Stress indicators for Prochilodus lineatus (Characiformes: Prochilodontidae) breeders during passage through a fish ladder
Adriane F. Bido A , Elisabeth C. Urbinati B E , Maristela C. Makrakis
A C , Leandro F. Celestino C , Mônica Serra B D and Sergio Makrakis A C
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A Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Conservação e Manejo de Recursos Naturais, Rua Universitária, 2069, Universitário, Cascavel, Paraná, 85819-110, Brazil.
B Universidade Estadual Paulista UNESP, Centro de Aquicultura (CAUNESP), Via de Acesso Paulo Donato Castelane, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, 14884-900, Brazil.
C Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Grupo de Pesquisa em Tecnologia em Ecohidráulica e Conservação de Recursos Pesqueiros e Hídricos – GETECH, Rua da Faculdade, 645, Jardim Santa Maria, Toledo, Paraná, 85903-000, Brazil.
D Present address: Federal University of Bahia, UFBA, Department of Biorregulation, Avenida Reitor Miguel Calmon, Vale do Canela, Salvador, Bahia, 40110-902, Brazil.
E Corresponding author. Email: bethurb@fcav.unesp.br
Marine and Freshwater Research 69(12) 1814-1821 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF18087
Submitted: 8 March 2018 Accepted: 27 July 2018 Published: 9 October 2018
Abstract
This study investigated whether fish ladder transposition is a stressful event for the streaked prochilod, Prochilodus lineatus, in a dam on the Upper Paraná River, Brazil. Bodyweight, standard length and plasma concentrations of cortisol, glucose, lactate, chloride and haematocrit were measured in 48 adult fish (male and female) that were sampled downstream and upstream of the dam and on the fish ladder. The results showed that the intense physical exertion of the fish during ladder transposition demanded high metabolic requirements and activated anaerobic pathways, but was not stressful. We recommend that physiological indicators should be used for post-construing assessments, which would improve the management of migratory fish species.
Additional keywords: cortisol, metabolism, physiology, potamodromous, reproductive migration.
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