Population Structure, Age and Growth of Sardine (Sardina pilchardus, Walbaum, 1792) in an Upwelling Environment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Biological Data
2.3. Estimation of Growth Parameters
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Population Structure
3.2. Growth Parameters
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Length (cm) | Month | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
22 | 101 | 42 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 35 | 22 | 35 | 71 |
23 | 15 | 57 | 45 | 26 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 34 | 46 | 37 | 27 | 56 |
24 | 98 | 46 | 31 | 41 | 37 | 63 | 79 | 45 | 54 | 65 | 94 | 71 |
25 | 83 | 12 | 11 | 56 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 26 | 46 | 66 | 32 | 29 |
26 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 35 | 0 | 38 | 41 | 19 | 44 | 9 | 45 |
27 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 78 | 31 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 68 |
28 | 39 | 25 | 8 | 22 | 51 | 1 | 65 | 37 | 7 | 45 | 8 | 53 |
29 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 56 | 5 | 71 | 37 | 1 | 46 | 5 | 42 |
30 | 9 | 31 | 26 | 16 | 62 | 11 | 77 | 38 | 8 | 46 | 7 | 37 |
31 | 33 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 27 | 9 | 14 |
Country | Lmax | Method | L∞ | K | t0 | φ’ | Reference |
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Mediterranean Sea | |||||||
Greece | NR | NR | 16.6 | 0.39 | −1.64 | 2.04 | Laskaridis [17] |
NR | NR | 16.7 | 0.48 | −1.31 | 2.13 | Pauly [61] | |
18 | Scale | 18.1 | 0.30 | −3.21 | 1.99 | Tserpes [62] | |
21 | LF | 20.8 | 0.86 | NR | 2.57 | Voulgaridou and Stergiou [9] | |
18.5 | NR | 19.5 | 0.39 | −0.48 | 2.17 | Antonakakis et al. [63] | |
Italy | 20.4 | Otoliths | 20.5 | 0.46 | −0.5 | 2.29 | Stergiou [64] |
NR | NR | 18.8 | 0.38 | −2.3 | 2.13 | Colloca et al. [16] | |
Morocco | 17.9 | Otoliths | 19.8 | 0.27 | −3.52 | 2.11 | Idrissi [26] |
NR | Otoliths | 21.3 | 0.25 | −2.79 | 2.06 | Idrissi [26] | |
NR | Otoliths | 21.8 | 0.27 | −2.93 | 2.11 | Idrissi [26] | |
NR | NR | 25.2 | 0.23 | NR | 2.16 | Erzini [65] | |
Iberian Peninsula | |||||||
Portugal | 16 | Otoliths | 14.3 | NR | NR | NR | Sylva et al. [66] |
North Portugal | 23.4 | LF | 20.8 | 0.6 | NR | 2.64 | Sylva et al. [67] |
South Portugal | 23.4 | LF | 20.4 | 0.1 | NR | 2.34 | Sylva et al. [67] |
Portugal | NR | LF | 22.4 | 0.67 | NR | 2.53 | Erzini [65] |
Spain | NR | Otholiths & LF | 20.08 | 0.23 | −1.1 | 1.91 | Pertierra and Morales-Nin [68] |
Bay of Biscay | |||||||
France | NR | LF | 20 | 0.32 | NR | 2.11 | Pauly [61] |
NR | LF | 25 | 0.25 | NR | 2.19 | Pauly [61] | |
NR | LF | 16.4 | 0.56 | −0.66 | 2.18 | Pauly [61] | |
NR | LF | 19 | 0.4 | NR | 2.16 | Pauly [61] | |
Spain | NR | LF | 28.4 | 0.23 | NR | 2.27 | Froese [69] |
NR | NR | 22.5 | 0.33 | −1.81 | 2.22 | Pauly [61] | |
NR | NR | 20.9 | 0.53 | −1.11 | 2.36 | Pauly [61] | |
NR | Otoliths | 20.7 | 0.69 | −0.64 | 2.47 | Alemany and Alvarez [70] | |
Northwest Africa | |||||||
Morocco | NR | NR | 21.6 | 0.49 | NR | 2.36 | Belveze [24] |
NR | NR | 21.2 | 0.68 | NR | 2.49 | Belveze and Erzini [71] | |
NR | LF | 22.2 | 0.26 | NR | 2.10 | Bouchereau et al. [72] | |
NR | Otoliths | 21.6 | 0.82 | −0.13 | 2.58 | Erzini [25] | |
Senegal | 33 | LF | 30.5 | 0.85 | −0.58 | 2.65 | Present study |
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Baldé, B.S.; Brehmer, P.; Faye, S.; Diop, P. Population Structure, Age and Growth of Sardine (Sardina pilchardus, Walbaum, 1792) in an Upwelling Environment. Fishes 2022, 7, 178. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes7040178
Baldé BS, Brehmer P, Faye S, Diop P. Population Structure, Age and Growth of Sardine (Sardina pilchardus, Walbaum, 1792) in an Upwelling Environment. Fishes. 2022; 7(4):178. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes7040178
Chicago/Turabian StyleBaldé, Bocar Sabaly, Patrice Brehmer, Saliou Faye, and Penda Diop. 2022. "Population Structure, Age and Growth of Sardine (Sardina pilchardus, Walbaum, 1792) in an Upwelling Environment" Fishes 7, no. 4: 178. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes7040178