Otolith morphometry and microchemistry as habitat markers for juvenile Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758 in nursery grounds in the Valencian community, Spain

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Callicó Fortunato, Roberta Glenda; Benedito Durà, Vicent; Volpedo, Alejandra
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2017
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The aim of this study was to identify and characterize juvenile Mugil cephalus (flathead grey mullet) habitats in the Valencian community by means of otolith morphometry and microchemistry. Specimens (total length: 250–350 mm) were obtained from October 2011 to March 2012 with gill nets in two protected wetlands: the Parque Nartural de l'Albufera de Valencia (AV) (n = 45), a Mediterranean lake; and the Parque Natural Salinas de Santa Pola (SP) (n = 37), a coastal salt marsh. Otolith shape indices (circularity, rectangularity, aspect ratio, surface occupied by sulcus, ellipticity and form factor) and microchemistry (Sr/Ca and Ba/Ca ratios) were measured and compared as area markers. The chemical composition of the water in both areas was also obtained. Morphometric results showed, by an ANOVA with Bonferroni contrasts, that saccular otoliths from AV individuals had more edge complexity, hence a higher circularity index (p <.001), but that there was less otolith percentage occupied by the sulcus (p <.001). When analyzing the morphometric variables simultaneously, both sites differed significantly (Hotelling's T2 < 0.001). A paired t-test among sites of the microchemical variables showed that otoliths of AV presented higher values of Ba/Ca ratios and lower Sr/Ca ratios (p <.001). This coincides with water values obtained and could be associated with the low salinity observed in the lake. The opposite pattern was observed in SP, both for otolith and water samples, this being associated with the high-salinity waters of the area. Results obtained in the present research suggest, by the use of otolith morphometry and microchemistry, that the nursery grounds of juvenile M. cephalus in the Valencian community could be differentiated. Even though habitats could be separated using otolith morphometry, only a few of the studied shape indices were important in area differentiation. Nevertheless, the use of both methodologies simultaneously could be robust habitat markers for this species.
Fil: Callicó Fortunato, Roberta Glenda. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Unidad Ejecutora de Investigaciones en Producción Animal. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Unidad Ejecutora de Investigaciones en Producción Animal; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Centro de Estudios Transdisciplinarios del Agua; Argentina
Fil: Benedito Durà, Vicent. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Departamento de Ingeniería, Hidráulica y Medio Ambiente; España
Fil: Volpedo, Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Unidad Ejecutora de Investigaciones en Producción Animal. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Unidad Ejecutora de Investigaciones en Producción Animal; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Centro de Estudios Transdisciplinarios del Agua; Argentina
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Mugil Cephalus
Otolith
Morphometry
Microchemistry
Habitat Markers
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spelling Otolith morphometry and microchemistry as habitat markers for juvenile Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758 in nursery grounds in the Valencian community, SpainCallicó Fortunato, Roberta GlendaBenedito Durà, VicentVolpedo, AlejandraMugil CephalusOtolithMorphometryMicrochemistryHabitat Markershttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The aim of this study was to identify and characterize juvenile Mugil cephalus (flathead grey mullet) habitats in the Valencian community by means of otolith morphometry and microchemistry. Specimens (total length: 250–350 mm) were obtained from October 2011 to March 2012 with gill nets in two protected wetlands: the Parque Nartural de l'Albufera de Valencia (AV) (n = 45), a Mediterranean lake; and the Parque Natural Salinas de Santa Pola (SP) (n = 37), a coastal salt marsh. Otolith shape indices (circularity, rectangularity, aspect ratio, surface occupied by sulcus, ellipticity and form factor) and microchemistry (Sr/Ca and Ba/Ca ratios) were measured and compared as area markers. The chemical composition of the water in both areas was also obtained. Morphometric results showed, by an ANOVA with Bonferroni contrasts, that saccular otoliths from AV individuals had more edge complexity, hence a higher circularity index (p <.001), but that there was less otolith percentage occupied by the sulcus (p <.001). When analyzing the morphometric variables simultaneously, both