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dc.contributor.authorKjørsvik, Elin
dc.contributor.authorGagnat, Maren Ranheim
dc.contributor.authorBardal, Tora
dc.contributor.authorWold, Per-Arvid
dc.contributor.authorØie, Gunvor
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-17T09:23:37Z
dc.date.available2017-03-17T09:23:37Z
dc.date.created2016-09-22T15:11:12Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationBiology Open. 2016, 5 (9), 1241-1251.nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn2046-6390
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2434477
dc.description.abstractSmall fish larvae grow allometrically, but little is known about how this growth pattern may be affected by different growth rates and early diet quality. The present study investigates how different growth rates, caused by start-feeding with copepods or rotifers the first 30 days post-hatch (dph), affect allometric growth and development of nine major organs in ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) larvae up to experimental end at 60 dph. Feeding with cultivated copepod nauplii led to both increased larval somatic growth and faster development and growth of organ systems than feeding with rotifers. Of the organs studied, the digestive and respiratory organs increased the most in size between 4 and 8 dph, having a daily specific growth rate (SGR) between 30 and 40% in larvae fed copepods compared with 20% or less for rotifer-fed larvae. Muscle growth was prioritised from flexion stage and onwards, with a daily SGR close to 30% between 21 and 33 dph regardless of treatment. All larvae demonstrated a positive linear correlation between larval standard length (SL) and increase in total tissue volume, and no difference in allometric growth pattern was found between the larval treatments. A change from positive allometric to isometric growth was observed at a SL close to 6.0 mm, a sign associated with the start of metamorphosis. This was also where the larvae reached postflexion stage, and was accompanied by a change in growth pattern for most of the major organ systems. The first sign of a developing hepatopancreas was, however, first observed in the largest larva (17.4 mm SL, 55 dph), indicating that the metamorphosis in ballan wrasse is a gradual process lasting from 6.0 to at least 15-17 mm SL.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherCompany of Biologistsnb_NO
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleAllometric growth and development of organs in ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta Ascanius, 1767) larvae in relation to different live prey diets and growth ratesnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber1241-1251nb_NO
dc.source.volume5nb_NO
dc.source.journalBiology Opennb_NO
dc.source.issue9nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1242/bio.017418
dc.identifier.cristin1384317
dc.description.localcodeThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons AttributionLicense (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use,distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.nb_NO
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cristin.unitnameInstitutt for biologi
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