scholarly journals IDADE E CRESCIMENTO DE PEIXES DE RIACHO: MÉTODOS E DESAFIOS PARA A OBTENÇÃO DE ESTIMATIVAS ROBUSTAS

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (02) ◽  
pp. 344-366
Author(s):  
André Martins Vaz-dos-Santos ◽  
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Estevan Luiz da Silveira
Keyword(s):  
Fish Population ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Structure Identification ◽  
Stream Fishes ◽  
Intrinsic Variability ◽  
Growth Rings ◽  
Otolith Analysis ◽  
First Maturity ◽  
Length Frequency Analysis

Age and growth are key elements on the fish population dynamics, allowing the age structure identification, age of first maturity, mortality rates and longevity calculations, among others. There are also age-based fisheries and ecological models that depends on these studies. It is a challenger field due to the intrinsic variability of growth process at individual and population levels, influenced by endogen and exogen factors. For freshwater fishes, the modal progression analysis, and the analysis of growth rings on scales are widespread applied for age and growth. Like all methods, premises and limitations exist and they must be observed. Otolith analysis is more accurate, unless difficult to stream fishes due to sample size requirements, small otolith size and rings record, specially at the Neotropical region. In this study, sample techniques, material and data acquirement and analyses are presented, focusing stream fishes. Limitations were identified in the results available in the scientific literature due to no consideration of methods premises allied to the mechanic use of software and manuals. For further studies, length frequency analysis, otolith daily rings and experiments are recommended to estimate age and growth of fishes from brooks and streams.

scholarly journals Age, growth and yield per recruit analysis of the pintado Pseudoplatystoma corruscans (Agassiz, 1829) in the Cuiabá River basin, Pantanal Matogrossense, Brazil

2004 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. A. F. Mateus ◽  
M. Petrere Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Standard Length ◽  
Total Mortality ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Dry Period ◽  
Growth Rings ◽  
Pectoral Fins ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Yield Per Recruit ◽  
Species Being

The age and growth of the pintado Pseudoplatystoma corruscans were studied during the period from May 1994 to May 1995. The standard length ranged from 52 to 145 cm and the weight from 1.3 to 41 kg. The biometric relationship between the standard length (Ls) and total length (Ltotal) and between the total weight (Wt) and the standard length (Ls) were obtained for the species, being respectively: Ltotal = 3.296 + 1.069 * Ls and Wt = 0.00624 * Ls3.134.The condition factor calculated monthly suggests the spawning season to be between the months of February and March. The age was estimated by counting growth rings present in the spines of the pectoral fins, and 10 age classes were detected. The mean distance of the last ring until the border of the spine suggests that the period of least growth is between July and September (dry period). Von Bertalaffy's equation describing the growth of the pintado is: Lt = 183 * [1 - exp - 0.085 * (t + 3.274)]. Total mortality was Z = 0.24 year-1 and natural mortality M = 0.20 year-1. As the present level of exploitation, F = Z - M = 0.04 year-1, we conclude that the pintado stock was still underexploited in the Pantanal in the sampled period.

scholarly journals Age and growth of the Amazonian migratory catfish Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii in the Madeira River basin before the construction of dams

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marília Hauser ◽  
Carolina R. C. Doria ◽  
Larissa R. C. Melo ◽  
Ariel R. Santos ◽  
Daiana M. Ayala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Growth Rings ◽  
Madeira River ◽  
Lower Maximum ◽  
Future Evaluation ◽  
Madeira River Basin

ABSTRACT The goliath catfish Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii has crucial economical and ecological functions in the Amazon basin. Although its life history characteristics have been studied in the Amazon, there is little information in the Madeira River basin, which holds genetically distinct populations and where dams were recently built. Using fish collected in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru, this study provides a validation of growth rings deposition and details the growth patterns of B. rousseauxii in the Madeira before the dams’ construction. Age structure and growth parameters were determined from 497 otolith readings. The species exhibits two growth rings per year and sampled fish were between 0 and 16 years old. In the Brazilian portion of the basin, mainly young individuals below 5 years old were found, whereas older fish (> 5 years) were caught only in the Bolivian and Peruvian stretches, indicating that after migrating upstream to reproduce, adults remain in the headwaters of the Madeira River. Comparing with previous publications, B. rousseauxii had a slower growth and 20 cm lower maximum standard length in the Madeira River than in the Amazon River. This study provides a baseline for future evaluation of changes in population dynamics of the species following dams closure.