sites differed significantly (Hotelling's T2 < 0.001). A paired t-test among sites of the microchemical variables showed that otoliths of AV presented higher values of Ba/Ca ratios and lower Sr/Ca ratios (p <.001). This coincides with water values obtained and could be associated with the low salinity observed in the lake. The opposite pattern was observed in SP, both for otolith and water samples, this being associated with the high-salinity waters of the area. Results obtained in the present research suggest, by the use of otolith morphometry and microchemistry, that the nursery grounds of juvenile M. cephalus in the Valencian community could be differentiated. Even though habitats could be separated using otolith morphometry, only a few of the studied shape indices were important in area differentiation. Nevertheless, the use of both methodologies simultaneously could be robust habitat markers for this species.Fil: Callicó Fortunato, Roberta Glenda. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Unidad Ejecutora de Investigaciones en Producción Animal. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Unidad Ejecutora de Investigaciones en Producción Animal; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Centro de Estudios Transdisciplinarios del Agua; ArgentinaFil: Benedito Durà, Vicent. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Departamento de Ingeniería, Hidráulica y Medio Ambiente; EspañaFil: Volpedo, Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Unidad Ejecutora de Investigaciones en Producción Animal. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Unidad Ejecutora de Investigaciones en Producción Animal; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Centro de Estudios Transdisciplinarios del Agua; ArgentinaWiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc2017-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/50914Callicó Fortunato, Roberta Glenda; Benedito Durà, Vicent; Volpedo, Alejandra; Otolith morphometry and microchemistry as habitat markers for juvenile Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758 in nursery grounds in the Valencian community, Spain; Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc; Journal of Applied Ichthyology - Zeitschrift für Angewandte Ichthyologie; 33; 2; 4-2017; 163-1671439-04260175-8659CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1111/jai.13291info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jai.13291info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:47:28Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/50914instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:47:29.146CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Otolith morphometry and microchemistry as habitat markers for juvenile Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758 in nursery grounds in the Valencian community, Spain
title Otolith morphometry and microchemistry as habitat markers for juvenile Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758 in nursery grounds in the Valencian community, Spain
spellingShingle Otolith morphometry and microchemistry as habitat markers for juvenile Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758 in nursery grounds in the Valencian community, Spain
Callicó Fortunato, Roberta Glenda
Mugil Cephalus
Otolith
Morphometry
Microchemistry
Habitat Markers
title_short Otolith morphometry and microchemistry as habitat markers for juvenile Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758 in nursery grounds in the Valencian community, Spain
title_full Otolith morphometry and microchemistry as habitat markers for juvenile Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758 in nursery grounds in the Valencian community, Spain
title_fullStr Otolith morphometry and microchemistry as habitat markers for juvenile Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758 in nursery grounds in the Valencian community, Spain
title_full_unstemmed Otolith morphometry and microchemistry as habitat markers for juvenile Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758 in nursery grounds in the Valencian community, Spain
title_sort Otolith morphometry and microchemistry as habitat markers for juvenile Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758 in nursery grounds in the Valencian community, Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Callicó Fortunato, Roberta Glenda
Benedito Durà, Vicent
Volpedo, Alejandra
author Callicó Fortunato, Roberta Glenda
author_facet Callicó Fortunato, Roberta Glenda
Benedito Durà, Vicent
Volpedo, Alejandra
author_role author
author2 Benedito Durà, Vicent
Volpedo, Alejandra
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Mugil Cephalus
Otolith
Morphometry
Microchemistry
Habitat Markers
topic Mugil Cephalus
Otolith
Morphometry
Microchemistry
Habitat Markers
