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dc.contributor.authorBagarinao, Teodora U.
dc.contributor.authorChua, Thia-Eng
dc.contributor.editorMaclean, J. L.
dc.contributor.editorDizon, L.B.
dc.contributor.editorHosillos, L. V.
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-22T09:34:59Z
dc.date.available2011-06-22T09:34:59Z
dc.date.issued1986
dc.identifier.isbn971102227
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10862/257
dc.description.abstractA survey of the early life history characteristics of 135 teleost fishes from freshwater, marine, tropical, temperate and boreal habitats show the influence of egg size and larval size on survival potential. Marine species have smaller eggs and larvae than freshwater species at similar temperatures. Coldwater species tend to have larger eggs and larvae than warm water species. Egg diameters are positively correlated with larval lengths (Lh) and weights at hatching. The times from fertilization to onset of feeding (tf), to yolk and oil resorption (ty) and to irreversible starvation (ts), increase linearly with Lh and decrease exponentially with temperature. Both tf and ts are positive linear functions of ty. Thus, larger larvae with much yolk that lasts for a relatively longer period feed later and if not fed, will starve later than small larvae with little yolk. Larger larvae will thus have the advantage under conditions of limited or variable food supply. Moreover, large larvae tend to have large mouths and are thus capable of ingesting large high-calorie prey. They also tend to have higher swimming speeds and greater potential to encounter food and avoid predators. There is no definite relation between growth rates and Lh, but tropical species with small eggs and larvae tend to have high growth rates. Survival potential has implications in the recruitment to natural stocks and in seed production in hatcheries.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAsian Fisheries Societyen
dc.relation.ispartofIn: Maclean, J.L., Dizon, L.B., Hosillos, L.V. (eds.). The First Asian Fisheries Forum. Proceedings of the First Asian Fisheries Forum, 26-31 May 1986, Manila, Philippines. Manila, Philippines: Asian Fisheries Society. pp. 651-656en
dc.subjectFinfishesen
dc.subjectLife historyen
dc.subjectSizeen
dc.subjectLarvaeen
dc.subjectEggsen
dc.subjectSurvivalen
dc.subjectPhilippinesen
dc.subject.lccVF SP 039
dc.titleEgg size and larval size among teleosts: implications to survival potentialen
dc.typeConference paperen
dc.citation.spage651
dc.citation.epage656
dc.citation.conferenceTitleThe First Asian Fisheries Forum. Proceedings of the First Asian Fisheries Forum, 26-31 May 1986, Manila, Philippinesen


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