Age, growth and life history of gunnel, Pholis fangi, in the Yellow Sea
We examined the formation of annuli by marginal observations on otoliths of gunnel ( Pholis fangi) in the Yellow Sea to validate the age determination method and to derive the growth equation covering from larval to adult stages. Gunnels, ranging from 46 to 173 mm in total length, were collected by...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Fisheries research 2008-09, Vol.93 (1), p.72-76 |
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Zusammenfassung: | We examined the formation of annuli by marginal observations on otoliths of gunnel (
Pholis fangi) in the Yellow Sea to validate the age determination method and to derive the growth equation covering from larval to adult stages. Gunnels, ranging from 46 to 173
mm in total length, were collected by a bag net fishery from the western coastal waters off Korea from November 1998 to October 1999. Marginal observations indicated that the translucent zone (annual mark) on adult otolith was formed during the winter, whereas the opaque zone was formed during the summer. However, a translucent zone was formed between May and June in juvenile otoliths. This false ring was formed when the fish transited from the inshore pelagic life of larvae to the offshore bottom life of juveniles. The observed maximum age was 58 months. Using observed length-at-monthly age, growth in length was expressed by von Bertalanffy growth curve;
L
t
=
144.0 (1
−
e
−0.11
(
t+0.43)
).
P. fangi spawned in winter recruit to inshore, and grow quickly in the nursery habitats in spring. Gunnel inhabit the bottom offshore area during the summer season, and reappear inshore thereafter. |
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ISSN: | 0165-7836 1872-6763 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.02.011 |