Skeletal descriptors and quality assessment in larvae and post-larvae of wild-caught and hatchery-reared gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L. 1758)
Boglione, C.; Gagliardi, F.; Scardi, M.; Cataudella, S. (2001). Skeletal descriptors and quality assessment in larvae and post-larvae of wild-caught and hatchery-reared gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L. 1758). Aquaculture 192: 1-22. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0044-8486(00)00446-4
In: Aquaculture. Elsevier: Amsterdam; London; New York; Oxford; Tokyo. ISSN 0044-8486; e-ISSN 1873-5622, more
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- Boglione, C.
- Gagliardi, F.
- Scardi, M.
- Cataudella, S.
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| Abstract |
Gilthead sea bream from different Mediterranean hatcheries show a consistent number of skeletal anomalies, mainly in the hemal and caudal body regions. Four hundred and twenty-two hatchery-reared sea bream from Italy, France and Spain were checked for skeletal malformations and meristic counts. The same skeletal descriptors were examined in 72 wild-caught sea bream. Correspondence analysis (CA) was performed to rank groups of hatchery-reared sea bream according to their skeletal abnormalities. The position of each group on the first correspondence axis with respect to the wild-caught specimens was used as a larval quality indicator. Wild phenotype similarity was also tested performing meristic counts and inter-groups meristic differences were illustrated. Results highlighted a quality gap between wild-caught and hatchery-reared specimens, with the only exception being sea bream larvae that were reared in semi-intensive conditions. This larval monitoring method is proposed as a tool for evaluating hatchery larval quality at a morpho-anatomical level. |
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