Age estimation of the Atlantic bonito in the eastern Mediterranean Sea using dorsal spines and validation of the method

Age estimation of the Atlantic bonito in the eastern Mediterranean Sea using dorsal spines and validation of the method

Growth parameters were studied in 397 specimens of the Atlantic bonito caught in the eastern Mediterranean Sea (Aegean and Ionian Seas) ranging from 7.2 to 72.5 cm in fork length and from 2 to 5400 g in total weight. The study of the growth bands in spine sections showed that one translucent ring is...

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Main Authors: Nikolaos Zaboukas, Persefoni Megalofonou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2007-12-01
Series:Scientia Marina
Subjects:
sarda sarda
age and growth
validation
marginal increment analysis
mediterranean
Online Access:http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/222
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spelling doaj-e07051ce3e844149ba49f2f74a7420592021-05-05T13:49:41ZengConsejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasScientia Marina0214-83581886-81342007-12-0171469169810.3989/scimar.2007.71n4691219Age estimation of the Atlantic bonito in the eastern Mediterranean Sea using dorsal spines and validation of the methodNikolaos Zaboukas0Persefoni Megalofonou1Department of Zoology-Marine Biology, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of AthensDepartment of Zoology-Marine Biology, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGrowth parameters were studied in 397 specimens of the Atlantic bonito caught in the eastern Mediterranean Sea (Aegean and Ionian Seas) ranging from 7.2 to 72.5 cm in fork length and from 2 to 5400 g in total weight. The study of the growth bands in spine sections showed that one translucent ring is formed annually during the cold season. The growth parameters estimated (L∞ = 82.99 cm, K = 0.24, t0 = -0.77) express the growth of the species more realistically than previous studies in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/222sarda sardaage and growthvalidationmarginal increment analysismediterranean
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Persefoni Megalofonou
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Persefoni Megalofonou
Age estimation of the Atlantic bonito in the eastern Mediterranean Sea using dorsal spines and validation of the method
Scientia Marina
sarda sarda
age and growth
validation
marginal increment analysis
mediterranean
author_facet Nikolaos Zaboukas
Persefoni Megalofonou
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title Age estimation of the Atlantic bonito in the eastern Mediterranean Sea using dorsal spines and validation of the method
title_short Age estimation of the Atlantic bonito in the eastern Mediterranean Sea using dorsal spines and validation of the method
title_full Age estimation of the Atlantic bonito in the eastern Mediterranean Sea using dorsal spines and validation of the method
title_fullStr Age estimation of the Atlantic bonito in the eastern Mediterranean Sea using dorsal spines and validation of the method
title_full_unstemmed Age estimation of the Atlantic bonito in the eastern Mediterranean Sea using dorsal spines and validation of the method
title_sort age estimation of the atlantic bonito in the eastern mediterranean sea using dorsal spines and validation of the method
publisher Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
series Scientia Marina
issn 0214-8358
1886-8134
publishDate 2007-12-01
description Growth parameters were studied in 397 specimens of the Atlantic bonito caught in the eastern Mediterranean Sea (Aegean and Ionian Seas) ranging from 7.2 to 72.5 cm in fork length and from 2 to 5400 g in total weight. The study of the growth bands in spine sections showed that one translucent ring is formed annually during the cold season. The growth parameters estimated (L∞ = 82.99 cm, K = 0.24, t0 = -0.77) express the growth of the species more realistically than previous studies in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
topic sarda sarda
age and growth
validation
marginal increment analysis
mediterranean
url http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/222
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