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Vertical distribution and gas bladder inflation/deflation in postlarval anchoveta Engraulis ringens during upwelling events

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2012

Mauricio F. Landaeta  and
Leonardo R. Castro
Mauricio F. Landaeta*
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Ictioplancton (LABITI), Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y de Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Valparaíso, Avenida Borgoño 16344, Reñaca, Viña del Mar, Chile
Leonardo R. Castro
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Oceanografía Pesquera y Ecología Larval (LOPEL), Departamento de Oceanografía and Centro FONDAP-COPAS, Universidad de Concepción, Barrio Universitario s/n, Concepción, Chile
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M.F. Landaeta, Laboratorio de Ictioplancton (LABITI), Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y de Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Valparaíso, Avenida Borgoño 16344, Reñaca, Viña del Mar, Chile email: mauricio.landaeta@uv.cl
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Abstract

Vertical distribution of fish larvae can be modified by a series of physical processes occurring in the water column at different time and spatial scales and also by biological processes occurring during larval development. To assess the factors affecting the vertical distribution of larval anchoveta Engraulis ringens during austral spring, meteorological and oceanographic features were measured and stratified ichthyoplankton sampling was carried out in central Chile during active upwelling events. In November 2001, during the upwelling season, southerly winds dominate, and intrusion of low dissolved oxygen occurred in nearshore waters; preflexion larvae of E. ringens were collected in the mixed layer of the water column (the Ekman layer) irrespective of day and night hours. Larvae larger than 10 mm showed an inflated gas bladder during night collections, and non-inflated gas bladder during day hours. Larvae with inflated gas bladders were located significantly at shallower depths during night than at day hours, indicating a direct relationship between gas bladder inflation, diel vertical migration of larval E. ringens and decrease of wind-induced turbulence at night. We discuss the potential implications of larval E. ringens vertical distribution and its variability on the horizontal transport off coastal waters during the upwelling season off central Chile as a biophysical coupling to enhance coastal retention.

Keywords

vertical migrationEkman layeradvectionChileichthyoplankton
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 93 , Special Issue 2: Fish and Fisheries , March 2013 , pp. 321 - 331
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012

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