Growth-dependent age estimation in herring (Clupea harengus L.) larvae

To investigate the flexibility of ring deposition rates in response to environmental conditions, larval growth has been compared to observed patterns of otolith

The aims of the study were to examine maternal, paternal and temperature effects on otolith size (lapillus and sagitta), egg size, larval standard length and dry mass at hatching,

The RNA content of larvae given high feeding levels was not different at the two temperatures in spite of differences in somatic growth rates, which indicates lower RNA activity at

The development of methods to assess growth and nutritional state of fish larvae in the field is therefore of great importance in re- cruitment studies, and several methodologies

These models for growth estimation were tested by predicting the age at yolk-sac absorption (EYS) for individual wild herring larvae, assuming that the first ring