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Statolith age validation and growth of Loligo plei (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae) in the north-west Gulf of Mexico during spring/summer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 September 2002

G.D. Jackson  and
J.W. Forsythe
G.D. Jackson
Affiliation:
Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies, University of Tasmania, PO Box 252-77, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
J.W. Forsythe
Affiliation:
National Resource Center for Cephalopods, Marine Biomedical Institute, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 77555-1163, USA
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Abstract

Statolith validation and age and growth analysis was undertaken for the loliginid squid Loligo plei in the north-west Gulf of Mexico off Galveston, Texas. Statolith increments were shown to be laid down daily based on tetracycline staining of 19 individuals maintained in captivity. Ageing of field-captured individuals from late summer revealed that this species has rapid growth rates and a life span of about five months at least during the warm period of the year in this region of the Gulf of Mexico.

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SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 82 , Issue 4 , August 2002 , pp. 677 - 678
Copyright
2002 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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