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Baseline information of reproduction parameters of an amphidromous croaker Johnius coitor (Hamilton, 1822) from Ganga river basin, India with special reference to potential influence of climatic variability
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Baseline information of reproduction parameters of an amphidromous croaker Johnius coitor (Hamilton, 1822) from Ganga river basin, India with special reference to potential influence of climatic variability
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Uttam Kumar Sarkar, Malay Naskar, Koushik Roy, Deepa Sudheesan, Sandipan Gupta, Arun Kumar Bose, P. K. Srivastava, Saurav Nandy, Vinod Kumar Verma, Soma Das Sarkar, Gunjan Karnatak
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Breeding phenology / threshold GSI / pre-spawning fitness / egg parameters / size at maturity / climatic influence
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Reproductive biology of female amphidromous croaker Johnius coitor (Hamilton, 1822) was studied for the first time from various freshwater stretches of Ganga river basin, India in relation to climatic variability. The species showed high spatial variation in reproductive phenology and capable of breeding during pre-monsoon, monsoon, post-monsoon and winter. Water temperature is the most crucial environmental parameter influencing gonadal maturation and breeding. Generalized additive model (GAM) models revealed water temperature near 23–25 °C as optimum and threshold GSI above 3 units necessary for breeding. Pre-spawning fitness (Kspawn50) and size at 50% maturity (LM50) benchmarked through Kaplan- Meier survival fit estimates were in the range 1.27–1.37 units and 19–24.5 cm respectively. First maturity of females was encountered at 11.4 cm within the size range 7.2–28.5 cm. Egg parameters in mature-ripe females ranged between 0.29–0.80mm(diameter), 0.05–0.19 mg (weight) and 5687–121 849 eggs (absolute fecundity). Mapping of climate preferendum through LOESS smoothing technique hinted water temperatures 32 °C to be detrimental for attainment of pre-spawning fitness while no dependence on rainfall was observed. Based on the climato-hydrological influence on breeding and regional trends of changing climate along river Ganga, we infer minimal climate driven changes in breeding phenology of this amphidromous fish species. Results of this study may serve as baseline information for future studies assessing climate driven changes and evolutionary adaptations in croakers from river Ganga. Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) |
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2018-10-27T13:50:08Z
2018-10-27T13:50:08Z 2017-11-03 |
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Research Paper
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Not Available http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/8376 |
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English
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EDP Sciences
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