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Effects of temperature fluctuations on cuttlebone formation of cuttlefish Sepia esculenta

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The morphological characteristics and the cuttlebone formation of Sepia esculenta exposed to different water temperature fluctuations were investigated under laboratory conditions. Temperature fluctuation cycles (15 cycles, 60 d in total) consisted of the following three regimes of 4 d duration: keeping water temperature in 26°C for 3 d (Group A), 2 d (Group B), 0 d (Group C, control); then keeping water temperature in 16°C for the next 1, 2, 4 d. No significant difference in the survival rate was observed between the control and temperature fluctuation groups (P >0.05). Lamellar depositions in a temperature fluctuation cycle were 2.45±0.02 for Group A, 2.00±0.02 for Group B, and 1.78±0.02 for Group C (P< 0.05). The relationship between age and number of lamellas in the cuttlebone of S. esculenta under each water temperature fluctuation could be described as the linear model and the number of lamellas in the cuttlebone did not correspond to actual age. Group A had the highest cuttlebone growth index (CGI), the lowest locular index (LI), and inter-streak distances comparing with those of control group. However, the number of lamellas and LI or CGI showed a quadratic relationship for each temperature fluctuation group. In addition, temperature fluctuations caused the breakage of cuttlebone dark rings, which was considered a thermal mark. The position of the breakage in the dark rings was random. This thermal mark can be used as supplementary information for marking and releasing techniques.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China

    Shuhan Lei  (雷舒涵), Xiumei Zhang  (张秀梅) & Songlin Liu  (刘松林)

  2. Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Siqing Chen  (陈四清)

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Supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) (No. 2010AA10A404), the National Marine Public Welfare Research Project (No. 200805069), and the NMOE Project (No. 1011010603)

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Lei, S., Zhang, X., Liu, S. et al. Effects of temperature fluctuations on cuttlebone formation of cuttlefish Sepia esculenta . Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 30, 547–553 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-012-1221-9

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