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Quantitative relationship of Sr:Ca of statoliths of the Japanese flying squid (Todarodes pacificus) with empirical water temperatures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2025

Tadanori Yamaguchi Open the ORCID record for Tadanori Yamaguchi [Opens in a new window] ,
Hajime Matsui ,
Hisae Miyahara ,
Hiroshi Kubota  and
Naoki Hirose
Tadanori Yamaguchi*
Affiliation:
Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Japan
Hajime Matsui
Affiliation:
Yokohama Field Station, Pelagic Fish Resources Division, Fisheries Stock Assessment Center, Fisheries Resources Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Hisae Miyahara
Affiliation:
Yokohama Field Station, Pelagic Fish Resources Division, Fisheries Stock Assessment Center, Fisheries Resources Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Hiroshi Kubota
Affiliation:
Yokohama Field Station, Highly Migratory Resources Division, Fisheries Stock Assessment Center, Fisheries Resources Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Naoki Hirose
Affiliation:
Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Japan Research Institute for Applied Mechanics (RIAM), Kyushu University, Kasuga, Japan
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Corresponding author: Tadanori Yamaguchi; Email: tadanoriyama@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

The Japanese flying squid, Todarodes pacificus, is distributed mainly in the northwest Pacific and the Japan Sea. The present study was conducted for a better understanding of the mechanisms behind its migration routes. The ratios of strontium to calcium (Sr:Ca) in the statoliths can be associated with the water temperatures the squid experienced in the sea. Using specimens collected in the northern Japan Sea in summer and Lagrangian backward tracer experiments, a strong negative correlation was obtained between the Sr:Ca in the statoliths and the empirical water temperatures estimated through a regional ocean model. These backward tracer experiments were continuously conducted at depths of 6, 15, and 30 m. The greatest determination coefficient of the regression expression appeared for a nearshore tracer group of the experiment at a depth of 15 m. In addition, the regression expression provided reasonable lifetime empirical water temperature variations of the squids collected in the sea areas east of Tsushima Island and west of the Goto Islands in winter. The combination of Ca:Sr analytical chemistry and tracer experiments with the ocean dynamic model used in this study improved our understanding of the migration path of T. pacificus.

Keywords

Lagrangian tracer experimentmigrationstatolithTodarodes pacificusempirical water temperature
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 105 , 2025 , e14
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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