Age and growth of the sandpaper skate,Bathyraja kincaidii,using vertebral centra, with an investigation of caudal thorns

2010 ◽  
Vol 91 (6) ◽  
pp. 1149-1156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colleena R. Perez ◽  
Gregor M. Cailliet ◽  
David A. Ebert
Keyword(s):  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Structural Similarity ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Von Bertalanffy ◽  
Likelihood Ratios ◽  
Band Formation ◽  
Growth Band ◽  
Vertebral Centra ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Age Estimates

The sandpaper skate,Bathyraja kincaidii, is one of four skate species commonly taken in trawl fisheries off central California although very little is known about its life history. In this study, age and growth were evaluated from 187 vertebrae using a common growth band counting method. An attempt to use marginal increment analysis and centrum edge analysis failed to validate the annual periodicity of growth band formation; however, it is a valid assumption based on structural similarity from other studies. Assuming annual band formation, von Bertalanffy growth parameters were determined for females (L∞ = 537.3 mm; k = 0.237; to = –1.629; N = 99) and males (L∞ = 580.2 mm; k = 0.185; to = –2.530; N = 88). Maximum likelihood ratios indicated no significant difference (P > 0.05) between male and female von Bertalanffy growth parameters, thus data were combined (L∞ = 557.8 mm; k = 0.207; to = –2.147; N = 187). Age estimates from band counts in vertebral centra indicated a minimum longevity of 17 and 18 years for female and maleB. kincaidii, respectively. Caudal thorns were also assessed for age analyses, but were deemed unreliable and could not be used to verify age estimates from vertebral centra.

scholarly journals Age and growth of the king mackerel (Scomberomorus Cavalla) off the northeastern coast of Brazil

2009 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Francisco de Nóbrega ◽  
Rosangela Paula Lessa
Keyword(s):  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Least Square Method ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Von Bertalanffy ◽  
Growth Band ◽  
Marginal Increment ◽  
King Mackerel ◽  
Catch Composition

Age and growth of the king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla) were estimated for northeastern Brazil. A total of 405 sagittal otoliths from 140 males (24.4-112 cm), 73 females (28-114.8 cm) and 193 specimens of unknown sex (11.5-121 cm) were examined. Marginal increment analysis indicated an annual pattern for growth band deposition. The age classes ranged from 1 to 15 years. Length ranged from 11.5 to 121 cm. The Schnute model indicated that the von Bertalanffy growth model demonstrated the best adjustment, with p=1/b, and was therefore used for estimating growth. Back-calculated curves had smaller variances, giving the following estimated growth parameters for males: L∞= 116.8 cm, K = 0.190, t0 = 0.377; and females: L∞= 132.7 cm, K = 0.159 and t0 = 0.387. In order to compare the curves for males and females, the overlapping of 95% confidence intervals was performed for the parameters generated from the von Bertalanffy non-linear least square method. Specimens between 3 and 8 years of age represented 82.2% (n=5,783) of the catch composition, characterizing the species as a catchable stock in the region.

Age, growth and reproductive biology of the rough skate, Raja radula (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae), off the Gulf of Gabes (southern Tunisia, central Mediterranean)

2013 ◽  
Vol 64 (6) ◽  
pp. 540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasna Kadri ◽  
Sondes Marouani ◽  
Mohamed Nejmeddine Bradai ◽  
Abderrahmen Bouaïn
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Cycle ◽  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Age At Maturity ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Gulf Of Gabes ◽  
Vertebral Centra ◽  
Gulf Of Gabès ◽  
Southern Tunisia ◽  
Significant Difference

Age, growth and reproductive parameters were estimated for Raja radula from the Gulf of Gabes (southern Tunisia, central Mediterranean Sea), collected monthly during 2007 from commercial fisheries. In total, 550 females (18.5–80.0 cm TL) and 400 males (13.4–65 cm TL) were examined to study the reproductive cycle. A subsample of 272 specimens (140 females and 132 males, ranging from 15.5 to 80 cm in total length, TL) was used for age and growth estimation derived from vertebral centra. The marginal-increment and edge analysis showed annual deposition of growth bands. The oldest female in the study was 12 years old and 80 cm in TL, whereas the oldest male was 9 years old and 65 cm in TL. The von Bertalanffy growth parameters were L∞ = 76.36 cm, K = 0.22 year–1 and t0 = –0.16 years for males. There was no significant difference in growth between the sexes. The size-at-maturity was 47.05 cm for males and 56.48 cm for females. The age-at-maturity was estimated to be 4.47 and 5.89 years, respectively, for males and females. There was no significant difference of size- and age-at-maturity between the sexes. Females carrying egg cases occurred throughout the year. Variations in the gonadosomatic and hepatosomatic indices showed a continuous reproductive cycle throughout the year.

