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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES
卷 66, 期 12, 页码 2130-2141出版社
NATL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-N R C RESEARCH PRESS
DOI: 10.1139/F09-153
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Atlantic herring (Clupea horengus) have contrasting spawning strategies, with apparently genetically similar fish choosing different spawning seasons, different egg sizes, and different spawning areas. in the North Sea, both autumn- and winter-spawning herring share the same summer feeding area but have different spawning areas. Females of both spawning types start their oocyte development in April-May. Oocyte development is influenced by the body energy content, during the maturation cycle, fecundity is down-regulated through atresia in relation to the actual body condition. Hence, fecundity estimates must account for the relative time of sampling. The down-regulation over the whole maturation period is approximately 20% in autumn- and 50% in winter-spawning herring. The development of the oocytes is the same for both spawning strategies until autumn when autumn spawners spawn a larger number of small eggs. In winter spawners, oocyte development and down-regulation of fecundity continues, resulting in larger eggs and lower number spawned. In theory, autumn and winter spawners could therefore switch spawning strategies, indicating a high level of reproductive plasticity.
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