Using scales to clarify the transition from blue-phase to brown-phase fingerling in Notothenia rossii from the South Shetland Islands

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Barrera Oro, Esteban, Alescio, Nadia Soledad, Moreira, María Eugenia, Marschoff, Enrique Ricardo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: AGE; ANTARCTIC COASTAL FISH; GROWTH CURVE; JUVENILE STAGES; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Argentina; Argentino; Potter Cove; Ricardo; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino; Notothenia rossii; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/186511

Scales and whole otoliths were read for age determination in early stages of Notothenia rossii caught in Potter Cove, South Shetland Islands, in summer seasons 2003-2006 and 2008. The sample comprised blue-phase pelagic fingerlings of 7.0-7.6 cm (TL) of age group 0 year and demersal brown-phase fing...