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Comparative study on origin and formation of lunar-synchronized spawning in reef fish

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15405029
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section海外学術
Research Field General fisheries
Research InstitutionUniversity of the Ryukyus

Principal Investigator

TAKEMURA Akihiro  University of the Ryukyus, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, Associate Professor, 熱帯生物圏研究センター, 助教授 (40222103)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) OKUBO Makoto  University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Associate Professor, 大学院・総合文化研究科, 助教授 (40143325)
Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2005
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
Budget Amount *help
¥11,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥3,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥3,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥5,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,500,000)
KeywordsCoral reef / Indonesia / Lunar cycle / Reproductive season / Spawning rhythm
Research Abstract

In order to clarify origin and formation of lunar-synchronized spawning activities in reef fish, annual reproductive cycle and spawning rhythm of fish inhabiting tropical coral reefs in Central Java, Indonesia were examined. Most studies were carried out using rabbitfish, because similar studies have been conducted in sub-tropical coral reefs in Okinawa, Japan. When the fish were monthly collected from coral reef or purchased from fishermen, most fish had definite reproductive seasons, which occurred around changing season from dry to wet or from wet to dry. During the reproductive season, the fish were collected weekly according to lunar periodicity in order to know spawning rhythm. As a result, rabbitfish species repeated a lunar-related spawnings during the reproductive season. For example, the golden rabbitfish, Siganus guttatus, developed the gonads toward and spawned around the first quarter moon. Comparison of lunar-related spawning activity between Central Java, Indonesia and Okinawa, Japan, revealed that the golden rabbitfish spawned around the same lunar phase (the first quarter moon). The present study suggest that the fish have annual reproductive season which is closely related to regional environments and that the same cues from the moon are used as Zeitgeber for synchronized spawning in any regions.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2005 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (30 results)

All 2006 2005 2004 Other

All Journal Article (24 results) Publications (6 results)

  • [Journal Article] Annual and lunar-synchronized reproductive activity in two rabbitfish species in the Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia2006

    • Author(s)
      Park et al.
    • Journal Title

      Fisheries Science 72

      Pages: 166-172

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] A direct influence of moonlight intensity on changes in melatonin production by cultured pineal glands of the golden rabbitfish, Siganus guttatus2006

    • Author(s)
      Takemura et al.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Pineal Research (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Histological evidence of lunar-synchronized reproductive activity in the pencil-streaked rabbitfish, Siganus doliatus, the Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia2006

    • Author(s)
      Park et al.
    • Journal Title

      Ichthyological Research (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Annual and lunar-synchronized reproductive activity in two rabbitfish species in the Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia.2006

    • Author(s)
      Park, Y.J., Takemura, A., Lee, Y.D.
    • Journal Title

      Fisheries Science 72

      Pages: 166-172

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Increase in intracellular pH induces phosphorylation of axonemal proteins for flagellar motility activation in starfish sperm.2005

    • Author(s)
      Nakajima et al.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Experimental Biology 208

      Pages: 4411-4418

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Scanning electron microscpy of the peripheral olfactory organ in small and large juvenile Apogon cyanosoma (Apogonidae, Telesotei).2005

    • Author(s)
      Arvedlund, M., Takemura, A.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 85

      Pages: 1231-1234

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Long-term observation in situ of the anemonefish Amphiprion clarkii (Bennett) in association with a soft coral.2005

    • Author(s)
      Arvedlund, M., Takemura, A.
    • Journal Title

      Coral Reefs 24

      Pages: 698-698

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Molecular cloning of cytochrome P450 aromatases in the protogynous wrasse, Halichoeres tenuispinis.2005

    • Author(s)
      Choi et al.
    • Journal Title

      Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 141B

      Pages: 49-59

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Effects of changes in environmental factors on non-specific immune response in the Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus L.2005

    • Author(s)
      Dominguez et al.
    • Journal Title

      Aquaculture Research 36

      Pages: 391-397

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 魚類における月齢同調産卵と月を利用した時刻あわせ2005

    • Author(s)
      竹村明洋
    • Journal Title

      時間生物学 11

      Pages: 17-22

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Lunar cycles and reproductive activity in reel fishes with particular attention to rabbitfishes2004

