Sexual stages of the female portion in the scallop Nodipecten nodosus (Linné, 1758) and astaxanthin quantity in each stage
This work describes the gametogenic cycle of the scallop Nodipecten nodosus kept in a culture system. To this end, during one year, samples were taken from the broodstocks every 30 days to be submitted to macroscopic and microscopic analyses and to measure the amount of astaxanthin. To perform the microscopic evaluation, 5 μ slices from the median portion of the female part of the gonad were submitted to the pattern methodology for histological analyses with paraffin and HE coloration. The remaining portion of the female gonad was lyophilised to extract and quantify the levels of astaxanthin using HPLC. The microscopic analyses revealed four well defined stages for the reproductive cycle. Analyses of data taken throughout the year indicated preferential spawning periods from December to January and from July to September. The astaxanthin analyses showed higher amounts of this carotenoid during the advanced pre-spawning and the initial spawning periods than during gametogenesis, initial pre-spawning, advanced spawning, and the spent stages. According to these results, it was possible to establish a descriptive table of the sexual stages of the female portion of the gonad and the amount of astaxanthin in the sexual stage of the scallop Nodipecten nodosus.
Main Authors: | Sühnel,S., Lagreze,F., Bercht,M., Ferreira,JF., Carneiro-Schaefer,AL., Magalhães,ARM., Maraschin,M. |
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
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Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
2010
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Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842010000300024 |
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