EVALUATING THE USE OF SPAWNING SUCCESS TO ESTIMATE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN A CARIBBEAN REEF FISH

被引:31
作者
COLE, KS [1 ]
SADOVY, Y [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV PUERTO RICO,DEPT MARINE SCI,MAYAGUEZ,PR 00708
关键词
STEGASTES PARTITUS; BICOLOR DAMSELFISH; HATCHING SUCCESS;
D O I
10.1006/jfbi.1995.0125
中图分类号
S9 [水产、渔业];
学科分类号
0908 ;
摘要
Observations on egg batch production by known female Stegastes partitus and the fates of those egg batches within the nests of known males revealed that spawning success was not a reliable predictor of hatching success and, hence, reproductive success because of high egg batch mortality. Moreover, while numbers of eggs per batch increased with increasing female length, both inter- and intra-individual variation in batch size was considerable, demonstrating that spawning events cannot be considered equivalent. These two findings indicate that spawning success cannot be assumed to provide a direct quantitative substitute for a measure of reproductive success in this benthic spawning reef fish. (C) 1995 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles
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页码:181 / 191
页数:11
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