    • Author(s)
      Takemura et al.
    • Journal Title

      Fish and Fisheries 5

      Pages: 317-328

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Perception and possible utilization of moonlight intensity for reproductive activities in a lunar-synchronized spawner, the golden rabbitfish2004

    • Author(s)
      Takemura et al.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Experimental Zoology 301A

      Pages: 844-851

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] acclimation of sperm motility apparatus in seawater-acclimated euryhaline tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)2004

    • Author(s)
      Morita et al.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Experimental Biology 207

      Pages: 337-345

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Lunar cycles and reproductive activity in reef fishes with particular attention to rabbitfishes.2004

    • Author(s)
      Takemura, A., Rahman, M.S., Nakamura, S., Park, Y.J., Takano, K.
    • Journal Title

      Fish and Fisheries 5

      Pages: 317-328

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Perception and possible utilization of moonlight intensity for reproductive activities in a lunar-synchronized spawner, the golden rabbitfish.2004

    • Author(s)
      Takemura, A., Susilo, E.S., Rahman, M.S., Morita, M.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Experimental Zoology 301A(10)

      Pages: 844-851

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Acclimation of sperm motility apparatus in seawater-acclimated euryhaline tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus).2004

    • Author(s)
      Morita, M., Takemura, A., Okuno, M.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Experimental Biology 207

      Pages: 337-345

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Impact of different environmental factors on the circulating immunoglobulin (IgM) levels in the Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus2004

    • Author(s)
      Dominguez et al.
    • Journal Title

      Aquaculture 241(1-4)

      Pages: 491-500

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Perception and possible utilization of moonlight intensity for reproductive activities in a lunar-synchronized spawner, the golden rabbitfish, Siganus guttatus2004

    • Author(s)
      Takemura et al.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Experimental Zoology 301A(10)

      Pages: 844-851

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Effects of moonlight exposure on plasma melatonin rhythms in the seagrass rabbitfish, Siganus canaliculatus2004

    • Author(s)
      Rahman et al.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Biological Rhythms 19

      Pages: 325-334

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Influence of light-dark and lunar cycles on the ocular melatonin rhythms in the seagrass rabbitfish, a lunar-synchronized spawner2004

    • Author(s)
      Rahman et al.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Pineal Research 37

      Pages: 122-128

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Acclimation of sperm motility apparatus in seawater-acclimated euryhaline tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)2004

    • Author(s)
      Morita et al.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Experimental Biology 207

      Pages: 337-345

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Spermatozoal ultrastructures of two marine perciform teleost fishes, the goatfish, Paraupeneus spilurus (Mullidae) and the rabbitfish, Siganus fuscescens (Siganidae) from Taiwan2004

    • Author(s)
      Gwo et al.
    • Journal Title

      Tissue and Cell 36

      Pages: 63-69

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] A direct influence of moonlight intensity on changes in melatonin production by cultured pineal glands of the golden rabbitfish, Siganus guttatus.

    • Author(s)
      Takemura, A., Ueda, S., Hiyakawa, N., Nikaido, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Pineal Research (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Histological evidence of lunar-synchronized reproductive activity in the pencil-streaked rabbitfish, Siganus doliatus, the Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia.

    • Author(s)
      Park, Y.J., Takemura, A., Lee, Y.D.
    • Journal Title

      Ichthyological Research (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Rahman et al.: "Hormonal changes in relation to lunar periodicity in the testis of the forktail rabbitfish"General and Comparative Endocrinology. 131. 302-309 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Rahman et al.: "Rhythmic changes in testicular activity with lunar cycle in the forktail rabbitfish"Journal of Fish Biology. 62. 495-499 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Kim et al.: "Culture conditions affect induction of vitellogenin synthesis by estradiol-17B in primary cultures of tilapia hepatocytes"Comp.Biochem.Physiol.. 135B. 231-239 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Kim et al.: "Vitellogenin induction via androgens in primary cultures of tilapia hepatocytes"Gen.Comp.Endocrinology. 132. 248-255 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Leatherland et al.: "In vitro steroidogenesis of the gonads of a protogynous Pacific warasse"J.Fish Biol.. 62. 1414-1434 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Tada et al.: "Size-fractionated phytoplankton biomass in coral reef waters of Sesoko Island, Okinawa, Japan"J.Plankton Res.. 25. 991-997 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report

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