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dc.contributor.authorDenusta, Pastor Jones
dc.contributor.authorde Jesus-Ayson, Evelyn Grace
dc.contributor.authorLaron, Manuel A.
dc.contributor.authorAya, Frolan
dc.contributor.authorGarcia, Luis Maria
dc.coverage.spatialPhilippinesen
dc.coverage.spatialTaal, Lakeen
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-12T06:26:20Z
dc.date.available2019-09-12T06:26:20Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationDenusta, P. J. T., de Jesus‐Ayson, E. G., Laron, M. A., Aya, F. A., & Garcia, L. M. B. (2019). Gonad development and size‐at‐maturity of silver therapon Leiopotherapon plumbeus (Kner 1864; Teleostei:Terapontidae) in tropical volcanic lakes in south Luzon, Philippines. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 35(4), 933-943.en
dc.identifier.issn0175-8659
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10862/3520
dc.description.abstractGonad development of the silver therapon Leiopotherapon plumbeus in two volcanic crater lake habitats (Sampaloc Lake, Taal Lake) in south Luzon, Philippines was examined during the annual reproductive cycle. The minimum body size‐at‐maturity of fish in these two lake habitats was also compared. Four gonad development stages were characterized as basis for the classification of ovarian (immature, maturing, mature, spawned) and testicular maturation (immature, maturing, mature) phases. The occurrence of all development stages in individual gonads suggest an asynchronous development whereby advanced stages are recruited continuously from a pool of younger stage germ cells to result in elevated female and male GSI throughout the annual cycle due to active gonadogenesis. Together with the increasing occurrence of advanced stage oocytes and spermatozoa from March until October, the elevated GSI of fish may indicate peak gonadal growth during the onset of the dry season (December–January) for eventual spawning from the beginning (May–June) until the end of the wet season (October–November). In both lake habitats, male fish were smaller than females but, regardless of sex, the minimum size‐at‐maturity of fish in Sampaloc Lake was significantly smaller than fish in Taal Lake. Overall, asynchronous development during oogenesis and spermatogenesis allows for year‐round reproduction of silver therapon, with elevated gonad growth in the dry season in preparation for spawning during the wet season. Compared with fish in Taal Lake, a smaller size‐at‐maturity of fish in Sampaloc Lake may be a response of the wild fishery stock to long‐term high fishing mortality and degradation of the lake habitat.en
dc.publisherWileyen
dc.subjectPhilippinesen
dc.subjectmaturityen
dc.titleGonad development and size‐at‐maturity of silver therapon Leiopotherapon plumbeus (Kner 1864; Teleostei:Terapontidae) in tropical volcanic lakes in south Luzon, Philippinesen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.citation.volume35
dc.citation.issue4
dc.citation.spage933
dc.citation.epage943
dc.citation.journalTitleJournal of Applied Ichthyologyen
dc.subject.asfahabitatsen
dc.subject.asfafishen
dc.subject.asfaenvironmental degradationen
dc.subject.asfaspawningen
dc.subject.asfagerm cellsen
dc.subject.asfadry seasonen
dc.subject.asfamalesen
dc.subject.asfaoogenesisen
dc.subject.asfafishing mortalityen
dc.subject.asfadevelopmental stagesen
dc.subject.asfabody sizeen
dc.subject.asfaspermatogenesisen
dc.subject.asfagonadsen
dc.subject.asfafisheriesen
dc.subject.asfaseasonsen
dc.subject.asfaspermatozoaen
dc.subject.asfainland watersen
dc.subject.asfafemalesen
dc.subject.asfaovariesen
dc.subject.asfalakesen
dc.subject.asfafishingen
dc.subject.asfaannual variationsen
dc.subject.asfasilveren
dc.subject.asfaovaen
dc.subject.asfawet seasonen
dc.subject.asfatropical climateen
dc.identifier.essn1439-0426
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jai.13915
dc.subject.scientificNameLeiopotherapon plumbeus
local.subjectfish oogenesisen
local.subjectgonad developmenten
local.subjectsilver theraponen
local.subjectsize-at-maturityen
local.subjectspermatogenesisen
local.subjectvolcanic lakeen


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