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  The fatty acid methyl esters were prepared from total lipid with the Peisker method with chloroform–methanol–sulfuric acid (100:100:1 v/v) (Żegarska et al. (1985) reported an increase of 92 μm (118–210 μm; 56% difference) for the shorter distance between Lake St. Pierre and Kamouraska, but the GSIs are unknown. Proper sexual maturation—vitellogenesis and ovary development brought about by environmental factors—takes place during the migration journey (Duriff et al. For the American Eel, increasing total fecundity with size interacts with decreasing relative fecundity to produce a less‐rapidly increasing total fecundity at larger sizes. 2002; McGrath et al. 5), there are large amount of fat tissues among the gametes in picture A and B. 2003; Couillard et al. 2016). Why should we closely monitor fecundity in marine fish populations? 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However, according to Jędryczkowski and Fischer (1973) and Clevestam et al. The content of fat, protein (P > 0.05), ash and EPA + DHA and polyene acids n-3/n-6 (P < 0.05) in muscles decreased. 1991). The paraffin sections were put onto protein-covered slides. Eels collected from sites in the main stem of the St. Lawrence River (Iroquois Dam, Lake St. Lawrence, Quebec City, and Kamouraska; Figure 1) may originate from anywhere further upstream. Female eels can have millions of eggs in the ovaries. All the fish handling was conducted in the state of anesthesia (MS-222 (300 ppt), Finquel, USA). Silver American Eels have lower tissue lipid levels (mean = 19%, range = 12.4–26.5%: Tremblay 2009; median = 16%, range = 12.4–26.5%: Couillard et al. Fox and V. Muggeo for R package comments. Anguillid eels may have an innate sense of migration distance that, when interacting with diel vertical movement and warmer near‐surface oceanic temperatures closer to the spawning area, may enable faster development during shorter oceanic migrations and slower development during longer migrations (Béguer‐Pon et al. Fatty acids: In the case of fatty acid analysis, lipids were extracted with the use of Folch’s procedure (Christie 1973). Increases in length of 10–14% and increases in weight of 38–44% during a run may account for much of the variability among years for a site when, as for many studies examined, sampling is a single episode or short term. Higher lipid levels and lower fecundities at migration for European Eels and relative fecundities that may vary little with size rather than declining, as for American Eels, suggest interspecies differences in life history tactics involving a trade‐off between fecundity and the associated energy for maturation relative to that for migration to the spawning area given distances of about 5,000 km for the European Eel and 1,400 km for the American Eel from the mid‐ranges of their Atlantic coastal distributions. Confidence intervals for effect sizes are given whenever possible to assist interpretation of individual statistical tests and comparison across studies. The higher average swimming speed of larger eels (Palstra et al. (2003) of GSI ≥ 2.0%, ocular index (Pankhurst 1982) ≥ 5.4, and pectoral fin index (Durif et al. It may be concluded that hormonal treatment considerably accelerates the process of gamete maturation, which was also confirmed by a study conducted by Nowosad et al. More plausibly, condition at continental departure has no specific geographic pattern but varies annually and locally with seasonal and environmental conditions (e.g., water temperature and precipitation) that influence migration timing and habitat productivity and population density effects on individual maturation (Pope and Kruse 2007) within a range controlled by the biological mechanisms that prepare individual eels for a potentially successful migration and spawning. High correlations between GSI and ovum diameter (Wenner and Musick 1974; Cottrill et al. Maine eel fecundities exceeded those of eels from Chesapeake Bay by 74% and exceeded those of Sud‐Ouest River (V) eels by 72%. Google Scholar, Berg H, Nilsson S (1997) Determination of fat content in meat and meat products with NMR or SFE. Given potential differences in mean lengths of about 15%, differences in weights of 45%, and differences in GSIrm of 25–45% during freshwater migration, smaller differences among sites and years may be largely the result of differences in sample timing and size rather than a biologically meaningful effect. The upper and lower 95% CI bounds of individual fish mean aliquot fecundity estimates ranged in mean difference from 8.0% to 50.3%, with a mean range of 27.5%, which may be considered a rough estimate of accuracy. Evidence of severe decline in some regions and more moderate decline on a continental scale has created concern about the population status of American Eels (ASMFC 2012; COSEWIC 2012; DFO 2014; IUCN 2014; Shepard 2015). A fertilized egg hatches in the uterus before leaving the womb. The fecundity–length and fecundity–weight regressions from the four available publications compared closely (r2 differences ≤ ±0.03) with those calculated from the contributed and