scholarly journals Description of dermal denticles from the caudal region of Raja clavata and their use for the estimation of age and growth

2008 ◽  
Vol 65 (9) ◽  
pp. 1701-1709 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Serra-Pereira ◽  
I. Figueiredo ◽  
I. Farias ◽  
T. Moura ◽  
L. S. Gordo
Keyword(s):  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Growth Models ◽  
Age Determination ◽  
Maximum Size ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Growth Band ◽  
Caudal Region ◽  
Vertebral Centra ◽  
Raja Clavata ◽  
Dermal Denticle

Abstract Serra-Pereira, B., Figueiredo, I., Farias, I., Moura, T., and Gordo, L. S. 2008. Description of dermal denticles from the caudal region of Raja clavata and their use for the estimation of age and growth. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65: 1701–1709. This work is a response to a lack of knowledge of the biology of Raja clavata in southern European waters, particularly in terms of age and growth. Two structures were analysed: dermal denticles and vertebral centra. Six types of dermal denticle were identified in the tail. Among those, small thorns were the most suitable for age determination owing to their fixed position, persistence throughout their lifespan, and defined growth-band pattern. Caudal thorns were more accurate than vertebral centra for age determination and were therefore selected as the most appropriate structure for ageing R. clavata. Based on edge analysis, annual band deposition was verified. The birthdate was established as 1 June based on the prevalence of hyaline edges in age-0 class specimens: prevalence peaked in May and June. Both von Bertalanffy and Gompertz growth models were fitted to age-at-length data, but the former was considered more appropriate based on similarity between the estimated L∞ and the maximum size recorded for the species. No significant differences in growth parameters were observed between sexes. The estimated growth parameters were L∞ = 1280 mm, k = 0.117 year−1, and t0 = −0.617 years. The maximum age estimated for R. clavata was 10 years, for a female of length 835 mm.

A novel method for the estimation of age and growth in rajids using caudal thorns

1999 ◽  
Vol 56 (9) ◽  
pp. 1590-1599 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Gallagher ◽  
C P Nolan
Keyword(s):  
Resource Assessment ◽  
Growth Increment ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Consistent Difference ◽  
Double Blind Study ◽  
Double Blind ◽  
Band Formation ◽  
Surface Band ◽  
Vertebral Centra ◽  
Significant Difference

The caudal thorns of four bathyrajid species from the Falkland Islands exhibit well-defined surface ridges. The apparent periodicity of ridge deposition suggests that caudal thorns exhibiting this sculpture have potential for use as ageing devices. Caudal thorns and vertebrae were removed from selected specimens. Thorn surface band counts were compared with counts from longitudinal sections of vertebral centra. Structures were read three times by each of three readers in a double-blind study. Differences in precision were found between readers. Estimates made by the most experienced reader showed least variation. A consistent difference between thorn and centrum band counts was recorded in the males of two species, with centrum counts lower than thorn counts by one growth increment. These differences were attributed to difficulties in interpreting the centrum sections of these species. In all other groups, counts were highly correlated with no significant difference between group means. Caudal thorns represent a novel ageing structure that provides estimates with precision similar to that of more conventional vertebral ageing techniques. Centrum and thorn edge analysis, supported by evidence from a tetracycline-marked individual of a related species, confirms the nature of band formation in both structures. The use of thorns as ageing structures, where appropriate, has the potential to be of significant benefit to the resource assessment and management of skate and ray fisheries.

