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Abstract
Growth of juvenile Sarpa salpa from the Kornati Archipelago, eastern middle Adriatic Sea was analysed. A total of 1515 juveniles, ranging in length from 1.6 to 14.2 cm, were caught. Most individuals (94.65%) belonged to the 0+ cohort. The first settlers were aged 1.5-2.0 months, and probably entered shallow coves at the end of November. The relationship between total length and weight indicates positive allometric growth (b = 3.284). The condition factor, as a consequence of length-weight relationship, was CF = 1.41. The parabolic (c = 0.023 mm days-1; R 2 -1 2 = 0.897) growth models seem to be the most appropriate for the description of young S. salpa growth.
Highlights
The first year of life (0+) is a very sensitive period for most fish species, during which they are under intensive influence of abiotic and biotic factors that affect their growth, development and survival (Planes et al, 1999)
Data on juvenile fish growth rates are rather scarce in the literature, they are crucial for a better understanding of species population dynamics (Lasker, 1985)
Using the analysis of size-frequency distributions (Barry and Tegner, 1989), juvenile growth can be estimated from the increase in the mean size of fish in a “cohort” within year-classes
Summary
The first year of life (0+) is a very sensitive period for most fish species, during which they are under intensive influence of abiotic and biotic factors that affect their growth, development and survival (Planes et al, 1999). Growth is considered to be very sensitive to environmental conditions, and in temperate areas it is strictly dependent on season*Received November 10, 2003. Duration of the planktonic stage and the period that certain species spend in nursery areas is related to seasonality (Macpherson, 1996). Using the analysis of size-frequency distributions (Barry and Tegner, 1989), juvenile growth can be estimated from the increase in the mean size of fish in a “cohort” within year-classes
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