Etropus crossotus, an annual flatfish species; age and growth of the fringed flounder in South Carolina

Fringed flounder, Etropus crossotus, a small flatfish common along the southeastern coast of the US, were collected along the South Carolina coast in the fall of 1992, and in the North Inlet estuary from August 1992 until July 1994. Standard length was 82% of total length and the relationship between standard length and wet weight showed near-isometric growth with no significant differences between males and females. Dry weight was 21% of wet weight and ash-free dry weight 14% of wet weight with no significant differences between sexes. Daily increments in the sagittal otoliths were used for age determination. No annual structures could be identified. The maximum age was about 14.5 months. Age-at-length was not different between the sexes. The relationship between age and length was exponential, with age (in days) equalling an e power of 4.242 + 0.135 × standard length (in cm). Back-calculated hatch dates and catches of early juveniles indicated a spawning season that lasted from March to October. Females started to be sexually mature at 7 to 7.5 cm standard length, but 50% maturity was reached at 8 to 8.5 cm. Females could grow to that size within one spawning season. Individuals hatched early in the spawning season could produce eggs in the latter portion of that season's spawning period.     

Spawning behaviour of snapper,Chrysophrys auratus,in captivity (note)

Spawning of snapper was observed in the public aquarium at Napier. Spawning males were characterised by a grey coloration and spawning females were the typical silvery‐pink colour. On four occasions spawning behaviour activity involved several males and one female and on one occasion it initially involved one male and one female, although other males joined in the spawning act. At each spawning event the female swam vertically towards the surface closely pursued by males. Eggs and sperms were released near the surface.     

中华乌塘鳢(Bostrichthys sinensis) 和大弹涂鱼( Boleophthalmus pectinirostris) 成熟产卵过程中17a-羟基孕酮和前列腺素水平的研究

以酶联免疫吸附分析法测定了中华乌塘鳢和大弹涂鱼成熟产卵过程中卵巢液、精巢液、贮精囊液、雌鱼尿液和雄鱼尿液中的17α-羟基孕酮(17α-P)、前列腺素E2(PGE2)和前列腺素R2α(PGF2α)的含量。结果表明，中华乌塘鳢卵巢液中的17α-P和PGE，含量随着卵巢发育成熟而升高。性成熟前后卵巢液中的PGE，含量高于PGF2α。性成熟雄鱼尿液和贮精囊液中的PGE2含量显著高于精巢液或雌鱼尿液。性成熟前后雌鱼尿液中的17α-P、PGE2和PGF2α含量均显著高于卵巢液。性成熟和退化期雌鱼尿液中的PGE2含量明显高于PGF2α。性未成熟大弹涂鱼(第Ⅳ期)卵巢液中PGE2和PGF2α，含量极低；性成熟时(第V期)卵巢液中的PGE2、PGF2α和17α-P含量显著上升，PGF2α含量显著高于PGE2。     

Movement patterns and trajectories of ovigerous blue crabs Callinectes sapidus during the spawning migration

Female blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun) migrate from low salinity estuarine regions to high salinity regions near the ocean to release larvae. During this migration, ovigerous females use ebb-tide transport, a vertical migratory behavior in which they ascend into the water column during ebb tides, to move seaward to larval release areas. In order to determine the relationship of ebb-tide vertical migrations to local currents and the influence of these vertical migrations on the horizontal transport of blue crabs in the estuary, ovigerous females with mature embryos (1–3 days from hatching) were tracked near Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina (USA), in July and August 2001 and 2002. Crabs were tagged and tracked using ultrasonic telemetry, and currents near the crabs were measured simultaneously with a shipboard acoustic Doppler current profiler.During the two seasons, eight crabs were successfully tracked for periods ranging from 3.9–37.0 h and for distances ranging from 1.9–10.6 km. All crabs migrated seaward during the tracking periods. Crabs moved episodically during all tidal phases with periods of movement on the order of minutes to an hour. They moved with local currents in terms of both speed and direction during ebb tides, consistent with ebb-tide transport, and moved down-estuary (seaward) in opposition to local currents during flood tides. The percentage of time that crabs were active was higher during night ebb tides than during day ebb tides or flood tides and increased with increasing ebb-tide current speed. Mean migratory speeds were 0.11, 0.04, 0.08 and 0.02 m s⁻¹ during night ebb, night flood, day ebb and day flood tides, respectively, and net migratory speeds were on the order of 5 km day⁻¹. Due to the episodic nature of the crabs' movements, the total distances that crabs traveled during ebb tides ranged from 10–40% of the distances that passive particles could have traveled under the same conditions.     

缢蛏亲见暂养及人工摧产方法的初步研究

本文根据缢蛏的生态习性和摄食特点等，设计了缢蛏亲贝模拟自然生态暂养方式，与挂笼暂养及底播暂养等进行了比较试验，并对暂养亲贝的性腺发育情况进行了比较观察。结果发现，模拟自然生态暂养蛏成活率明显高于挂笼暂养和底播暂养，且亲贝暂养促熟效果明显。另外，作者对缢蛏的人工催产方法等进行了比较试验，结果发现，阴干──低温处理对缢蛏亲贝具有良好的催产效果，其排卵率可达68％。