NDLI: Daily cycles in plasma and ocular melatonin in demand-fed sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax L.

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Author	Sánchez Vázquez, F. J. Iigo, M. Madrid, J. A. Zamora, S. Tabata, M.
Copyright Year	1997
Abstract	Melatonin is regarded as an internal zeitgeber, involved in the synchronization to light of the daily and seasonal rhythms of vertebrates. To date, plasma and ocular melatonin in fish have been extensively surveyed almost solely in freshwater species – with the exception of some migrating species of salmonids. In the present paper, melatonin levels of a marine species (sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax L) were examined. In addition, the daily rhythms of the demand-feeding activity of sea bass, a fish species characterized by a dual phasing capacity (i.e. the ability to switch between diurnal and nocturnal behaviour), were investigated before sampling. Sea bass, distributed in 12 groups of four fish and kept under constant water temperature and salinity, were exposed to a 12 h light:12 h dark cycle (200:0 lx, lights on at 0800 hours). After 4 weeks recording, the animals were killed at 0900, 1200, 1400, 1600, 1900, 2100, 2400, 0200, 0400, 0700 and 0900 hours. Actograms of demand-feeding records revealed a nocturnal feeding behaviour, with some cases of spontaneous inversions in phasing. Melatonin levels in plasma peaked in the middle of the dark phase, dropping after lights on. Melatonin in the eye, on the contrary, exhibited an inverse profile, with high levels during daytime and low levels at night. These results suggest that melatonin in the plasma and the eye may act independently on the flexible circadian system of sea bass.
Starting Page	409
Ending Page	415
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01741578
Journal	Journal of Comparative Physiology B
Volume Number	167
Issue Number	6
e-ISSN	1432136X
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	1997-08-05
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Physiology Biochemistry Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Endocrinology

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