Variable growth band deposition leads to age and growth uncertainty in the western wobbegong shark, Orectolobus hutchinsi

2007 ◽  
Vol 58 (9) ◽  
pp. 856 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin A. Chidlow ◽  
Colin A. Simpfendorfer ◽  
Garry R. Russ
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rates ◽  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Somatic Growth ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Age Validation ◽  
Band Formation ◽  
Growth Band ◽  
Total Length ◽  
In Captivity ◽  
Elasmobranch Species

Age and growth parameters of Orectolobus hutchinsi were estimated using micro-radiographs of sectioned vertebrae from 182 wild caught individuals. Two fluorochrome marker dyes, calcein and oxytetracycline, were used to validate the timing and periodicity of vertebral band formation in nine individuals held in the laboratory for between 423 and 472 days. Growth bands were difficult to interpret and final counts were obtained from only 98 (53.8%) individuals ranging in total length (TL) from 63 to 146 cm. The timing of growth band formation in the vertebrae of captive animals had no predictable temporal pattern, with formation occurring during all seasons of the year, making age validation difficult. Growth band formation was hypothesised to be influenced by non-periodic changes in centrum or somatic growth rather than seasonal growth, as observed in many other elasmobranch species. Growth rates of nine O. hutchinsi held in captivity varied considerably, ranging from 3.5 cm year–1 to 13.8 cm year–1 in total length (mean = 7.03 cm year–1). Although the periodicity of vertebral band formation in captive animals did not support a synchronous annual pattern, captive growth rates matched those predicted when an annual band pattern was assumed for wild caught individuals. Von Bertalanffy growth parameters estimated from vertebral analysis assuming an annual banding pattern and a mean size of birth of 24.1 cm were: L∞ = 149.45 cm and K = 0.117 year–1 for both sexes combined. These results illustrate the fundamental importance of validating the periodicity of growth band formation in elasmobranch age and growth studies as it has considerable implications for the management of fisheries that exploit shark and ray species that may exhibit asynchronous growth band deposition.

Age and growth of the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the south-eastern Pacific off Chile

2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Cerna ◽  
Roberto Licandeo
Keyword(s):  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
The South ◽  
Age Classes ◽  
Vertebral Centra ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Isurus Oxyrinchus ◽  
Shortfin Mako ◽  
Longline Fisheries

The shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, is a large pelagic shark with a widespread global distribution. However, very little is known about most aspects of this species for the south-eastern Pacific. In the present paper, the age and growth parameters of the shortfin mako, caught by Chilean swordfish longline fisheries from 2004 to 2005, are reported. Ages were estimated by counting band-pairs from sections of vertebral centra from 547 individuals, ranging from 76 to 330 cm in total length (TL). Trends in the proportion of opaque edges for all ages combined and grouped into ages 0–6 and 7–26 years indicated that they are formed during summer and showed that annually, one band-pair is formed in the vertebrae of shortfin makos. Modal-progression analysis was used to verify the first three age classes (ages 0–2 years). For both sexes, the oldest estimated age was 25+ years. Von Bertalanffy growth parameters were estimated at L∞ = 325.29 cm TL, K = 0.076 year–1 and t0 = –3.18 years for females and L∞ = 296.60 cm TL, K = 0.087 year–1 and t0 = –3.58 years for males. The results indicated that this species is highly vulnerable to exploitation and, thus, urgent conservation measures are required.

Age, growth estimates for pink ling, Genypterus blacodes (Schneider), and gemfish, Rexea solandri (Cuvier), from Eastern Bass Strait, Australia

1989 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 215 ◽  
Author(s):  
AF Withell ◽  
JWJ Wankowski
Keyword(s):  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Frequency Method ◽  
Slow Growth Rate ◽  
Growth Functions ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Marginal Increment ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Cent Error ◽  
Age Determinations

Age and growth were estimated from counts of otolith annuli for pink ling (Genypterus blacodes) and gemfish (Rexea solandri). Sections of otoliths were preferable for age determinations of pink ling, whereas whole otoliths were preferable for gemfish. Validation of the assigned age classes was not achieved. Petersen's length-frequency method was unsuccessful and marginal increment methods were unsuitable for the species studied. Growth of males and females did not differ significantly for either pink ling or gemfish. Both species had a relatively slow growth rate, had a moderately long life-span and could reach body lengths in excess of 1 m. Maximum ages of pink ling and gemfish were, respectively, 21 and 13 years. Mean length-at-age and the von Bertalanffy growth functions were estimated. For pink ling (all individuals combined), K = 0.095 and L∞ = 135.5 cm. For gemfish the best estimates were K = 0.153 and L∞ = 112.3 cm. Precision of age determinations made independently by two readers for pink ling and gemfish, respectively, was 65% and 95% within �1 annulus; average per cent error, respectively, was 4.7% and 3.1%. Paired t-tests on ages assigned to each species by the two readers indicated no significant difference between ages assigned to gemfish, but there was a significant, albeit unbiased, difference for ages assigned to pink ling. However, for pink ling, estimates of the growth parameters derived separately from age determinations by the two readers were virtually identical.

