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J Fish Biol ; 87(4): 1019-30, 2015 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26376856

ABSTRACT

Blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou mean total length at age in the north-east Atlantic Ocean was found to vary by around ±6% during the period 2004-2011 and mean mass at age by ±22% during the years 1981-2013. Linear modelling provided strong evidence that these phenotypic growth variations can be explained by trophic conditions, mainly negative density dependence and also food availability, and a negative long-term temperature effect on asymptotic size.


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Gadiformes/physiology , Temperature , Zooplankton/physiology , Animals , Atlantic Ocean , Food Chain , Gadiformes/anatomy & histology , Gadiformes/growth & development , Population Density , Seawater
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Mar Environ Res ; 106: 42-50, 2015 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25756900

ABSTRACT

The deep-sea environment is a sink for a wide variety of contaminants including heavy metals and organic compounds of anthropogenic origin. Life history traits of many deep-water fish species including longevity and high trophic position may predispose them to contaminant exposure and subsequent induction of pathological changes, including tumour formation. The lack of evidence for this hypothesis prompted this investigation in order to provide data on the presence of pathological changes in the liver and gonads of several deep-water fish species. Fish were obtained from the north east region of the Bay of Biscay (north east Atlantic Ocean) by trawling at depths between 700 and 1400 m. Liver and gonad samples were collected on board ship and fixed for histological processing and subsequent examination by light microscopy. Hepatocellular and nuclear pleomorphism and individual cases of ovotestis and foci of cellular alteration (FCA) were detected in black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo). Six cases of FCA were observed in orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) (n = 50) together with a single case of hepatocellular adenoma. A wide variety of inflammatory and degenerative lesions were found in all species examined. Deep-water fish display a range of pathologies similar to those seen in shelf-sea species used for international monitoring programmes including biological effects of contaminants. This study has confirmed the utility of health screening in deep-water fish for detecting evidence of prior exposure to contaminants and has also gained evidence of pathology potentially associated with exposure to algal toxins.


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Environmental Monitoring , Fish Diseases/pathology , Gonads/pathology , Liver Diseases/veterinary , Liver/pathology , Ovotesticular Disorders of Sex Development/pathology , Adenoma, Liver Cell/pathology , Adenoma, Liver Cell/veterinary , Animals , Atlantic Ocean/epidemiology , Fish Diseases/chemically induced , Fish Diseases/epidemiology , Fishes , Liver Diseases/epidemiology , Liver Diseases/pathology , Liver Neoplasms/pathology , Liver Neoplasms/veterinary , Ovotesticular Disorders of Sex Development/chemically induced , Ovotesticular Disorders of Sex Development/epidemiology , Water Pollutants, Chemical/toxicity
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