digitized data (Table A.2). Reprod Biol 10:67–74, Kujawa R, Kucharczyk D, Mamcarz A (1999) A model system for keeping spawners of wild and domestic fish before artificial spawning. Aquacult Int 23, 13–27 (2015). Between Kamouraska (site 13) and Chesapeake Bay (site 2), condition increased (10%) with decreasing distance from the spawning area (F1, 1,203 = 12, P < 0.001; r = −0.097, 95% CI = −0.15 to −0.04). Support for this hypothesis is provided by (1) the wide variability in individual eel condition relative to annual and geographic differences among sites; (2) little change at continental departure in mean condition over the migration period; (3) the increased likelihood of bias when samples represent short‐term snapshots—as do most samples examined here—of characteristics that vary widely during a long migration period; (4) caution in drawing firm conclusions based on single samples, particularly at geographic extremes (e.g., Chesapeake Bay); and (5) the uncertain biological meaning of statistically significant but small differences (<15–20%) in mean condition, given the increased probability of significance for a small effect size when sample size increases with multiple site comparisons. (2013) found that indices of juvenile year‐class strength and the effective number of breeders from one river were highly correlated during years of positive North Atlantic Oscillation. Naturwissenschaften 93:145–148, Palstra AP, Curiel D, Fekkes M, de Bakker M, Székely C, van Ginneken V, van den Thillart G (2007) Swimming stimulates oocyte development in European eel. Migrants caught at brackish‐water estuary sites, such as Kamouraska, evidently arrive at similar mean stages of maturation, although within‐week individual variability was high (Couillard et al. The arrows indicate fat tissues in the ovaries, The relationship between the size of oocytes with the largest diameter (mm, mean value ± SD) and time in female European eel during the stimulated maturation process. Samples for analyses were taken from the control group at the beginning and at the end of the experiment. Changes in the gonadosomatic index (GSI) in female European eel during the stimulated maturation process, Changes in the size and the stage of oocyte development in female eel at the beginning (a), in week 3 (b), in week 13 (c) and at the end of the experiment, immediately before ovulation (d). The pooled sites (N = 150) had an r2 of 0.75 and a length range of 627 mm. Individual eel GSIs were unavailable from Verreault (2002), but all were greater than 2.8%. Aquaculture 322–323:142–148, van Ginneken V, Vianen G, Muusze B, Palstra A, Verschoor L, Lugten O, Onderwater M, van Schie S, Niemantsverdriet P, van Heeswijk R, Eding E, van den Thillart G (2005a) Gonad development and spawning behaviour of artificially-matured European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.). 2003) may exceed that for a random sample by about 54 μm (Couillard et al. The content of fat (%) was calculated according to the pattern: X = [(b − a) × 100]/c; where: a—weight of flask (g), b—weight of flask with extracted fat (g), c—weight of samples (g). The lack of study replication also means that some statistically significant results in some studies may not be reproducible, thereby limiting the accumulation of reliable science (Halsey et al. J Fish Biol 78:1073–1089, Dekker W (2003) On the distribution of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) and its Wsheries. Mean lengths (and weights) varied (maximum difference = 482 mm, 60%) among sites (F18, 1,439 = 167, P < 0.001; ω2 = 0.67, 95% CI = 0.65–0.69) and increased with increasing distance from the spawning area (F1, 1,456 = 1,992, P < 0.001; r = 0.76, 95% CI = 0.74–0.78; Figure 2C, D). Desired sample sizes greatly exceeded 30 for four of five SLRG sites but were sufficient for the MacNamara et al. 2014). 0.88 % sodium chloride in water (determining 1/4 volume of filtrate) was added to the total filtrate and was then shaken and left overnight. A mean of 279 μm (range = 233–350 μm) based on mature ova (McGrath et al. Within the SLRG (sites 9–16; Figures 1 and 4B), the GSIrm increased (F1, 225 = 254, P < 0.001; r = 0.73, 95% CI = 0.66–0.78) by 45% over the 525 km between the USLR (sites 15 and 16) and Kamouraska (site 13) in the middle estuary, then varied little (F1, 106 = 0.39, P = 0.53; r = 0.06, 95% CI = −0.13 to 0.25) within the lower estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence (sites 9–12). Palstra and van den Thillart (2010) did not find any differences in the percentage biochemical composition (protein, fat, ash) in the bodies of female eel during the 6-month period of forced rest or swimming compared to the initial values. Dynamique de la sous‐population d'anguilles d'Amérique (Anguilla rostrata) du basin versant de la rivière du Sud‐Ouest, An estimation of American Eel escapement from the upper St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario in 1996 and 1997, The availability of research data declines rapidly with article age, Geographic variation in age and length at metamorphosis of maturing European Eel: environmental effects and phenotypic plasticity, Age, growth, mortality, and sex ratio of American Eels in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay. American Shad Alosa sapidissima allocate energy between migration and reproduction according to the freshwater migration distance and river gradient (Glebe and Leggett 1981), while salmon of the northeast Pacific Ocean vary fecundity and ovum size with freshwater migration distance, wherein longer distances are associated with reduced fecundity and ovum size (Beacham and Murray 1993). 