Accuracy of age estimates for larval Sebastes jordani

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-97

  Ralston, Stephen ^a   Brothers, Edward B ^b   Roberts, Dale A ^a   Sakuma, Keith M ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EFS Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; FISH LARVAE; MICROSTRUCTURE; OTOLITH READING;

SEBASTES JORDANI;

EID: 0029668741     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Ahlstrom, E. H. 1959. Vertical distribution of pelagic fish eggs and larvae off California and Baja California. Fish. Bull. (Fish Wildl. Serv.) 60:107-146.
2. Bowers, M. J. 1992. Annual reproductive cycle of oocytes and embryos of yellowtail rockfish Sebastes flavidus (family Scorpaenidae). Fish. Bull. 90:231-242.
3. Campana, S. E. 1989. Otolith microstructure of three larval gadids in the Gulf of Maine, with inferences on early life history. Can. J. Zool. 67:1401-1410.
4. Campana, S. E., and J. D. Neilson. 1985. Microstructure of fish otoliths. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 42:1014-1032.
5. Campana, S. E., J. A. Gagné, and J. Munro. 1987. Otolith microstructure of larval herring (Clupea harengus): image or reality? Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 44:1922-1929.
6. Chess, J. R., S. E. Smith, and P. C. Fischer. 1988. Trophic relationships of the shortbelly rockfish, Sebastes jordani, off central California. Calif. Coop. Oceanic Fish. Invest. Rep. 29:129-136.
7. Geffen, A. J. 1992. Validation of otolith increment deposition rate. In D. K. Stevenson and S. E. Campana (eds.), Otolith microstucture examination and analysis, p. 101-113. Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 117.
8. Gunderson, D. R. 1993. Surveys of fisheries resources. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY, 248 p.
9. Haake, P. W., C. A. Wilson, and J. M. Dean. 1982. A technique for the examination of otoliths by SEM with application to larval fishes. In C. F. Bryan, J. V. Conner, and F. M. Truesdale (eds.), Proceedings of the fifth annual larval fish conference, p. 12-15. LSU Press, Baton Rouge, LA.
10. Houde, E. D. 1994. Differences between marine and freshwater fish larvae: implications for recruitment. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 51:91-97.
11. Hunter, J. R., N. C.-H. Lo, and L. A. Fuiman (eds.). 1993. Advances in the early life history of fishes. Part 2: Ichthyoplankton methods for estimating fish biomass. Bull. Mar. Sci. 53:723-935.
12. Jones, C., and E. B. Brothers. 1987. Validation of the otolith increment aging technique for striped bass, Morone saxatilis, larvae reared under sub-optimal feeding conditions. Fish. Bull. 85:171-178.
13. Kenchington, T. J. 1991. Vertical distribution and movements of larval redfishes (Sebastes spp.) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. J. Northwest Atl. Fish. Sci. 11:43-49.
14. Kramer, D., M. J. Kalin, E. G. Stevens, J. R. Thrailkill, and J. R. Zweifel. 1972. Collecting and processing data on fish eggs and larvae in the California Current region. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS Circ. 370, 38 p.
15. Laidig, T. E., and D. E. Pearson. 1992. Documentation of three computer programs used to assess daily age from the hard structures of animals. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SWFSC-168, 44 p.
16. Laidig, T. E., and S. Ralston. 1995. The potential use of otolith characters in identifying larval rockfish (Sebastes spp.). Fish. Bull. 93:166-171.
17. Laidig, T. E., S. Ralston, and J. R. Bence. 1991. Dynamics of growth in the early life history of shortbelly rockfish Sebastes jordani. Fish. Bull. 89: 611-621.
18. Lenarz, W. H. 1980. Shortbelly rockfish, Sebastes jordani: a large unfished resource in waters off California. Mar. Fish. Rev. 42(3-4):34-40.
19. Lo, N. C.-H., J. R. Hunter, H. G. Moser, and P. E. Smith. 1993. A daily fecundity reduction method of biomass estimation with application to Dover sole, Microstomus pacificus. Bull. Mar. Sci. 53:842-863.
