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- Title
Daily otolith increments and growth rate of juvenile anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758), in the south-eastern Adriatic Sea.
- Authors
ĐUROVIĆ, Mirko; PEŠIĆ, Ana; REGNER, Slobodan; JOKSIMOVIĆ, Aleksandar; MANDIĆ, Milica; KASALICA, Olivera; IKICA, Zdravko; KRPO-ĆETKOVIĆ, Jasmina
- Abstract
Daily growth rate of juvenile anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758), was estimated in the south-eastern Adriatic Sea. Samples were taken by a commercial beach seine net and the size range of 100 sampled individuals was 5.0-6.8 cm total length. Age was estimated by counting growth increments of sagittal otoliths, which are formed with daily periodicity. Estimated ages were 41-90 days and hatch date for each age class was back-calculated from the date of capture. The calculated instantaneous growth rate was 0.41 mm day-1 Fish size at metamorphosis from late larva to juvenile was estimated to 3.2 cm total length. Parameters of the von Bertalanffy's growth function were L∞ = 10.41 and K = 3.36.
- Subjects
ADRIATIC Sea; OTOLITHS; ENGRAULIS encrasicolus; GROWTH rate; METAMORPHOSIS; FISH anatomy; AQUATIC biology
- Publication
Acta Adriatica, 2012, Vol 53, Issue 3, p331
- ISSN
0001-5113
- Publication type
Article