Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 44, Issue 7, Pages 583-589Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(01)00288-0
Keywords
sea urchin; fertilization success; sperm motility; UV-B radiation
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Sperm quality of the sea urchin, Anthocidaris crassispina, after exposure to environmentally realistic UV-B irradiances, was assessed by changes in sperm motility (measured by the computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA) system), and related to subsequent fertilization success. Percentage motile sperm of A. crassispina declined significantly after exposure to a UV-B dose of 16.2 kJ m(-2), while sperm motion velocity as measured by curvilinear velocity (VCL), straight line velocity (VSL), and average path velocity (VAP) showed significant reduction after exposure to a UV-B dose of 5.4 kJ m(-2), A parallel study showed that fertilization success was significantly reduced after sperm were exposed to UV-B doses greater than or equal to 5.4 kJ m(-2). Notably, the four sperm motility parameters were strongly correlated with fertilization success (P < 0.001), followed the increasing order: VSL (r = 0.8) < %motile sperm (r = 0.804) < VCL (r = 0.912) < VAP (r = 0.928). Fertilization success is best predicted by VAP using the exponential model: y = 8.678 + 90.202/[1 + exp(82.83 - x)/10.27)] (r(2) = 0.95). Thus, impairment of sperm motility of sea urchin, as measured by the CASA method, can be used to predict reproductive success and ecological effects. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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