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Scientists studying the reproduction of the Yellow tang have found that their breeding behaviour is linked to the cycle of the moon and peaks in the late spring and summer.
科學家對於黃三角的繁殖研究，發現他們的繁殖行為模式與月球周期有關 (潮汐引力作用?)，同時在晚春及夏季出現高峰。
Experts from the University of Hawaii's Cooperative Fishery Research Unit examined the breeding behaviour of the Yellow tang, Zebrasoma flavescens, over an entire year to see how the number of eggs produced varied.
夏威夷大學於類研究單位的科學家們，對黃三角的繁殖花了整年的時間，研究產卵的數目的變化。
Their findings, which have just been published in the Journal of Fish Biology, reveal that reproductive effort peaked in late spring and summer with females producing large numbers of eggs and spawning for at least two consecutive days.
其中他們發現，在晚春及夏季的高峰期，母黃三角的繁殖效率達到最大，包括最少連續兩天不間斷的產卵並釋出更大量的卵。
Depending on the time that the fish were sampled, females were carrying anywhere from 44 to 24,000 eggs. As usual with fishes, smaller specimens of 8-12cm produced limited numbers of eggs, while larger fish over 12cm produced more than 20,000 per batch.
在研究的樣本魚群之中，母魚產下的卵數從44個到24,000個不等(範圍也太廣了…..)，同時較小的母魚(8-12cm)的產卵數較為有限，較大的母魚(12cm以上)則每次可以產下最多20,000個卵。
The authors said: "This study illustrates the importance of accounting for potential variation in egg production over time, especially with respect to diel and lunar cycles, in the design of reproductive studies of multiple-spawning fishes.
作者表示: 這項研究有助於了解多次產卵?的魚類的繁殖模式，包括跟晝夜/月亮週期的關連性。
"Greater insight into the environmental factors that regulate reproductive activity may be gained by determining the relative reproductive investment allocated at each spawning event.
如果可以詳細定義每次產卵行為發生時的相關影響變數，我們可以更深入的了解環境因子跟繁殖行為之間的調控關係。
"The ability to estimate annual fecundity for more multiple-spawning species will facilitate examination of the effects of fishing on the reproductive characteristics of these populations and permit examination of life-history evolution across a broader suite of fishes."
如果我們可以了解更多多次產卵魚種的年生產力，將有助於我們分析捕撈這類魚群時對他們族群繁殖模式的影響，同時也有助於了解不同魚種間族群演化的生活史。
Yellow tangs are a popular fish with marine fishkeepers and are commercially harvested from Hawaiian waters.
(迅速翻譯) 黃三角來自夏威夷，大家都很愛XD
For more information see the paper: Bushnell ME, Claisse JT and CW Laidley (2010) - Lunar and seasonal patterns in fecundity of an indeterminate, multiple-spawning surgeonfish, the yellow tang Zebrasoma flavescens. Journal of Fish Biology, Volume 76, Issue 6, pages 1343-1361.
想知道更多的話，可以看以下這篇論文~~~ 如果下載不到的話可以跟我要，中研院的期刊買很多應該抓得到XD~
