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Otolith shape index: is it a tool for trophic ecology studies?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2019

Barbara Maichak de Carvalho Open the ORCID record for Barbara Maichak de Carvalho [Opens in a new window] ,
Henry Louis Spach ,
André Martins Vaz-Dos-Santos  and
Alejandra Vanina Volpedo
Barbara Maichak de Carvalho*
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Ambiental, Departamento de Engenharia – UFPR, Centro Politécnico, CEP 81531-970, Bairro Jardim das Américas, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Henry Louis Spach
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação de Sistema Costeiro e Oceânicos, UFPR, Av. Beira-Mar, s/n, CEP 83255-976, caixa postal 61, Bal. Pontal do Sul, Pontal do Paraná, PR, Brazil
André Martins Vaz-Dos-Santos
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biodiversidade, Laboratório de Esclerocronologia, UFPR, Rua Pioneiro, 2153, CEP 85950-000, Palotina PR, Brazil Programa de Pós-Graduação em Aquicultura e Desenvolvimento Sustentável – UFPR/Bolsista, CNPq 305403/2015-0, Palotino PR, Brazil
Alejandra Vanina Volpedo
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Animal (INPA-UBA-CONICET)/Centro de Estudios Transdisciplinarios del Agua (CETA- Universidad de Buenos Aires), Av. Chorroarin 280 Buenos Aires CP (1427), Argentina
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Author for correspondence: Barbara Maichak de Carvalho, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to test the effective separation of shape indices of otoliths of three species belonging to the family Sciaenidae before and after in vitro digestion. We measured 328 sagittal otoliths and applied six shape indices. Before the experiment, the aspect ratio (otolith height/otolith length%), circularity, ellipticity and relative surface of the sulcus acusticus were suitable for differentiating the species of genera Paralonchurus and Stellifer. Among the species of Stellifer, the aspect ratio and rectangularity were suitable. Otoliths exposed to in vitro digestion showed no significant differences in their morphometry before and after the experiment. After in vitro digestion, the aspect ratio and circularity were effective in separating Paralonchurus and Stellifer. However, none of the indices used in the present study were efficient to separate otoliths of congeneric species after in vitro digestion.

Keywords

In vitro digestionSciaenidaeshapetrophic ecology
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 99 , Issue 7 , November 2019 , pp. 1675 - 1682
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2019 

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