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Effect of the early temperature on the growth of larvae and postlarvae turbot, Scophthalmus maximus L.: muscle structural and ultrastructural study

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Turbot specimens were kept at three temperatures (T s ): warm (W) (21–22 °C), ambient (A) (17–18 °C) and cold (C) (13–14 °C) during the larval and early postlarval stages. At 90 days posthatching (dph), all of them were transferred to ambient T until 190 dph. At 2–3 dph, the specimens showed a monolayer of red muscle and immature white fibres; external or dermomyotome cells (presumptive myogenic cells) were observed on the surface of the red muscle. In the following stages, many myogenic cells and presumptive myogenic precursors were observed within the myotome, presumably derived of the dermomyotome. When comparing the growth at the same age (2, 10, 25, 37 dph), the body length and the muscle growth were positively influenced by the warm T, being the hyperplasia the muscle parameter more significantly influenced. The development rate was also positively correlated with the high T: the beginning of the metamorphosis took place at 15, 23 and 25 dph at W, A and C temperatures, respectively, with the highest body length values at ambient temperature. The metamorphosis finished at 25, 30 and 37 dph at W, A and C temperatures, respectively, with the highest body length values at warm temperature. However, the muscle cellularity was similar in all the groups at the end of the metamorphosis. At 90 and 190 dph, the largest body length was observed at W temperature. However, the muscle cellularity was similar between A and W; the number of fibres was similar in all the groups at 190 dph, which shows the beginning of a compensatory muscle growth in A and C, mainly in A.

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    María D. Ayala

  2. Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo, Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Subida a Radio Faro, 50, 36390, Vigo, Spain

    Juan M. Martínez, Jorge Hernández-Urcera & Rosa Cal

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Ayala, M.D., Martínez, J.M., Hernández-Urcera, J. et al. Effect of the early temperature on the growth of larvae and postlarvae turbot, Scophthalmus maximus L.: muscle structural and ultrastructural study. Fish Physiol Biochem 42, 1027–1042 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10695-015-0194-y

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