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Chater, Ines; Romdhani, Ahlem; Dufour, Jean-louis; Mahe, Kelig; Francour, Patrice; Chakroun-marzouk, Nadia. |
Background. Bastard grunt, Pomadasys incisus (Bowdich, 1825), is reported as a well-established species in the Mediterranean Sea. Although bastard grunt has rapidly expanded its area of distribution in the Mediterranean, there is no information about its age and growth. The aim of this study was to provide data about growth, condition, and first sexual maturity of the species in order to contribute to a better management of its fishery. Materials and methods. A total of 515 specimens of bastard grunt were caught in the Gulf of Tunis. The age was determined from otoliths. Length–weight relation, von Bertalanffy equation, and growth rate were employed to evaluate the fish growth. Also the condition factor and length at first sexual maturity were calculated.... |
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Palavras-chave: Sagittal otoliths; Biological traits; Von Bertalanffy growth function; Length-weight relation; Pomadasys incisus. |
Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00259/37006/35502.pdf |
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Mahe, Kelig; Evano, Hugues; Mille, Tiphaine; Muths, D.; Bourjea, Jerome. |
Swordfish Xiphias gladius is an oceanic-pelagic species. Its population structure in the Western Indian Ocean was studied from the shape of the sagittal otoliths of 391 individuals collected from 2009 to 2014. Normalised elliptical Fourier descriptors (EFDs) were extracted automatically using TNPC software. Principal components analysis (PCA) conducted on EFDs showed no significant effect of side (i.e. left or right otolith). Consequently, all 391 sagittal otoliths were used to identify stocks among six geographical areas: Reunion Island, Mozambique Channel, Rodrigues, South Africa, Madagascar South and Sri Lanka. To investigate the effects of sex, sampling year, sampling season, lower jaw fork length or geographical area on variations in otolith shape,... |
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Palavras-chave: Connectivity; Fourier descriptors; Morphometric markers; Sagittal otoliths; Stock discrimination. |
Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00354/46527/46411.pdf |
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