Age and growth of the snowy grouper, Epinephelus niveatus, off the Brazilian coast

2011 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 633-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo A.S. Costa ◽  
Adriana C. Braga ◽  
Juan P. Rubinich ◽  
Antônio Olinto Ávila-da-Silva ◽  
Cassiano M. Neto
Keyword(s):  
Life Span ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Brazilian Coast ◽  
Von Bertalanffy ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Otolith Analysis ◽  
Eastern Brazil ◽  
Marginal Increment

The age and growth of the snowy grouper, Epinephelus niveatus, from central and south-eastern Brazil were studied by otolith analysis from a sample of 341 specimens, ranging from 325 to 1216 mm in total length (TL) caught with bottom longlines between 1996 and 1998. Otolith length grew proportionally with the increasing TL of the fish. Marginal increment analysis indicated that a single opaque band forms each year during autumn–winter. The maximum estimated age was 54 years, which significantly extends the previously estimated life-span of 21–29 years for this species. The von Bertalanffy growth parameters for both sexes were estimated as L∞ = 1098.4 mm TL, K = 0.062 year −1 and t0 = –2.68. The study revealed differences in mean length-at-age and size at recruitment, as well as in growth parameters between the central and the south-eastern Brazilian coast, which can be attributed mainly to different fishing pressures. The snowy grouper was found at depths of 82–492 m, and showed a positive relationship between age and depth, suggesting differential movements of older fish to deeper waters.

Conservation, Ecology, and Management of Catfish: The Second International Symposium

2011 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mississippi River ◽  
Age Estimation ◽  
Fish Population ◽  
High Variability ◽  
Annual Growth ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Large Fish ◽  
Conservation Ecology ◽  
Flathead Catfish ◽  
Actual Growth

<em>Abstract</em>.—Characterizing dynamics of a fish population requires accurate age estimation for individual fish, and few studies have collected basic age and growth information for flathead catfish in the upper Mississippi River (UMR). Multiple methods were used to calculate age and growth of flathead catfish from the UMR. Length at age was determined using sectioned otoliths and pectoral spines cut on the articulating process. Most research has shown that otoliths provide the most accurate age when compared to other structures. Otoliths require sacrifice of many fish, including very large fish (i.e.: >762 mm). Otoliths and pectoral spines were collected from commercially harvested flathead catfish from Pools 12 and 13 (river kilometer [rkm] 841.0–938.3), UMR, aged and compared. Growth was similar between genders, and there was little difference in growth predicted by the two aging structures. Spine articulating processes and otoliths both showed high variability in growth starting at age 1. When we compared the two structures, the spine articulating process accurately aged fish up to 17 years old (mean total length = 907 mm) before loss of annuli occurred. Aging flathead catfish with the spine articulating process provides an accurate, reliable, affordable, nonlethal aging technique that may be preferable in many situations as opposed to otoliths. Annual and seasonal growth was calculated from flathead catfish captured from Pool 13 (rkm 841.0–895.9), UMR, tagged with a visual implant tag and subsequently recaptured. Actual growth over the summer was estimated to be 0.25 mm/d, and growth from year to year was estimated to be 32 mm/year. The actual annual growth (31.9 mm/year) calculated from tag returns validates estimates of annual growth derived from otolith (30.2 mm/year) and spine articulating process (31.0 mm/ year) aging techniques.

scholarly journals Growth of the Cichla temensis Humboldt, 1821 (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the middle rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 413-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Pereira Campos ◽  
Carlos Edwar de Carvalho Freitas ◽  
Sidineia Amadio
Keyword(s):  
Annual Variation ◽  
Gonadosomatic Index ◽  
Reproductive Activity ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Population Parameters ◽  
Growth Rings ◽  
Growth Coefficient ◽  
Rio Negro ◽  
Marginal Increment ◽  
Peacock Bass

This study aimed to estimate age and growth of the peacock bass Cichla temensis from the rio Negro (Brazilian Amazonia) by analyzing scale annuli. Specimens were captured between October 2011 and September 2012 in the main channel of the river and in adjacent lakes in the municipality of Barcelos, AM, Brazil. Six growth checks were identified on the scales of specimens. The annual variation in body condition observed suggests that fat is accumulated during the dry season. Results for the GSI (gonadosomatic index) showed that peak reproduction occurred in the receding-water period, indicating that the fish had energy deficiencies as a result of reproductive activity. RMI (relative marginal increment) analysis revealed that an annulus is formed once a year during the receding-water period. The population parameters estimated were L50 (length at sexual maturity) = 31.11 cm, L∞ (asymptotic length) = 68.05 cm, k (growth coefficient) = 0.20.year-1 and A0.95 (longevity) = 14 years. Our results corroborate the validity of using growth rings in scales as indicators to estimate the age and growth rate of Cichla temensis in the middle rio Negro.

