The incorporation of environmentally derived 87 Sr / 86 Sr and Sr/Ca in early otolith formation of Chinook salmon
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- Environmental and Fisheries Sciences Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Seattle Washington USA
- Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources University of Idaho Moscow Idaho USA
- Civil &, Environmental Engineering University of Washington Seattle Washington USA
- The Hans Rosling Center for Population Health University of Washington Seattle Washington USA
- School of Earth Sciences The University of Western Australia Crawley Western Australia Australia
- School of the Environment Washington State University Pullman Washington USA
Abstract Effective species management often requires understanding patterns of movement and habitat use. A common approach in identifying where individuals reside relies upon chemical tracers from the environment that are incorporated into an individual's tissues. For fish, isotopes in their otoliths, specifically the portion of their otolith formed during their larval stage, have been used to identify the natal origin. Complicating this work, however, is the fact that during this life stage, there is a shift in the source of isotopes deposited onto the growing otolith from maternally to environmentally derived. The objective of this study was to identify the portion of the otolith representing this transition to environmentally derived isotopes so as to accurately investigate questions of natal origin for a threatened population of fall Chinook salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ). We exposed developing larvae to four treatments that differed in terms of their water strontium isotope ratio ( 87 Sr/ 86 Sr) and used change‐point analysis of otolith 87 Sr/ 86 Sr and strontium to calcium ratio (Sr/Ca) to identify the otolith radius corresponding to the transition to environmentally derived isotopes. Our results indicated this transition occurred, on average, at 132 μm ( 87 Sr/ 86 Sr; ±50 μm standard deviation) and 127 μm (Sr/Ca; ±29 μm) from the otolith core, which corresponded to the developmental time between hatching and exogenous feeding. A substantial proportion of our otoliths (i.e., 61%) did not show convergence between otolith and water 87 Sr/ 86 Sr by the end of the 113‐day experiment, which was likely due to the dietary contribution of marine‐based feed. Therefore, we were unable to recommend an otolith radius to target for the purposes of reconstructing natal origin apart from being beyond approximately 130 μm.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 1996024
- Journal Information:
- Ecology of Freshwater Fish, Journal Name: Ecology of Freshwater Fish Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 32; ISSN 0906-6691
- Publisher:
- Wiley-BlackwellCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
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