Age and Growth of Round Whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum) from Ungava

1968 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 657-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isobel Mackay ◽  
G. Power
Keyword(s):  
Great Lakes ◽  
Slow Growth ◽  
Maximum Size ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Constant Growth Rate ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Average Size ◽  
Slow Growing ◽  
Constant Growth ◽  
Small Average Size

Growth in length and weight of round whitefish was similar in two localities in Ungava, northern Quebec. The pattern of growth, however, differed from those reported previously for round whitefish from the Great Lakes. Round whitefish from Ungava are slow growing and approach their maximum size at a constant growth rate, whereas those from the Great Lakes approach their upper size limit rapidly within the first 3 years and thereafter growth is slow. The maturing age was greater for both Ungava males and females (4+ and 3+ years respectively for the earliest specimens) than for round whitefish from the Great Lakes. Though round whitefish are abundant in the Ungava region, they are of no commercial interest because of their slow growth and small average size.

scholarly journals Age and growth of the dog snapper Lutjanus jocu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) in Abrolhos Bank, Northeastern Brazil

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 393-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marília Previero ◽  
Carolina V. Minte-Vera ◽  
Matheus Oliveira Freitas ◽  
Rodrigo Leão de Moura ◽  
Claudenice Dei Tos
Keyword(s):  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Growth Models ◽  
Fork Length ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Constant Variance ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Average Size ◽  
Constant Coefficient Of Variation ◽  
Estuarine Region

We determined the age and growth of the dog snapper (Lutjanus jocu), caught in the region of Abrolhos Bank, Bahia State, by the fishermen from coastal communities of Prado, Alcobaça, Caravelas, and Nova Viçosa. We examined 205 sectioned otoliths of fish caught by harpoon, longline, hand line, and gill nets (14.5 to 79.5 cm fork length). The formation of each ring was considered annual. The sectioned otoliths showed between 0 and 29 rings. Nearly half of the analyzed specimens had between 0 and 7 rings (88 of 205). Fish caught with nets in the estuarine region were the juvenile, while fish caught with lines and harpoons were the oldest. Two von Bertalanffy growth models were fitted to length-at-age data: one assuming constant variance of length-at-age (SVB) and another assuming constant coefficient of variation, i.e. variance increasing as a function of average size (CVVB). The SVB estimates were Loo = 87.82 cm, K = 0.10, and t0 = -1.486 and the CVVB estimates were Loo = 117.60 cm, K = 0.06, and t0 = -2.470. The largest Loo values estimated by the CVVB model are supported by reports from the literature of larger animals occurring in the deeper outer shelf of Abrolhos Bank. Growth parameters were also estimated for males and females separately (SVB model) (Loo = 92.80 cm, K = 0.099, and t0 = -1.680 for males, and Loo = 82.10 cm, K = 0.105, and t0 = -1.570 for females).

scholarly journals Interannual variability in size structure, age, and growth of jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas) assessed by modal progression analysis

2010 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 507-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Friedemann Keyl ◽  
Juan Argüelles ◽  
Ricardo Tafur
Keyword(s):  
Interannual Variability ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Size Structure ◽  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Maximum Size ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Dosidicus Gigas ◽  
Jumbo Squid ◽  
Observation Bias ◽  
Slow Growing

Abstract Keyl, F., Argüelles, J., and Tafur, R. 2011. Interannual variability in size structure, age, and growth of jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas) assessed by modal progression analysis. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: . A range of growth rates, longevity, maximum size, and number of annual cohorts have been documented for jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas). Genetic and phenotypic plasticity have been mentioned as possible sources of the differences in maximum sizes. Here, a large dataset on length frequencies derived from the industrial jig fishery for the species off Peru from 1991 to 2007 was corrected for observation bias introduced by the fishing gear and used to analyse growth-related parameters by modal progression analysis (MPA). Mean growth rates of 33 cohorts varied interannually (11–44 mm month−1), as did longevity (11.1–32.1 months) and mean maximum size (273–1024 mm). Intra-annual difference in growth parameters was not significant. The number of cohorts per year fluctuated between 0 and 6. Fast-growing cohorts with medium longevity and large terminal size were found during moderately cool periods, and long-lived, slow-growing cohorts with small terminal size during extreme ecosystem conditions (El Niño and La Niña). The application of MPA to cephalopod populations has been rejected before, but the results presented suggest that a modified approach is appropriate if it allows for varying growth parameters and includes a correction for observation bias.

scholarly journals Breast meat quality in males and females of fast-, medium- and slow-growing chickens fed diets of 2 protein levels

2021 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 100997
Author(s):  
D. Chodová ◽  
E. Tůmová ◽  
M. Ketta ◽  
V. Skřivanová
Keyword(s):  
Meat Quality ◽  
Breast Meat ◽  
Protein Levels ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Slow Growing

Identical twins and developmental stability

1962 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. S. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Growth Curves ◽  
Identical Twins ◽  
Body Measurements ◽  
Frequency Distributions ◽  
Stability Of Development ◽  
Mean Size ◽  
Degree Of Maturity ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Average Size ◽  
Slow Growing

