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Comparative energetics during early development of two marine fish species, Solea senegalensis (Kaup) and Sparus aurata (L.)

G. Parra^* and M. Yúfera

Instituto de Ciencias, Marinas de Andalucía, CSIC, Apartado Oficial s/n, Puerto Real, E-11510 Cádiz, Spain
^* Present address: Dept. Biología Animal, Vegetal y Ecología, Universidad de Jaén, Paraje de las Lagunillas s/n, 23071 Jaén, Spain

View larger version (24K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Changes in dry mass during larval development for (A) Solea senegalensis and (B) Sparus aurata. DM, larval body dry mass (µg); t, time (days); r, correlation coefficient; N, number of samples.

View larger version (21K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Mouth width with respect to total larval length for Solea senegalensis and Sparus aurata. TL, total length (mm); Wm, mouth width (mm). Sparus aurata data are taken from Fernández-Díaz et al. (Fernández-Díaz et al., 1994). For Sparus aurata, Wm=0.044+0.088TL; r=0.95; N=113. For Solea senegalensis, Wm=0.214+0.057TL; r=0.67; N=119.

View larger version (18K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3. Energy content (Jmg-1) of Solea senegalensis (N=3) and Sparus aurata (N=3) larvae during the first month after hatching. Values are mean ± S.D.

View larger version (19K): [in a new window]   Fig. 4. Ingestion rate (I; µglarva-1day-1) as a function of larval body dry mass for (A) Solea senegalensis and (B) Sparus aurata.

View larger version (20K): [in a new window]   Fig. 5. Rates of oxygen uptake rate (V.O2; nmolO2larva-1h-1) as a function of larval body dry mass for (A) Solea senegalensis and (B) Sparus aurata.

View larger version (15K): [in a new window]   Fig. 6. Patterns of gross growth efficiency (K1), assimilation efficiency (A) and gross metabolic efficiency (M1) as a function of larval body dry mass for Solea senegalensis.

View larger version (19K): [in a new window]   Fig. 7. Patterns of gross growth efficiency (K1), assimilation efficiency (A) and gross metabolic efficiency (M1) for (A) Sparus aurata and (B) Solea senegalensis larvae with a dry mass of less than 600µg.

View larger version (15K): [in a new window]   Fig. 8. Patterns of net growth efficiency (K2) and net metabolic efficiency (M2) as a function of larval body dry mass for (A) Solea senegalensis and (B) Sparus aurata.