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| Pineiro, C; Rey, J; De Pontual, Helene; Garcia, A. |
| Daily growth of Atlantic juvenile hake from Northwest Iberia has been estimated employing a new approach combining analyses of transversal and sagittal sections of the otoliths along the ventral radius. Age of juvenile hake ranging from 3 to 25 cm collected during a spring 2002 survey was estimated. Somatic growth followed a power fit: Fish size (TL) = 3.3254*age(0.7336) (r(2) =0.87, p < 0.001, n = 76). yielding an average individual growth rate of 0.66 mm/day (0.06). The growth model indicates that after a year's life a juvenile can reach 25 cm. Otolith ventral radius ranged from 401 to 1842 mu m and daily increments were between 104 and 387. Fish growth and otolith growth were closely related (r(2) = 0.92 p < 0.001, n = 76). These first results of... |
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Palavras-chave: NW Iberian waters; Seasonal variation; Daily growth; Otolith microstructure; Juvenile hake. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-6111.pdf |
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| Pineiro, C; Rey, J; De Pontual, Helene; Goni, R. |
| In the first tagging experiment of European hake (Merluccius merluccius L.) conducted off the NW Iberian Peninsula to study hake growth in the wild we released 527 live tagged individuals. The survival rate after capture and tagging was 58%. Mortality during capture was positively correlated with depth of capture and negatively correlated with hake size. Fifteen months after tagging, seven individuals (1.3%) had been recaptured with times at liberty ranging from 29 to 466 days. We provide the first direct measurements of growth rates of Southern stock European hake in the wild and compare them with rates obtained from tagging experiments in other regions and with rates derived from conventional otolith age reading. The mean somatic growth rate of all... |
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Palavras-chave: Northeast Atlantic; Age estimation; Tag recapture; Growth rates; European hake. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3525.pdf |
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