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Juveniles recruitment and daily growth of the southern stock of Mugil liza (Actinopterygii; Fam. Mugilidae): new evidence for the current life-history model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2017

Damián L. Castellini ,
Daniel Brown ,
Nicolás A. Lajud ,
Juan M. Díaz De Astarloa  and
Mariano González-Castro
Damián L. Castellini
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Biotaxonomía Morfológica y Molecular de Peces (BIMOPE), Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras, IIMyC-CONICET- UNMdP, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Daniel Brown
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP), Mar del Plata, Argentina
Nicolás A. Lajud
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Biotaxonomía Morfológica y Molecular de Peces (BIMOPE), Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras, IIMyC-CONICET- UNMdP, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Juan M. Díaz De Astarloa
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Biotaxonomía Morfológica y Molecular de Peces (BIMOPE), Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras, IIMyC-CONICET- UNMdP, Mar del Plata, Argentina Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mariano González-Castro*
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Biotaxonomía Morfológica y Molecular de Peces (BIMOPE), Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras, IIMyC-CONICET- UNMdP, Mar del Plata, Argentina Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M. González-Castro, Laboratorio de Biotaxonomía Morfológica y Molecular de Peces (BIMOPE), Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras, IIMyC-CONICET- UNMdP, Funes 3350, Mar del Plata (7600), Argentina email: gocastro@mdp.edu.ar
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Abstract

Mugil liza is distributed along the western Atlantic coast. It is a commercially exploited species in Argentina, supporting a small-scale fishery conducted by an artisanal fleet. Age determination of fishes constitutes an important key issue for fishery management. The age, growth and recruitment of M. liza juveniles in Mar Chiquita coastal lagoon and Las Brusquitas creek (Buenos Aires, Argentina), were estimated by means of the analysis of the sagittal otoliths of fish collected during January to December of 2014. Ages were estimated by counting and measuring daily growth increments in otoliths under a light microscope. A total of 735 specimens ranging from 19 to 71.5 mm SL and from 67 to 212 days age was analysed. Lengths at previous ages were determined by back-calculation, a linear growth model was fitted to the back-calculated data: SL = 0.2468 + 2.0516; R2 = 0.9945. Two peaks of recruiters were observed from February to March, and from October to November in 2014. Mean ages in days of Querimana and juveniles at the recruitment time were 84.07 ± 14.43 days and 87.56 ± 19.51 days, respectively. The hatching dates of specimens showed two spawning seasons. One was from December 2013 to January 2014, and the second one from July to August 2014. The assessment carried on this work generated age determination values that support previous findings, contributing to make a more accurate description of the life-history model currently used. In addition, valuable information has been generated to give better advice for improving the management of the fishery resource.

Keywords

Mugilidaeotolithrecruitmentdaily growthQuerimanamulletMugil liza
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 99 , Issue 1 , February 2019 , pp. 215 - 221
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2017 

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