scholarly journals Age and growth parameters of cachara Pseudoplastystoma reticulatum (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae) from the Cuiabá River, Brazil

2011 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 304-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Talitha M. Francisco ◽  
Angela Maria Ambrósio ◽  
Thiago José Balbi ◽  
Marina S. Zuliani ◽  
Edson K. Okada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Curve ◽  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Temporal Variations ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Growth Rings ◽  
Study Region ◽  
Pectoral Fins ◽  
Von Bertalanffy Model ◽  
Marginal Increment ◽  
Males And Females

Age and growth parameters of cachara Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae) (males and females) were estimated through the analysis of growth rings in spines of pectoral fins. Fish were collected from January to December 2007, in the area directly influenced by the Aproveitamento Múltiplo de Manso (APM Manso) and in the Cuiabá River (upper parts of the Pantanal). The maximum number of growth rings was seven for males, and eight, for females. The analysis of temporal variations in mean marginal increment showed that rings found in the spines were formed annually, in December. Growth rings were associated to spawning (in the study region from November to March) of the species. The growth curve in length was obtained by the von Bertalanffy model adjusted by the Ford-Walford transformation. The equations are: Ls = 72.7*[1-e-0.44(t+1.5974)] for males, and Ls = 84.5*[1-e-0.33(t+2.0943)] for females. The equations that describe the growth curve in weight are: Wt = 4991.61*[1-e-0.44 (t+1.5974] 2.70 for males and Wt = 7503.17*[1-e-0.33 (t+2.0943] 2.99 for females.

Age and growth of the queen scallop, Equichlamys bifrons, in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and Huon River Estuary, Tasmania

1995 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 1127 ◽  
Author(s):  
BM Wolf ◽  
RWG White
Keyword(s):  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Growth Ring ◽  
Shell Growth ◽  
River Estuary ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Growth Rings ◽  
Size Frequency Distribution ◽  
Size Frequency ◽  
Deep Bay

Growth of the queen scallop, Equichlamys bifrons, was examined at one site in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and two sites in the Huon River estuary (Tasmania) by analysing growth rings on the shell and shell hinge ligament, tagging scallops, and using size-frequency techniques. Regular sampling of scallops revealed that shell growth of E. bifrons is seasonal, commencing in late spring and stopping in late autumn. During the remainder of the year, when the water temperature is below ~13�C, shell growth slows or stops and growth rings are formed on the shell and shell hinge ligament. The growth rings on the shell and hinge ligament of E. bifrons were verified as being annual by studying the growth of marked scallops. Long-term growth patterns were similar for E. bifrons from Middleton (D'Entrecasteaux Channel) and from Deep Bay (Huon River estuary). Tagging data collected over the 1992-93 growing season indicated short-term variation in growth between sites. Size-frequency distributions from Middleton and Deep Bay could not be interpreted because smaller scallops were scarce. Smaller size classes were present at Eggs and Bacon Bay (Huon River estuary) and the size-frequency distribution was resolved into age classes. Reasonable agreement was found between the von Bertalanffy growth parameters obtained from the size frequency, tagging, and growth ring data.

Validation of Daily Growth increments in Otoliths form Thrysa aestuaria (Ogilby), a tropical Anchovy from Northern Australia

1992 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 1043 ◽  
Author(s):  
FE Hoedt
Keyword(s):  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Tetracycline Hydrochloride ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Growth Rings ◽  
Daily Growth ◽  
Growth Increments ◽  
Single Cohort

Age and growth parameters were determined for the tropical anchovy Thryssa aestuaria from northern Queensland, Australia. Larval and juvenile forms of T. aestuaria, believed to be a single cohort recruited in the spring of 1990, were sampled between October 1990 and January 1991. Counts of growth rings in sagittal otoliths were determined for specimens from three of these samples. Comparisons of the different ring counts of fish from successive samples with the number of days elapsed between samples suggested that the growth rings examined were deposited daily. Two specimens of T. aestuaria marked with tetracycline hydrochloride in aquaria were found to deposit growth rings in the sagitta at a rate of one ring per day. Problems associated with reading daily growth rings in tropical anchovies are discussed in light of the results of this study. Growth in T. aestuaria is discussed in relation to reported growth information for other species of tropical anchovies.

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