Visualization of strontium marking in dorsal fin rays of <italic style="font-style: italic">Megalobrama amblycephala</italic> for fish stocking

Tao JIANG; Yahua ZHU; Hongbo LIU; Xiubao CHEN; Junren XUE; Quinton PHELPS; Jian YANG

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Visualization of strontium marking in dorsal fin rays of Megalobrama amblycephala for fish stocking

Aquaculture and Fisheries | Updated：2025-05-27

- Visualization of strontium marking in dorsal fin rays of Megalobrama amblycephala for fish stocking
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 43, Issue 3, Pages: 1014-1021(2025)
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  1.Laboratory of Fishery Microchemistry, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China
  2.Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi 214081, China
  3.Department of Biology, Missouri State University, Springfield MO 65897, USA
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  jiany@ffrc.cn
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-024-4026-8
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- Received：23 January 2024，
  
  Online First：23 May 2024，
  
  Published：01 May 2025
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JIANG Tao,ZHU Yahua,LIU Hongbo,et al.Visualization of strontium marking in dorsal fin rays of Megalobrama amblycephala for fish stocking[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2025,43(03):1014-1021.
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JIANG Tao,ZHU Yahua,LIU Hongbo,et al.Visualization of strontium marking in dorsal fin rays of Megalobrama amblycephala for fish stocking[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2025,43(03):1014-1021. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-024-4026-8.

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Hatchery release is a common and effective practice for protecting and restoring wild resources

and the success of the practice is commonly assessed using mark-recapture technology. We investigated the use of different dimensional X-ray imaging techniques for the strontium (Sr) marking of fish fin rays for stocking.

Megalobrama

amblycephala

juveniles were marked by culturing specimens in 800-mg/L SrCl

·6H

O solution

the cross-sections of dorsal fin rays were subsequently obtained

and the concentrations Sr was analyzed by 2D imaging using an electron probe X-ray microanalyzer. Our preliminary findings indicate that the immersion marking method is effective for the Sr marking of fin rays in experimental fish. Moreover

we generated a bird’s-eye-view 3D mesh image of the Sr concentrations

which can provide a more comprehensive information for fish stocking than that using normal 2D imaging.

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Visualization of strontium marking in dorsal fin rays of Megalobrama amblycephala for fish stocking

DOI：10.1007/s00343-024-4026-8

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