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Accumulation of fluorescent age pigments (FAP) was measured in pike,Esox lucius, during embryogenesis and larval development at different temperatures. Chloroform-as well as methanol-soluble age pigments from eggs and larvae were quantified. Chloroform-FAP accumulated linearly with embryonic and larval development. After yolksack resorption, FAP concentrations reached a maximum and declined thereafter. Chloroform-FAP accumulation was not temperature dependent. Similar patterns of methanol-soluble pigment accumulation were found but accumulation of methanol-FAP was, in contrast, significantly temperature dependent. As a result, methanol-FAP concentrations increased in direct proportion to the rising incubation temperature, but the maximum methanol-FAP fluorescence was found at 15°C and not at 180°C.
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Hammer, C. Accumulation of fluorescent age pigments in embryos and larvae of pike,Esox lucius (Esocidae, Teleostei) at different incubation temperatures. Environ Biol Fish 22, 91–99 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00001540
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