GROWTH IN TROPICAL CEPHALOPODS - AN ANALYSIS BASED ON STATOLITH MICROSTRUCTURE

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JACKSON, GD
CHOAT, JH
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10.1139/f92-026
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S9 [水产、渔业];
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Validated size-at-age data are presented for two tropical squid species (Loliolus noctiluca and Loligo chinensis) and a sepioid (Idiosepius pygmaeus). Estimates of age were obtained from daily increments in the statolith. All species reached adult size in less than 200 d. For each species, growth in mantle length was linear over the sizes sampled. In L. chinensis, growth was fastest during December-January (summer), with males showing faster growth rates than females. For I. pygmaeus, females generally had a higher growth rate than males. The slowest growth rates for both sexes occurred in the August-September (winter) period. The size-at-age data indicated rapid linear or exponential growth and a short life span of less than 1 yr. In contrast, growth curves generated from analysis of length frequency data (ELEFAN software package) suggested an asymptotic growth curve and ages in excess of 3 yr, and such analyses therefore appear inappropriate. The results of this study and a review of the literature revealed that rapid growth and short life span is the norm for pelagic cephalopods, with tropical species growing considerably faster than their temperature counterparts.
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