Models describing mackerel (Scomber scombrus) early life growth in the North and Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula in 2000

Authors

  • Begoña Villamor Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Santander
  • Miguel Bernal Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Fuengirola
  • Carmen Hernández Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Santander

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2004.68n4571

Keywords:

early growth, daily growth, mackerel, North East Atlantic, Scomber scombrus

Abstract


Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in early life stages were captured in 2000 in the north and northwest of the Iberian Peninsula (ICES Divisions VIIIc and IXa North). Daily rings on their otolith sagittae were identified. Otoliths from 377 larvae and post-larvae caught in April and May 2000, ranging in length from 2.3 to 23.7 mm LS (Standard length) and ranging in age from 7 to 38 days after hatching were analysed. Additionally, 68 otoliths from juveniles and pre-recruits caught between July and October 2000 with a length range of 121-202 mm LS and aged between 65-186 days after hatching were analysed. Gompertz and Logistic growth models were fitted to the pooled length at age data of the larvae-postlarvae and juveniles-pre-recruits. As length at hatch is assumed in the literature to be 3.0 mm, the models were applied in two ways; not forced to pass through L0=3.0 mm and forced to pass through L0=3.0 mm. The unforced logistic growth curve appeared to be the most suitable for describing growth during the first year of life of mackerel (L? = 191.6 mm; K= 0.070; t0= 66.7 d).

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Published

2004-12-30

How to Cite

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Villamor B, Bernal M, Hernández C. Models describing mackerel (Scomber scombrus) early life growth in the North and Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula in 2000. Sci. mar. [Internet]. 2004Dec.30 [cited 2024Mar.28];68(4):571-83. Available from: https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/421

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