SEQUENCE OF GONADAL EVENTS AND ESTRADIOL LEVELS IN SPARUS-AURATA (L) UNDER 2 PHOTOPERIOD REGIMES
SEQUENCE OF GONADAL EVENTS AND ESTRADIOL LEVELS IN SPARUS-AURATA (L) UNDER 2 PHOTOPERIOD REGIMES
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1095-8649.1985.tb04301.x
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
2
通讯作者:
GORDIN, H
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作者:
KADMON, G;YARON, Z;GORDIN, H
Individually tagged S. aurata were kept in tanks with running sea water (21.degree. .+-. 2.degree. c) during their 2nd and 3rd yr of life. Gonads were biopsied and blood was sampled at monthly intervals. Thirteen of 50 fish in the 2nd yr and 24 of 35 fish in the 3rd yr were phenotypically females. Fish kept under 16Light/8Dark photoperiod from July 1981 to Aug. 1982 did not reach maturation; waves of initial ovarian growth alternated with waves of atresia. When photoperiod was shortened as from Aug. 1982, gonadal development commenced within a month and proceeded at a rate higher than that of the control fish reared under natural photoperiod. Under natural photoperiod estradiol serum levels (E2) were relatively low during the resting phase, May-Oct. (108 .+-. 11 pg ml-1), and during the late vitellogenic phase (502 .+-. 76 pg ml-1). High levels (1669 .+-. 312 and 1240 .+-. 172 pg ml-1) occurred during the early vitellogenic and the maturational phases. The high level of E2 during the spawning season of S. aurata is explained by earlier reports indicating a prolonged breeding season with the daily release of eggs, and alternating daily surges of E2 and 17.alpha., 20.beta., dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one, possibly a maturational progestin in this fish. In phenotypic males, E2 was highest during early spermatogenic phases (745 .+-. 142 pg ml-1) but was low (155 .+-. 11 pg ml-1) in males with running sperm.