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Saline preferendum for the European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, larvae and juveniles: effect of salinity on early development and sex determination

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The sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, is an eurhyaline marine fish. Juveniles of this species are known to frequent estuaries and lagoons where salinity is lower than in the open sea. Sex determination occurs during this phase of fish life and has been shown labile and sensitive to environmental factors. In this work, the effect of rearing salinity on sex determination and early development of the sea bass was investigated. An excess of males (87%) was found in all groups and the salinity level [(natural sea water salinity, mean: 37‰) vs. (15‰)], when maintained constant, had no effect on the sex-ratio. The transfer from low to high salinity at 93 days post-fertilization (p.f.) increased the percentage of males (93%) suggesting that sexual differentiation in this species may be influenced by such an osmotic stress. Growth was improved by a 15‰ salinity at the beginning of larval rearing (14 days p.f.) and at the end of pre-growing (234–458 days p.f.), periods during which low temperatures were applied. Survival during larval rearing and nursery were also improved in the groups reared at low salinity and so was swimbladder inflation. These results show that sea bass juveniles have a low saline preferendum, a finding that corresponds to the conditions they actually encounter in the wild during their juvenile ecophase; sex determination is not directly modulated by the salinity level but seems to be subjected to complex environmental regulations.

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hal-02674762 , version 1 (31-05-2020)

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Eric Saillant, Alexis Fostier, Pierrick Haffray, Bruno Menu, Béatrice Chatain. Saline preferendum for the European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, larvae and juveniles: effect of salinity on early development and sex determination. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2003, 287 (1), pp.103-117. ⟨10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00502-6⟩. ⟨hal-02674762⟩

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