A stage-structured model to predict the effect of temperature and salinity on glass eel Anguilla anguilla pigmentation development

The pigmentation development process of glass eels Anguilla anguilla from stage V-B to VIA3 was modelled by gamma cumulative functions. These functions varied with respect to the factors temperature and salinity whose effects were adjusted by beta functions. Temperature was shown to accelerate pigme...

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Published in:Journal of Fish Biology
Main Authors: Briand, C, Fatin, D, Lambert, P., CICCOTTI, ELEONORA
Other Authors: Ciccotti, E, Lambert, P
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND 2005
Subjects:
Anguilla anguilla
European eel
Glass eel
Pigment stage
Salinity
Temperature
sCOPUS Indexed keywords GEOBASE Subject Index: developmental stage
eel
environmental monitoring
pigment
resident population
simulation temperature effect Regional Index: Eurasia Europe France Vilaine River Western Europe Species Index: Anguilla anguilla
Settore BIO/07 - ECOLOGIA
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2108/38052
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00798.x
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Summary:The pigmentation development process of glass eels Anguilla anguilla from stage V-B to VIA3 was modelled by gamma cumulative functions. These functions varied with respect to the factors temperature and salinity whose effects were adjusted by beta functions. Temperature was shown to accelerate pigmentation, while salinity acted as a secondary factor slowing down the pigmentation. The model fits the development of 15 samples kept at various temperatures and salinities in the Vilaine River, as well as samples monitored at other dates and places in Europe. It allows the prediction of the duration of estuarine residency for glass eels, in winter and spring, in the Atlantic estuaries.

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