2013), common population weight–length, ovary weight–somatic weight, and fecundity–length (weight) relations at migration might be expected, subject to regional phenotypic plasticity in growth, size, and age at migration in response to environmental conditions and spatially varying genetic selection (Jessop 2010; Côté et al. Fecundity and its variability increased with increasing eel length and weight (Table 1), peaking at about 22 million ova within the 800–1,200‐mm length range. The degree of pre‐spawning atresia is unknown for North Atlantic eels, but its role in any trade‐off between fertility and the successful completion of migration and spawning may be minor. Nowosad, J., Kucharczyk, D., Łuczyńska, J. et al. Tremblay (2009) concluded that no trade‐off occurs between gonad and somatic energy allocation based on the absence of a clear relation between total fecundity and distance within the SLRG. No such studies have been conducted with European eel eggs. Eels from the tributary Sud‐Ouest and Petite Trinité rivers, from the lower estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence sites (Long Pond and Castors River), and from Atlantic coastal sites (Dog Bay; Holyrood Pond; East River, Chester, Nova Scotia; LaHave and Medway rivers; Maine rivers; and Pocomoke River) were likely of local origin. Next, 40 mL of chloroform was added, and the course was continued for 2 min. Correspondence to Female vinegar eels have ovaries and produce eggs. Fecundity was not significantly correlated with nutritional status (condition and somatic tissue lipid level) or ovary condition, which increases during downstream migration. (2006) examined the relationship of egg quality to the content of individual substances in the Japanese eel and found high quality eggs to contain slightly less fat (40 % in high quality eggs vs. 44 % in low quality eggs) and that the DHA content in eggs was positively correlated with spawn quality. J Ichthyol 50:321–329, Pedersen BH (2003) Induced sexual maturation of the European eel Anguilla anguilla and fertilisation of the eggs. 2008), in conjunction with larger size and earlier migration timing at sites further from the spawning area (Vøllestad 1992; ASMFC 2012), may permit both American Eels and European Eels throughout their continental distributions to reach the spawning area at species‐appropriate similar times and stages of maturation. Hormonal stimulation of female eel in the last phase resulted in a significant increase in the weight of the body and the gonads. At spawning, ova diameters for artificially matured American Eels (960–1,030 μm) may be larger than those for European Eels (840–920 μm), but mean larval sizes at hatch (2.7 mm versus 2.35–3.1 mm) conflict (Oliveira and Hable 2010; Davidsen 2012), perhaps because female donor sizes are unreported. 1997) and 210 μm (Dutil et al. Weight‐dependent relative fecundity implies that where size varies geographically, some regional groups may contribute relatively more to population reproduction (He et al. The content of saturated fatty acids in gonads or muscles (Fig. European Eel length increased with distance from the spawning area (Vøllestad 1992), while fecundity increased (r = 0.99, N = 3, P = 0.02) with distance from the spawning area for sites northward (Sweden) and southward (Greece) of the midpoint of their latitudinal range (roughly Ireland; MacNamara et al. At the same time, oocytes are at different stages of development (primary growth, pre-vitellogenic, vitellogenic), and the size differentiation increases during ovulation (Figs. Diel vertical movements by marine‐migrating eels may maintain a mean temperature exposure below 11°C so as to delay gonad maturation until reaching the spawning area (Aarestrup et al. As was shown by Unuma et al. I’ve never looked at or inside a European eel (or any eel for that matter), but apparently if you do you won’t see ovaries, testicles, eggs, or milt. The scaled mass index () recommended by Peig and Green (2009) correlates exactly (r = 1.0) with Wrm but is scaled differently, further supporting the use of relative weight to evaluate fish condition. It was found, in the current study, that a considerable increase in the content of MUFA (monounsaturated fatty acids) took place in both muscles and gonads during the period of female maturation (Fig. Annual mean lipid levels for European Eels averaged 28% (range = 22.3–34.0%; Marohn et al. In observational studies, the independent variable for ANCOVA should have a similar mean (equal covariate means) among sample sites (Quinn and Keough 2002; Clason and Mundfrom 2012; Schneider et al. 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