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Use of lapillus otolith microchemistry as an indicator of the habitat of Genidens barbus from different estuarine environments in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean

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The marine catfish Genidens barbus is an anadromous species from South America. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the use of lapillus otolith microchemistry (Sr:Ca; Ba:Ca and Mg:Ca ratios) as an indicator of changes in habitat use and identify the potential breeding areas and fish stocks of G. barbus populations from the Plata Basin (Paraná River Delta and De la Plata River estuary-Argentina) and Lagoa dos Patos coastal lagoon (southern Brazil). Sr:Ca, Ba:Ca and Mg:Ca ratios were measured in the core area (inner 4 rings) and external area (outer 3–4 rings) of the otoliths by ICP-OES. The Sr:Ca ratio tended to be higher in the otolith external area than in the core area, while the Ba:Ca ratio followed the opposite pattern. This suggests the displacement of fish toward higher salinity areas. The Sr:Ca, Ba:Ca, Mg:Ca ratios in the core and external areas of the otoliths from the Plata Basin differed significantly from those of the otoliths from Lagoa dos Patos. This may indicate the occurrence of two different breeding sites and at least two fish stocks in the study region.

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Authors are indebted to CONICET (PIP 112-20120100543CO), ANPCyT (PIP 2010–1372), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBACYT 20620110100007) and Instituto de Oceanografia from Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG) for financial support. We thank the Editor and anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments, which helped us to improve the manuscript. The authors declare that the present study was approved by CONICET and Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Argentina, and the Animal Use Ethics Committee (CEUA) from FURG, Brazil. Therefore, there are no ethical issues or conflicts.

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    Esteban Avigliano & Alejandra Vanina Volpedo

  2. Instituto de Oceanografia, Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, RS, Brazil

    Gonzalo Velasco

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Avigliano, E., Velasco, G. & Volpedo, A.V. Use of lapillus otolith microchemistry as an indicator of the habitat of Genidens barbus from different estuarine environments in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Environ Biol Fish 98, 1623–1632 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-015-0387-3

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