Vertebrae Morphometric Measurement and Ca/P Levels of Different Age European Seabass (<i>Dicentrarchus labrax</i>)
The European seabass is one of the most important species of the Mediterranean, specifically Greece. Individuals with different numbers of vertebrae have been reported. This number ranges from 24 to 26 vertebrae. In this study a sample of 73 individual seabass were collected from fish farms and divi...
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| description | The European seabass is one of the most important species of the Mediterranean, specifically Greece. Individuals with different numbers of vertebrae have been reported. This number ranges from 24 to 26 vertebrae. In this study a sample of 73 individual seabass were collected from fish farms and divided into three age groups. The first group included fingerling individuals, the second group, juvenile individuals and the third group, adult individuals. The number and the length of their vertebrae were measured by radiographs. The individuals were divided into subgroups according to their vertebrae number, and from each one the tenth vertebra was taken. Ca and P levels (%) of each tenth vertebra were measured by X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and the Ca/P ratio was determined. Vertebrae length, Ca and P levels and Ca/P ratio were compared among age groups and among individuals with different numbers of vertebrae. It was shown that the European seabass’s vertebral column can be divided to three sections—cervical, abdominal and caudal—following the striped bass (<i>Morone saxatilis</i>) model. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b743d186b8814e6caefd422ea0e04ec72023-11-20T23:51:45ZengMDPI AGFishes2410-38882020-12-015437010.3390/fishes5040037Vertebrae Morphometric Measurement and Ca/P Levels of Different Age European Seabass (<i>Dicentrarchus labrax</i>)Vasiliki Nikiforidou0Stefanos Zaoutsos1Nikolaos Vlahos2Panagiotis Berillis3Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, 38446 Volos, GreeceDepartment of Energy Systems, School of Technology, University of Thessaly, 41500 Larissa, GreeceDepartment of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, 38446 Volos, GreeceDepartment of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, 38446 Volos, GreeceThe European seabass is one of the most important species of the Mediterranean, specifically Greece. Individuals with different numbers of vertebrae have been reported. This number ranges from 24 to 26 vertebrae. In this study a sample of 73 individual seabass were collected from fish farms and divided into three age groups. The first group included fingerling individuals, the second group, juvenile individuals and the third group, adult individuals. The number and the length of their vertebrae were measured by radiographs. The individuals were divided into subgroups according to their vertebrae number, and from each one the tenth vertebra was taken. Ca and P levels (%) of each tenth vertebra were measured by X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and the Ca/P ratio was determined. Vertebrae length, Ca and P levels and Ca/P ratio were compared among age groups and among individuals with different numbers of vertebrae. It was shown that the European seabass’s vertebral column can be divided to three sections—cervical, abdominal and caudal—following the striped bass (<i>Morone saxatilis</i>) model.https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/5/4/37seabassnumber of vertebraevertebrae lengthCa and P levels |
| spellingShingle | Vasiliki Nikiforidou Stefanos Zaoutsos Nikolaos Vlahos Panagiotis Berillis Vertebrae Morphometric Measurement and Ca/P Levels of Different Age European Seabass (<i>Dicentrarchus labrax</i>) Fishes seabass number of vertebrae vertebrae length Ca and P levels |
| title | Vertebrae Morphometric Measurement and Ca/P Levels of Different Age European Seabass (<i>Dicentrarchus labrax</i>) |
| title_full | Vertebrae Morphometric Measurement and Ca/P Levels of Different Age European Seabass (<i>Dicentrarchus labrax</i>) |
| title_fullStr | Vertebrae Morphometric Measurement and Ca/P Levels of Different Age European Seabass (<i>Dicentrarchus labrax</i>) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vertebrae Morphometric Measurement and Ca/P Levels of Different Age European Seabass (<i>Dicentrarchus labrax</i>) |
| title_short | Vertebrae Morphometric Measurement and Ca/P Levels of Different Age European Seabass (<i>Dicentrarchus labrax</i>) |
| title_sort | vertebrae morphometric measurement and ca p levels of different age european seabass i dicentrarchus labrax i |
| topic | seabass number of vertebrae vertebrae length Ca and P levels |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/5/4/37 |
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