Were remeasured, reweighed, and their sagittal otoliths were removed forĪnalysis. Seawater tank for 1 month at ambient water temperature and fed withĬhopped squid and fish once daily to satiation. The fish were maintained in a 970 liter flow-through Visible implant elastomer (VIE) tags (Northwest Marine Technology, Shaw Hydrochloride (75 mg/kg body weight), and individually marked with Oil), measured for fork length (FL), weighed, injected with tetracycline
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The fish were anesthetized with eugenol (clove Young-of-the-year bluefish were collected by beach seine (15 m xġ.2 m x 6 mm mesh) from Clarks Cove in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, in Proportional hypothesis (SPH), and body proportional hypothesis (BPH) This study uses tetracycline-marked YOY bluefish otoliths toĪchieve two objectives: 1) to validate the relationship between somaticĪnd otolith growth for juvenile bluefish, and 2) to compare theĮffectiveness of the Dahl-Lea equation, Fraser-Lee equation, scale Furthermore, there haveīeen no studies where an evaluation of back-calculation methods has beenĬombined with a validation of otolith-derived lengths for juvenile Otolith size to body length in early age bluefish, although theseĭifferences varied between ontogenetic stages. Hare and Cowen (1995) found age-independent variability in the ratio of Relationship between otolith growth and somatic growth for bluefish.ĭaily increment formation in otoliths has been documented for larval (Hare and Cowen, 1994) and juvenile bluefish (Nyman and Conover, 1988). To date there are no validation studies demonstrating the Uncoupling of the relationship between somatic and otolith growth. The periodicity of the increment formation, and 2) there is no Otoliths in this way lies in validating that 1) there is constancy in Otoliths to estimate growth in this way can provide the same informationĪs long-term laboratory experiments and tagging studies without the timeĪnd expense of rearing or recapturing fish. Use back-calculation formulae (BCFs) to estimate the length at certainĪges and stages of development for many species of fishes. Size-dependant mortality (Hare and Cowen, 1997), are reliant upon theĪccuracy of growth determination. (YOY) life history characteristics, including the importance and use ofĮstuaries as nursery habitat (Kendall and Walford, 1979) and Saltatrix) has been observed (Fahay et al., 1999 Munch and Conover,Ģ000) that has led to increased interest in a better understanding the In recent years, a decrease in the abundance of bluefish (Pomatomus
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MLA style: "Validation of back-calculation equations for juvenile bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) with the use of tetracycline-marked otoliths." The Free Library.