1. The stability with which dairy cattle develop in body size up to 2 years of age was studied in 60 pairs of uniformly treated identical twins, i.e. an assessment was made of the influence of season, genotype, mean size of twin pair, age and degree of maturity on the level of within-pair variability.2. The frequency distributions of size differences shown by one-egg twins were in many cases decidedly leptokurtic.3. The similarity in size of the identical twins studied was only slightly, if at all, influenced by season. Within-pair variability under free outdoor grazing was certainly not any greater than under semi-controlled conditions indoors.4. The stability with which cattle grew appeared to depend on their genotype. Identical twins of the Shorthorn breed were somewhat more alike in size than were the twins of other breed-types; crossbreds were, on average, 50 % less stable than purebreds in average size () ; although crossbreds grew with somewhat greater stability ().5. Whatever their mean size, all pairs of identical twins of the same breed appeared to grow postnatally with more or less equal stability (). Small, slow growing pairs showed a greater disparity in average size ().6. Stability of development continually changed with age but not violently. Each body measurement appeared to have its own characteristic age trend. It is false to believe that variation automatically increases with increasing age. As they grew older, identical twins tended to become less alike in their later maturing body measurements whereas their early maturing body measurements tended to decline in variability. There was an overall trend with degree of maturity; variability steadily increased to a maximum and subsequently declined.7. It is suggested that environmentally induced instability of development may remain at a minimum level so long as growth curves are not seriously distorted from their exponential path to maturity.

scholarly journals Age and growth of franciscana dolphins, Pontoporia blainvillei (Cetacea: Pontoporiidae) incidentally caught off southern Brazil and northern Argentina

2010 ◽  
Vol 90 (8) ◽  
pp. 1493-1500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvina Botta ◽  
Eduardo R. Secchi ◽  
Mônica M.C. Muelbert ◽  
Daniel Danilewicz ◽  
Maria Fernanda Negri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Models ◽  
Growth Curves ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Buenos Aires Province ◽  
Von Bertalanffy ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Pontoporia Blainvillei

Age and length data of 291 franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) incidentally captured on the coast of Rio Grande do Sul State (RS), southern Brazil, were used to fit growth curves using Gompertz and Von Bertalanffy growth models. A small sample of franciscanas (N = 35) from Buenos Aires Province (BA), Argentina, were used to see if there are apparent growth differences between the populations. Male and female franciscana samples from both areas were primarily (78–85%) <4 years of age. The Von Bertalanffy growth model with a data set that excluded animals <1 year of age provided the best fit to data. Based on this model, dolphins from the RS population reached asymptotic length at 136.0 cm and 158.4 cm, for males and females, respectively. No remarkable differences were observed in the growth trajectories of males and females between the RS and BA populations.

scholarly journals Breeding records of Leptotila rufaxilla (Aves: Columbidae) in southwestern Brazilian Amazon with notes on nesting in some regions of occurrence

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. e18793
Author(s):  
Jônatas Lima ◽  
Railene Almeida ◽  
Edson Guilherme
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Nesting Success ◽  
Daily Survival Rate ◽  
Forest Fragment ◽  
Lowland Forest ◽  
Constant Growth Rate ◽  
Nestling Period ◽  
Constant Growth ◽  
Southwestern Amazonia

We present new aspects of breeding biology of Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla, from five nests found between 2012 and 2014 in a lowland forest fragment in southwestern Brazil. The nests simple/platform shape were built at a mean height of 1.90 m above ground. The clutch size was two eggs white and elliptic, incubated for 15 days (based on three nests). We recorded predation in two nests still in incubation phase. Minimum hatch weight of nestlings was 10 g and young fledged with a mean mass of 56 g. The constant growth rate (K) of nestlings was 0.40 with a growth asymptote of 60.7 g. Daily survival rate, Mayfield and apparent nesting success in the incubation period was 90, 20 and 56%, respectively, while in the nestling period were all 100%. Our data and the contribution of citizen science showed that L. rufaxilla breeds over the year, mainly in the rainy season, both in southwestern Amazonia and in other regions of occurrence.

scholarly journals Observations on the age and growth of Varicorhinus damascinus (Val.) in Tigris river at Salahuldin province – Iraq

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-248
Author(s):  
Baghdad Science Journal
Keyword(s):  
Regression Coefficient ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Gill Nets ◽  
The Third ◽  
Weight Relationship ◽  
Tigris River ◽  
Straight Line ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Relationship Of

Age and growth of Varicorhinus damascinus (Val.) in Tigris river at Salahuldin province have been investigated. Monthly samples were taken during the period from September 1999 to August 2000, using small-meshed gill nets. The age data showed that there were six age groups and the dominant age groups were (III – IV) for both sexes. The results of the present study revealed that the increment in length of V. damascinus at the sites of study showed a tendency to decrease with the increase in age, after the third year of life in both sexes. The length-weight relationship of males and females were calculated and demonstrated in a straight line logarithmic formula, as follows: Log W = 1.5404 + 2.6885 log L for males r = 0.95 (P > 0.05) Log W = 1.6723 + 2.7877 log L for females r = 0.77 (P > 0.05) The values of the regression coefficient (b) indicated that the growth of both sexes of V. damascinus was allometric..

scholarly journals Structures of spontaneous deletions in Caenorhabditis elegans.