AGE AND GROWTH OF THE BLUE SHARK PRIONACE GLAUCA IN THE EASTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN

KSTU News ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 11-25
Author(s):  
Beraki Weldegiorgish Teklekhaimanot ◽  
Sergey Vadimovich Shibaev ◽  
Sergey Yurievich Gulyugin
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Growth Function ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Growth Band ◽  
Prionace Glauca ◽  
Western Africa ◽  
Eastern Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Digital Microscope ◽  
Central Atlantic

In this study, 292 blue sharks Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) (from 151 to 305 cm total length, TL) were collected off western Africa in the eastern central Atlantic Ocean between 1980 and 1982. Vertebral sections of females specimens ranged from 175 to 300 cm and males specimens ranged from 166 to 312 cm TL were processed and analyzed for age and growth parameters. Growth band pairs (translucent and opaque bands) were counted on the images photographed from the stained whole vertebrae using digital microscope called Digi Scope II. The band pairs after the birthmark were counted from 3 to 12 for males and from 4 to 13 for females. Growth parameters were derived using the Von Bertalanffy growth function (VBGF) based on FISAT and solver solution Microsoft excel and Ford Wall-Ford. VBGF was that which best fit the data. Parameters derived from the combination of observed and back-calculated lengths, K = 0.1, L_∞ = 386.4 cm and t_0 = −1.35 year for males and K = 0.12 year -1, L_∞= 355 cm and t_0 = –1.02 year for females were considered to best describe growth. The longevity was estimated to be at least 23.7 and 28.3 years for females and males respectively. The natural mortality rate was estimated to be 0.15 year - 1 and 0.18 year -1 for males and females respectively.

Age and growth of the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, in the western North Atlantic Ocean

2015 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa J. Natanson ◽  
Gregory B. Skomal
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
White Shark ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Carcharodon Carcharias ◽  
Vertebral Centra ◽  
Bomb Radiocarbon ◽  
History Information ◽  
Age Estimates

Age and growth estimates for the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in the western North Atlantic Ocean (WNA) were derived from band pair counts on the vertebral centra of 81 specimens collected between 1963 and 2010. We used two previously published criteria to interpret band pairs and assessed the validity of each method using Δ14C levels from a recent bomb radiocarbon validation study and existing Δ14C reference chronologies in the WNA. Although both criteria produced age estimates consistent, to varying degrees, with different reference chronologies, only one was considered valid when life history information was used to select the appropriate reference chronology and minimum/maximum ages based on bomb carbon values were taken into consideration. These age estimates, validated up to 44 years, were used to develop a growth curve for the species, which was best described using the Schnute general model (sexes combined). These results indicate that white sharks grow more slowly and live longer than previously thought.

Age and growth of the narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson Lacepede, 1880) in North-eastern Queensland waters

1992 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 1269 ◽  
Author(s):  
GR McPherson
Keyword(s):  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Differential Growth ◽  
Daily Growth ◽  
Spanish Mackerel ◽  
Growth Increments ◽  
Scomberomorus Commerson ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Marginal Increment ◽  
Age Estimates

Whole otoliths were used to age Scomberomorus commerson in tropical Australian waters. Age estimates were validated by marginal-increment analysis of the first three otolith annuli. Confirmation of age estimates was provided by otolith daily growth increments and tag returns of known age. Differential growth in length, weight and longevity was evident between the sexes. The oldest male was 10 years old (127 cm FL, 19.0 kg). The oldest female was 14 years old (155 cm FL, 35 kg). The von Bertalanffy growth parameters L∞ and K were 127.5 cm and 0.25 for males and 155.0 cm and 0.17 for females.

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