use of the tapertail anchovy in estuaries of the Ariake Sea, Japan.
- Coilia nasus,
- otolith microchemistry,
- habitat use,
- Rokkaku River,
- Chikugo River

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