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Induction of developmental abnormalities in larval goldfish, Carassius auratus L., under cool incubation conditions
Author(s) -
Wiegand M. D.,
Hataley J. M.,
Kitchen C. L.,
Buchanan L. G.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1989.tb03395.x
Subject(s) - biology , hatching , incubation , human fertilization , larva , embryo , carassius auratus , egg incubation , diel vertical migration , zoology , embryogenesis , andrology , anatomy , ecology , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , biochemistry , medicine
Compared with incubation at a constant 22° C, exposure of goldfish embryos and larvae to 13° C, under a variety of thermal protocols, caused increased frequencies of abnormal development and, in some cases, reduced survival to hatching. The low‐temperature incubation conditions were particularly deleterious when eggs were incubated at 13° C from the outset, regardless of the temperature at which the donor female ovulated and the eggs were fertilized. Significantly higher frequencies of developmental abnormalities were also noted when embryos were transferred from 22°C to 13°C at 6, 24, 128 and, in one case, 175 h after fertilization. In three of five experiments, subjecting embryos and larvae to diel fluctuations between 22 and 13° C, with a 5‐h hold at the lower temperature, caused an increase in development abnormalities. These results demonstrate that the thermal requirements of goldfish embryos and larvae necessitate a delay in ovulation and spawning until water is sufficiently warm. Developmental abnormalities can be induced by exposure to cool (13° C) conditions, at least up to the time that swimbladder inflation occurs.