Otolith microchemical evidence revealing multiple spawning site origination of the anadromous tapertail anchovy (Coilia nasus) in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Estuary

Zhongya Xuan Tao Jiang Hongbo Liu Xiubao Chen Jian Yang

Zhongya Xuan, Tao Jiang, Hongbo Liu, Xiubao Chen, Jian Yang. Otolith microchemical evidence revealing multiple spawning site origination of the anadromous tapertail anchovy (Coilia nasus) in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Estuary[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2023, 42(1): 120-130. doi: 10.1007/s13131-022-2135-9
Citation: Zhongya Xuan, Tao Jiang, Hongbo Liu, Xiubao Chen, Jian Yang. Otolith microchemical evidence revealing multiple spawning site origination of the anadromous tapertail anchovy (Coilia nasus) in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Estuary[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2023, 42(1): 120-130. doi: 10.1007/s13131-022-2135-9

doi: 10.1007/s13131-022-2135-9

Otolith microchemical evidence revealing multiple spawning site origination of the anadromous tapertail anchovy (Coilia nasus) in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Estuary

Funds: The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No. 31602159; the Agricultural Finance Special Project under contract No. CJDC-2017-22; the Scientific Research Foundation of Wuxi City for Returned Oversea Chinese Scholars under contract No. CZ2019231400.
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  • Figure  1.  Map of the sampling site of Coilia nasus in the Changjiang River Estuary. The red box in the right figure indicates the sampling range.

    Figure  2.  Fluctuation (grey line) and shift (black line) of the otolith Sr:Ca concentration ratios along line transects from the core (0 μm) to the edge of the sagittal plane of Type LF Coilia nasus, which bred far from the Changjiang River Estuary. The position of the vertical dashed lines represents the annulus.

    Figure  3.  Fluctuation (grey line) and shift (black line) of the otolith Sr:Ca concentration ratios along the line transects from the core (0 μm) to the edge of the sagittal plane of Type SF Coilia nasus, which bred close to the Changjiang River Estuary. The position of the vertical dashed lines represents the annulus.

    Figure  4.  Two-dimensional strontium (Sr) concentration imaging of the sagittal otoliths of two Coilia nasus types using X-ray electron microprobe analyses.

    Figure  5.  The freshwater coefficient (FC) of two Coilia nasus types from the Changjiang River Estuary. The different letters indicate significant differences at P<0.01 (one-way ANOVA). Type LF: the long freshwater early life history type; Type SF: the short freshwater early life history type.

    Figure  6.  Diagrammatic model of Coilia nasus migration from the Changjiang River Estuary based on Sr:Ca concentration ratio analyses. The lines with the arrows represent possible dispersion patterns. Type LF: the long freshwater early life history type; Type SF: the short freshwater early life history type.

    Table  1.   The proportions of Coilia nasus specimens collected from the waters of the Changjiang River Estuary, throughout their freshwater life history

    TypeIndividual
    code
    Total length/
    mm
    Body
    weight/g
    Supermaxilla:Head
    length ratio
    SexAgeaGonadal maturity
    stage
    Lfb/μmLTc/μmFCd
    Type LF17CMCN08387140.001.092+II9102 2900.40
    17CMCN1231498.111.122+II5501 7700.31
    17CMCN13309104.011.242+II1 1002 3100.48
    17CMCN1431094.611.302+II9802 0200.49
    17CMCN15317103.621.262+II9802 1000.47
    17CMCN1630097.791.202+II9102 1000.43
    17CMCN17322115.691.182+II6602 1600.31
    17CMCN18320116.831.132+II9702 1000.46
    17CMCN1929494.361.212+II6901 9600.35
    17CMCN20315107.691.163II5101 8300.28
    17CMCN2131099.811.162+II1 1302 1900.52
    17TJSCN03323111.891.152+III9202 3900.38
    17TJSCN0627567.441.132III8901 9200.46
    17TJSCN08333155.131.222+II1 6902 2700.74
    Type SF17CMCN01325115.811.242+IV2202 3200.09
    17CMCN0223031.481.292+V2901 8600.16
    17CMCN03306100.011.272+IV4802 2500.21
    17CMCN0428171.551.122+IV6501 9500.33
    17CMCN0530270.711.312+IV6602 2700.29
    17CMCN0630593.591.162+IV4402 0800.21
    17CMCN10333126.221.172+IV2701 9300.14
    17CMCN11312123.671.202+IV6701 9900.37
    17TJSCN01322148.161.143+IV2002 2000.09
    17TJSCN0230598.131.232+IV2002 3700.08
    17TJSCN0427872.321.222IV2702 1200.13
    17TJSCN0529589.191.352+IV2002 0600.10
    17TJSCN0930598.281.212IV3701 9400.19
    17TJSCN10331124.571.223+IV1502 3500.06
    17CMCN0729374.211.172+IV02 1600
    17CMCN09331109.871.193+V02 1200
    17TJSCN0727650.181.242+IV01 9700
    Note: Type LF: the long freshwater early life history type; Type SF: the short freshwater early life history type. Agea is estimated using the otolith rings; Lf b: the length of the first freshwater stage of the low Sr:Ca concentration ratio line of the otolith microchemical line analysis or the length of the low Sr bluish central regions of the Sr mapping analysis; LTc: the radius of the entire otolith microchemical line analysis measurement line along the line down the longest axis of each otolith from the core; FCd: freshwater coefficient.
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