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Size Fluctuation in The Eggs and Newly Hatched Larvae of Captive Turbot (Scophthalmus Maximus)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Lesley Ann Mcevoy  and
John Mcevoy
Lesley Ann Mcevoy
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Liverpool, Port Erin Marine Laboratory, Port Erin, Isle of Man
John Mcevoy
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, University College, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA 8PP
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The aims of this study were to ascertain if individual turbot females show a seasonal decline in their egg-size when kept in conditions of constant temperature, and to relate turbot egg-size to the length and yolk-sac index of the emergent larva. Each female showed a significant seasonal egg-size decline and there was a positive correlation between egg-size and the length and yolk-sac index of the subsequent larva. However, larval length was not related to yolk-sac index, nor was the ratio of yolk-sac index: larval length related to egg-size. The maximum mean egg-size tended to increase with the female's weight and length. The implications of these findings are discussed in terms of the general ecology of turbot and its culture.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 71 , Issue 3 , August 1991 , pp. 679 - 690
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1991

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