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 3748-3754 ◽  
Author(s):  
R A Pulak ◽  
P Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Caenorhabditis Elegans ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Chain Gene ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Heavy Chain Gene ◽  
Myosin Heavy Chain Gene ◽  
Base Pairs ◽  
Average Size ◽  
Distinguishing Features ◽  
Small Average Size

We have investigated the structural features of spontaneous deletions in Caenorhabditis elegans. We cloned and sequenced the junctions of 16 spontaneous deletions affecting the unc-54 myosin heavy-chain gene and compared their sequences with those of the wild type. We analyzed these sequences in an attempt to identify structural features of the gene that are consistently involved in the spontaneous deletion process. Most deletions (15 of 16) removed a single contiguous region of DNA, with no nucleotides inserted or rearranged at the deletion junctions; one deletion was more complex. unc-54 deletions were small, averaging 600 base pairs in length, and were randomly distributed throughout the gene. Unlike deletions that occur in Escherichia coli, spontaneous unc-54 deletions did not contain statistically significant direct or inverted repeats at or near their termini. Except for their small average size, we have not identified any distinguishing features of their sequence or structure. We discuss these results with regard to the mechanisms for spontaneous deletion in eucaryotic and procaryotic cells.

Age, growth estimates for pink ling, Genypterus blacodes (Schneider), and gemfish, Rexea solandri (Cuvier), from Eastern Bass Strait, Australia

1989 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 215 ◽  
Author(s):  
AF Withell ◽  
JWJ Wankowski
Keyword(s):  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Frequency Method ◽  
Slow Growth Rate ◽  
Growth Functions ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Marginal Increment ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Cent Error ◽  
Age Determinations

Age and growth were estimated from counts of otolith annuli for pink ling (Genypterus blacodes) and gemfish (Rexea solandri). Sections of otoliths were preferable for age determinations of pink ling, whereas whole otoliths were preferable for gemfish. Validation of the assigned age classes was not achieved. Petersen's length-frequency method was unsuccessful and marginal increment methods were unsuitable for the species studied. Growth of males and females did not differ significantly for either pink ling or gemfish. Both species had a relatively slow growth rate, had a moderately long life-span and could reach body lengths in excess of 1 m. Maximum ages of pink ling and gemfish were, respectively, 21 and 13 years. Mean length-at-age and the von Bertalanffy growth functions were estimated. For pink ling (all individuals combined), K = 0.095 and L∞ = 135.5 cm. For gemfish the best estimates were K = 0.153 and L∞ = 112.3 cm. Precision of age determinations made independently by two readers for pink ling and gemfish, respectively, was 65% and 95% within �1 annulus; average per cent error, respectively, was 4.7% and 3.1%. Paired t-tests on ages assigned to each species by the two readers indicated no significant difference between ages assigned to gemfish, but there was a significant, albeit unbiased, difference for ages assigned to pink ling. However, for pink ling, estimates of the growth parameters derived separately from age determinations by the two readers were virtually identical.

scholarly journals Growth of immature Chironomus calligraphus (Diptera, Chironomidae) in laboratory conditions

2011 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 1279-1286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita de Cássia S.A. Canteiro ◽  
Edélti F. Albertoni
Keyword(s):  
Native Species ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Average Length ◽  
Larval Growth ◽  
Time Duration ◽  
Constant Growth Rate ◽  
Fish Food ◽  
Laboratory Conditions ◽  
Spiral Form ◽  
Constant Growth

Chironomidae larvae are important macroinvertebrates in limnic environments, but little knowledge exists about their biometrics development characteristics. This study aims to describe the immature Chironomus calligraphus Goeldi, 1905 under laboratory conditions by the accomplishment of thirteen egg masses from eggs eclosion to adults emergency, at controlled room temperature (25ºC) and photoperiod (12-12h). Larvae were feed ad libitum with "Alcon Basic - MEP 200 Complex" fish food and commercial dehydrated Spirulina. The postures had a mean length of 9 ± 1 mm (n = 13) and 348 ± 66 eggs. The brownish colored eggs with elliptical shape had length of 160.3 ± 17.7 µm (n = 130), being arranged as an organized string in a pseudo spiral form. The time duration from the first to the four instars were three, four, four and eight days, and the average length of a cephalic capsule to each one of the instars (66.3 ± 12.3 µm, 102.9 ± 22.1 µm, 159 ± 24.6 µm, 249.2 ± 29.7 µm, n = 456) were significantly different (ANOVA, p < 0.001). The Dyar’s Rule showed a constant growth rate, r = 1.5. Our results demonstrated that C. calligraphus is a species with short life cycle, low mortality rate, food adaptability, fast larval growth and easily maintained at laboratory, factors that allowed the use of this native species as a tool for ecotoxicological tests.

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