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Spatial environmental variability of natural markers and habitat use of Cathorops spixii in a neotropical estuary from otolith chemistry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2020

Barbara Maichak de Carvalho Open the ORCID record for Barbara Maichak de Carvalho [Opens in a new window] ,
Daniel Vicente Pupo ,
Alejandra Vanina Volpedo ,
Jorge Pisonero ,
Ana Méndez  and
Esteban Avigliano Open the ORCID record for Esteban Avigliano [Opens in a new window]
Barbara Maichak de Carvalho
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Ambiental, Departamento de Engenharia - UFPR, Centro Politécnico, CEP 81531-970, Bairro Jardim das Américas, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Daniel Vicente Pupo
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Foraminíferos e Micropaleontologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas- UFPR, Centro Politécnico, CEP 81531-990, Bairro Jardim das Américas, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Alejandra Vanina Volpedo
Affiliation:
Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET. Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Animal (INPA) / Centro de Estudios Transdisciplinarios del Agua (CETA) Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias Universidad de Buenos Aires), Av. Chorroarin 280, Buenos Aires, CP1427Argentina
Jorge Pisonero
Affiliation:
Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Oviedo, Federico García Lorca No 18, Oviedo33007, España
Ana Méndez
Affiliation:
Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Oviedo, Federico García Lorca No 18, Oviedo33007, España
Esteban Avigliano*
Affiliation:
Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET. Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Animal (INPA) / Centro de Estudios Transdisciplinarios del Agua (CETA) Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias Universidad de Buenos Aires), Av. Chorroarin 280, Buenos Aires, CP1427Argentina
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Author for correspondence: Esteban Avigliano, E-mail: estebanavigliano@conicet.gov.ar
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Abstract

The goal of this study was to study the distribution of potential habitat markers (Sr/Ca, Ba/Ca, Mn/Ca and Li/Ca) in water from the Paranaguá Estuarine Complex (Brazil) and to study habitat use patterns of Cathorops spixii through ontogeny employing otolith microchemistry. Fish were caught from three sampling sites while water samples were collected at eight stations covering a salinity range from 4.5–33. Elemental concentrations in otolith and water were determined by LA-ICP-MS and ICP-MS, respectively. When the relationship between salinity and elements or ratios in water was studied, significant positive relationships were found for Sr, Li, Ca, Sr/Ca, and negative for Ba, Mn, Ba/Ca and Mn/Ca (P < 0.05). No relationship was observed between water Li/Ca and salinity. A significant positive correlation was found between otolith edge Sr/Ca and salinity (r = 0.63; P < 0.05), positioning this ratio as the best natural tag for reconstructing environmental histories of C. spixii. Change point analysis (CPA) based on otolith Sr/Ca signature through ontogeny revealed potential migrations between environments with different salinity. According to CPA, the number of displacements among different salinities ranged from 3–9 (6.1 ± 1.9), suggesting high plasticity in the migratory patterns. Ba/Ca, Li/Ca and Mn/Ca peaks were observed on the outer margin of the primordium, and could be influenced by physiological, environmental and maternal factors.

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AriidaeBrazilLA-ICP-MSlapilli otolithsmicrochemistrysubtropical environment
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 100 , Issue 5 , August 2020 , pp. 783 - 793
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2020

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