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Ripe sea urchins can be induced to spawn with an injection of dilute potassium chloride<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An important step in domesticating a new species for aquaculture such as the green sea urchin is being able to control reproduction and breeding.\u00a0 Factors affecting maturation, gamete quality and reproductive timing must be understood in order for the organism to be readily bred and reproduced in captivity.\u00a0 Although it’s possible to obtain reproductive urchins from the fishery for hatchery production, this approach is limited by seasonality and access to the resource. For this project we were interested in determining whether we could use photoperiod and temperature control to enable year round spawning of green sea urchins.\u00a0 We compared different photoperiod and temperature regimes and measured their effect on spawning, fertilization success, and gonad index. Histology and stereology were utilized to look at gonad development at the tissue and cellular level.<\/p>\n

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University of Maine graduate student Nicole Kirchhoff collecting gametes from sea urchins conditioned in captivity<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our results showed that both temperature and photoperiod cues can be used to advance reproductive timing from spring to fall, extending the period during which captive urchins remain reproductive.\u00a0 This is important because it means breeding populations of green sea urchins can be maintained in captivity to provide gametes over a longer season than those from the fishery.\u00a0 Tools such as these used for captive broodstock management are a necessary step in the domestication continuum, leading eventually to selective breeding for faster growing sea urchins that are better adapted for aquaculture. \u00a0 You can read about this project in our paper:<\/p>\n

Kirchhoff et. al. Out-of-season gamete production in Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis<\/em>: Photoperiod and Temperature Manipulation. Aquaculture 303 (2010), 77 – 85<\/a><\/p>\n

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Environmental chamber used to condition green sea urchins for reproduction<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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