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Histological study of the effects of starvation on reared and wild-caught larval stone flounder, Kareius bicoloratus

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Starvation tolerance of laboratory-reared larval stone flounder, Kareius bicoloratus, was examined at different temperatures and salinities during the winters of 1984, 1985 and 1986. Starvation tolerance decreased with increased temperature and exhibited low values with high salinities. The highest starvation tolerance observed at low salinity was just before the metamorphosis stage. Starvation tolerance showed little change until larvae were 11 d. It increased with age thereafter. Epithelial cell heights of the digestive tract and cell diameters of pancreas and liver were measured histologically in reared stone flounder during growth and starvation. These values decreased markedly in the starved condition. Aldehyde fuchsin positive granules in the rectal epithelium also disappeared during the short starved period. The nutitrional condition of wild-caught stone flounder larvae, collected in January and February 1986 from the Matsukawa-ura inlet, Fukushima, Japan, was also examined. Eighty percent of larvae were estimated to be in fed condition just before sampling. The changes in cell heights of digestive organs agreed with this estimate. These histological methods seem to be useful in assessing the nutritional condition of marine fish larvae.

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    Present address: Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1, 113, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

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  1. Oceanic Institute, Makapuu point, 96795, Waimanalo, Hawaii, USA

    Y. Oozeki

  2. Fukushima Prefectural Farming Association, Otto-zawa, Ohkuma, Futuba, 979-13, Fukushima, Japan

    T. Ishii

  3. Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1, 113, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

    R. Hirano

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Oozeki, Y., Ishii, T. & Hirano, R. Histological study of the effects of starvation on reared and wild-caught larval stone flounder, Kareius bicoloratus . Marine Biology 100, 269–275 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00391968

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