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Patterns of reproductive strategy parameters in some marine teleost fishes

Patterns of reproductive strategy parameters in some marine teleost fishes The development of ideas and methods in the quantitative study of the patterns of growth, maturation and longevity in fish is reviewed. Earlier studies on length and age at maturity, von Bertalanffy growth formula parameters, natural mortality and maximum age for clupeiformes, pleuronectiformes, gadiformes and Sebastes spp. are up‐dated and extended. The concept of the Growth‐Maturity‐Longevity (GML) plot is developed and applied. GML plots for the gadiformes and pleuronectiformes occupy the same two‐dimensional space, but those for clupeiformes and Sebastes are located differently from them and from each other. The GML parameter suite for long‐lived Sebastes spp. is similar to that of certain higher vertebrates of comparable longevity (minke whale and African elephant). It is suggested that the conventional distinction between the growth of fish being indeterminate and that for higher vertebrates determinate is inappropriate; the main difference is whether the approach to the characteristic maximum size is asymptotic, as in fish and some higher vertebrates, or abrupt as in others, including man. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Fish Biology Wiley

Patterns of reproductive strategy parameters in some marine teleost fishes

Journal of Fish Biology , Volume 41 – Dec 1, 1992

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Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 1992 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0022-1112
eISSN
1095-8649
DOI
10.1111/j.1095-8649.1992.tb03875.x
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Abstract

The development of ideas and methods in the quantitative study of the patterns of growth, maturation and longevity in fish is reviewed. Earlier studies on length and age at maturity, von Bertalanffy growth formula parameters, natural mortality and maximum age for clupeiformes, pleuronectiformes, gadiformes and Sebastes spp. are up‐dated and extended. The concept of the Growth‐Maturity‐Longevity (GML) plot is developed and applied. GML plots for the gadiformes and pleuronectiformes occupy the same two‐dimensional space, but those for clupeiformes and Sebastes are located differently from them and from each other. The GML parameter suite for long‐lived Sebastes spp. is similar to that of certain higher vertebrates of comparable longevity (minke whale and African elephant). It is suggested that the conventional distinction between the growth of fish being indeterminate and that for higher vertebrates determinate is inappropriate; the main difference is whether the approach to the characteristic maximum size is asymptotic, as in fish and some higher vertebrates, or abrupt as in others, including man.

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Journal of Fish BiologyWiley

Published: Dec 1, 1992

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