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The aim of this study was to identify and characterize juvenile Mugil cephalus (flathead grey mullet) habitats in the Valencian community by means of otolith morphometry and microchemistry. Specimens (total length: 250–350 mm) were obtained from October 2011 to March 2012 with gill nets in two protected wetlands: the Parque Nartural de l'Albufera de Valencia (AV) (n = 45), a Mediterranean lake; and the Parque Natural Salinas de Santa Pola (SP) (n = 37), a coastal salt marsh. Otolith shape indices (circularity, rectangularity, aspect ratio, surface occupied by sulcus, ellipticity and form factor) and microchemistry (Sr/Ca and Ba/Ca ratios) were measured and compared as area markers. The chemical composition of the water in both areas was also obtained. Morphometric results showed, by an ANOVA with Bonferroni contrasts, that saccular otoliths from AV individuals had more edge complexity, hence a higher circularity index (p <.001), but that there was less otolith percentage occupied by the sulcus (p <.001). When analyzing the morphometric variables simultaneously, both sites differed significantly (Hotelling's T2 < 0.001). A paired t-test among sites of the microchemical variables showed that otoliths of AV presented higher values of Ba/Ca ratios and lower Sr/Ca ratios (p <.001). This coincides with water values obtained and could be associated with the low salinity observed in the lake. The opposite pattern was observed in SP, both for otolith and water samples, this being associated with the high-salinity waters of the area. Results obtained in the present research suggest, by the use of otolith morphometry and microchemistry, that the nursery grounds of juvenile M. cephalus in the Valencian community could be differentiated. Even though habitats could be separated using otolith morphometry, only a few of the studied shape indices were important in area differentiation. Nevertheless, the use of both methodologies simultaneously could be robust habitat markers for this species.
Fil: Callicó Fortunato, Roberta Glenda. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Unidad Ejecutora de Investigaciones en Producción Animal. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Unidad Ejecutora de Investigaciones en Producción Animal; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Centro de Estudios Transdisciplinarios del Agua; Argentina
Fil: Benedito Durà, Vicent. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Departamento de Ingeniería, Hidráulica y Medio Ambiente; España
Fil: Volpedo, Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Unidad Ejecutora de Investigaciones en Producción Animal. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Unidad Ejecutora de Investigaciones en Producción Animal; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Centro de Estudios Transdisciplinarios del Agua; Argentina
description The aim of this study was to identify and characterize juvenile Mugil cephalus (flathead grey mullet) habitats in the Valencian community by means of otolith morphometry and microchemistry. Specimens (total length: 250–350 mm) were obtained from October 2011 to March 2012 with gill nets in two protected wetlands: the Parque Nartural de l'Albufera de Valencia (AV) (n = 45), a Mediterranean lake; and the Parque Natural Salinas de Santa Pola (SP) (n = 37), a coastal salt marsh. Otolith shape indices (circularity, rectangularity, aspect ratio, surface occupied by sulcus, ellipticity and form factor) and microchemistry (Sr/Ca and Ba/Ca ratios) were measured and compared as area markers. The chemical composition of the water in both areas was also obtained. Morphometric results showed, by an ANOVA with Bonferroni contrasts, that saccular otoliths from AV individuals had more edge complexity, hence a higher circularity index (p <.001), but that there was less otolith percentage occupied by the sulcus (p <.001). When analyzing the morphometric variables simultaneously, both sites differed significantly (Hotelling's T2 < 0.001). A paired t-test among sites of the microchemical variables showed that otoliths of AV presented higher values of Ba/Ca ratios and lower Sr/Ca ratios (p <.001). This coincides with water values obtained and could be associated with the low salinity observed in the lake. The opposite pattern was observed in SP, both for otolith and water samples, this being associated with the high-salinity waters of the area. Results obtained in the present research suggest, by the use of otolith morphometry and microchemistry, that the nursery grounds of juvenile M. cephalus in the Valencian community could be differentiated. Even though habitats could be separated using otolith morphometry, only a few of the studied shape indices were important in area differentiation. Nevertheless, the use of both methodologies simultaneously could be robust habitat markers for this species.
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