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Spatial variation in otolith elemental composition of the Pacific herring Clupea pallasii in northern Japan

2010; Inter-Research; Volume: 10; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3354/ab00291

2195-2744

Katsu Yamane, Kotaro Shirai, Yoshitomo Nagakura, Motoyoshi Yamaguchi, A. Takiya, Takanori Horii, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Shoji Yamane, Takaomi Arai, Tsuguo Otake,

Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

AB Aquatic Biology Contact the journal Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections AB 10:283-290 (2010) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00291 Spatial variation in otolith elemental composition of the Pacific herring Clupea pallasii in northern Japan Kodai Yamane1,*, Kotaro Shirai2, Yoshitomo Nagakura3, Motohito Yamaguchi4, Akio Takiya4, Takashi Horii5, Nobuyuki Tanaka6, Sachinobu Yamane1, Takaomi Arai1, Tsuguo Otake1 1International Coastal Research Center, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo, Akahama, Otsuchi, Iwate 028-1102, Japan 2Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan 3Miyako Station, National Center for Stock Enhancement, Fishery Research Agency, Sakiyama, Miyako, Iwate 027-0097, Japan 4Central Fisheries, Research Institute, Hokkaido Research Organization, Hamanaka, Yoichi, Hokkaido 046-8555, Japan 5Kushiro Fisheries, Research Institute, Hokkaido Research Organization, Hama-cho, Kushiro, Hokkaido 085-0024, Japan 6Abashiri Fisheries, Research Institute, Hokkaido Research Organization, Masuura, Abashiri, Hokkaido 099-3119, Japan *Email: yamanek@aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp ABSTRACT: In order to examine whether otolith elemental composition of Pacific herring Clupea pallasii reflected spatially specific differences in capture location, we analyzed the elemental compositions in the edge portion of each otolith, which corresponded to the period immediately prior to the capture, as an indicator of the geographic areas in which the outer otolith was deposited. We collected 7 fish groups from 5 coastal sites: Tomamae offshore, Ishikari Bay, Akkeshi Bay, Lake Furen and Miyako Bay along the Japanese coast. Six elemental ratios, Na/Ca, Mg/Ca, K/Ca, Cu/Ca, Sr/Ca and Ba/Ca, were measured in the edge areas of each otolith by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). Significant differences were shown in all mean elemental ratios of otoliths among 4 sampling groups in the 2005 year class and among 3 sampling groups in the 2006 year class. The classification accuracy with the jackknife cross-validation using quadratic discriminant function analysis ranged from 80 to 98% and 78 to 100% in the 2005 and 2006 year classes, respectively. Our findings are comparable to those in previous studies and are further evidence that otolith chemistry is a potential tool for identifying the Pacific herring groups with different habitat-use histories and migration patterns. KEY WORDS: Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) · Otolith chemistry · Pacific herring · Population structure · Movement Full text in pdf format PreviousCite this article as: Yamane K, Shirai K, Nagakura Y, Yamaguchi M and others (2010) Spatial variation in otolith elemental composition of the Pacific herring Clupea pallasii in northern Japan. Aquat Biol 10:283-290. https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00291 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in AB Vol. 10, No. 3. Online publication date: October 14, 2010 Print ISSN: 1864-7782; Online ISSN: 1864-7790 Copyright © 2010 Inter-Research.