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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Age and growth of Anguilla anguilla in the Camargue lagoons
Journal of Fish Biology, Volume 68, No. 3, Year 2006
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Age and total length (LT) data from a 11 year monitoring of the Anguilla anguilla eel population of the Camargue lagoons (Rhône delta, southern France) were collected for glass, yellow and silver eels. Three distinct models were calibrated to describe the growth process of undifferentiated eels, females and males, respectively. Uncertainty of parameter estimates was evaluated by bootstrapping. Females were characterized by larger asymptotic body size (LT) than males (580 ± 50 v. 388 ± 13 mm) and faster growth, whilst the Brody growth coefficient was larger for males than for females (means ± s.d. 3.00 10-3 ± 1.68 10-3v. 1.73 10-3 ± 0.50 10-3). Sexual differentiation was estimated to begin at 204 ± 38 mm mean ± s.d., i.e. at the end of the second year in the lagoons, well before the L T at which macroscopic differentiation became possible (c. 300 mm). Males probably leave the lagoon or die (due to either natural or fishing mortality) within the first 3 years, whilst females can remain up to 5 years. Sexual differentiation and maturation have a major role in shaping the L T structure of the population. The LT and mass (M) data were fitted by allometric curves (M = aLTb). The calibration of distinct curves for data from different years indicated that the allometric coefficient a was subject to wider interannual fluctuations than the allometric exponent b. A negative correlation linked the average LT and the allometric exponent (r = -0.58, P < 0.01). © 2006 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.
Authors & Co-Authors
Melià, Paco
Italy, Milan
Politecnico Di Milano
Bevacqua, D.
Italy, Milan
Politecnico Di Milano
Crivellì, Alain Jean
France, Arles
Tour du Valat
De Leo, Giulio A.
Italy, Parma
Università Di Parma
Panfili, Jacques
Senegal, Dakar
Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement Dakar
Gatto, Marino
Italy, Milan
Politecnico Di Milano
Statistics
Citations: 75
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.00975.x
ISSN:
00221112
e-ISSN:
10958649
Research Areas
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Participants Gender
Female