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Stock discrimination of pilchards Sardinops sagax by stable isotope ratio analysis of otolith carbonate

1997; Inter-Research; Volume: 152; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3354/meps152241

1616-1599

JS Edmonds, W. J. Fletcher,

Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 152:241-247 (1997) - doi:10.3354/meps152241 Stock discrimination of pilchards Sardinops sagax by stable isotope ratio analysis of otolith carbonate Edmonds JS, Fletcher WJ Measurement of the ratios of the stable isotopes 18O:16O and 13C:12C, by standard mass spectrometric techniques, in the otolith carbonate of samples of pilchards Sardinops sagax from coastal waters adjacent to the 4 main fishing ports of southwestern Australia (Fremantle, Albany, Bremer Bay and Esperance) provided location-specific signatures which showed that Fremantle fish could be regarded as a separate stock from those taken at the other 3 locations, and fish from Esperance constituted a different stock from those fish taken at Albany and Bremer Bay. The isotope signatures for fish from the different locations persisted through time, and it could be concluded that they comprised separate stocks for most of the purposes of fisheries management. Values for ratios of stable oxygen isotopes in pilchard otolith carbonate indicated that they were probably deposited close to equilibrium and therefore reflected ambient water temperatures as governed by latitude and movements of the Leeuwin Current. This suggested that the measurement of ratios of stable oxygen isotopes can be a valuable method for the discrimination of management units of adult fish where the range of distribution of a species covers waters of different temperatures. Stock discrimination · Stable isotopes · Otolith carbonate · Sardinops sagax · Western Australia Full text in pdf format PreviousNextExport citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 152. Publication date: June 26, 1997 Print ISSN:0171-8630; Online ISSN:1616-1599 Copyright © 1997 Inter-Research.