20. MacGregor, J. S. 1986. Relative abundance of four species of Sebastes off California and Baja California. Calif. Coop. Oceanic Fish. Invest. Rep. 27:121-135.
21. McGowan, M. F., E. D. Prince, and D. W. Lee. 1987. An inexpensive microcomputer-based system for making rapid and precise counts and measurements of zonations in video displayed skeletal structures of fish. In R. C. Summerfelt and G. E. Hall (eds.), The age and growth of fish, p. 385-395. Iowa State Univ. Press, Ames, IA.
22. Miller, D. M. 1984. Reducing transformation bias in curve fitting. The American Statistician 38(2):124-126.
23. Morales-Nin, B., and S. Ralston. 1990. Age and growth of Lutjanus kasmira (Forskål) in Hawaiian waters. J. Fish Biol. 36:191-203.
24. Moser, H. G., E. H. Ahlstrom, and E. M. Sandknop. 1977. Guide to the identification of scorpionfish larvae (Family Scorpaenidae) in the eastern Pacific with comparative notes on species of Sebastes and Helicolenus from other oceans. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS Circ. 402, 71 p.
25. Mugiya, Y., N. Watabe, J. Yamada, J. M. Dean, D. G. Dunkelberger, and M. Shimizu. 1981. Diurnal rhythm in otolith formation in the goldfish, Carassius auratus. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 68A:659-662.
26. Neilson, J. D. 1992. Sources of error in otolith microstructure examination. In D. K. Stevenson and S. E. Campana (eds.), Otolith microstucture examination and analysis, p. 115-126. Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 117.
27. Penney, R. W., and G. T. Evans. 1985. Growth histories of larval redfish (Sebastes spp.) on an offshore Atlantic fishing bank determined by otolith increment analysis. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 42:1452-1464.
28. Pepin, P. 1991. Effect of temperature and size on development, mortality, and survival rates of the pelagic early life history stages of marine fish. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 48:503-518.
29. Picquelle, S. J., and B. A. Megrey. 1993. A preliminary spawning biomass estimate of wall-eye pollock, Theragra chalcogramma, in the Shelikof Strait, Alaska, based on the annual egg production method. Bull. Mar. Sci. 53:728-749.
30. Ralston, S. 1995. The influence of oceanographic variables on time series of otolith growth in pelagic young-of-the-year rockfish, Sebastes spp. In D. H. Secor, J. M. Dean, and S. E. Campana (eds.), Recent developments in fish otolith research, p. 97-118. Univ. South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC.
31. Ralston, S., and D. F. Howard. 1995. On the development of year-class strength and cohort variability in two northern California rockfishes. Fish. Bull. 93:710-720.
32. Schultz, E. T. 1990. Daily otolith increments and the early life history of a viviparous fish, Micrometrus minimus (Embiotocidae). Copeia 1990:59-67.
33. Secor, D. H., and J. M. Dean. 1992. Comparison of otolith-based back-calculation methods to determine individual growth histories of larval striped bass, Morons saxatilis. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 49:1439-1454.
34. Smith, P. E., and S. L. Richardson. 1977. Standard techniques for pelagic fish egg and larva surveys. FAO Fish. Tech. Paper 175, 100 p.
35. Snedecor, G. W., and W. G. Cochran. 1967. Statistical methods. Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA, 593 p.
36. Stevenson, D. K., and S. E. Campana (eds.). 1992. Otolith microstructure examination and analysis. Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 117, 126 p.
37. Woodbury, D., and S. Ralston. 1991. Interannual variation in growth rates and back-calculated birthdate distributions of pelagic juvenile rock-fishes (Sebastes spp.) off the central California coast. Fish. Bull. 89:523-533.
38. Wourms, J. P. 1991. Reproduction and development of Sebastes in the context of the evolution of piscine viviparity. Environ. Biol. Fishes 30:111-126.
39. Yamada, J., and M. Kusakari. 1991. Staging and the time course of embryonic development in kurosoi, Sebastes schlegeli. Environ. Biol. Fishes 30:103-110.