Measurement of the Growth of the Main Commercial Rays ( Raja clavata , Raja brachyura , Torpedo marmorata , Dipturus oxyrinchus ) in European Waters Using Intercalibration Methods
The intercalibration of age readings represents a crucial step in the ageing procedure; the use of different sampling methods, structures, preparation techniques, and ageing criteria can significantly affect age and growth data. This study evaluated the precision and accuracy of ageing for the most...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:4cb127c60e2646d1b9e4e3cce1a9ac78 2024-02-27T08:43:33+00:00 Measurement of the Growth of the Main Commercial Rays ( Raja clavata , Raja brachyura , Torpedo marmorata , Dipturus oxyrinchus ) in European Waters Using Intercalibration Methods Andrea Bellodi Pierluigi Carbonara Kirsteen M. MacKenzie Blondine Agus Karen Bekaert Eleanor S. I. Greenway Maria C. Follesa Manfredi Madia Andrea Massaro Michele Palmisano Chiara Romano Mauro Sinopoli Francesca Ferragut-Perello Kélig Mahé 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/biology13010020 https://doaj.org/article/4cb127c60e2646d1b9e4e3cce1a9ac78 EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/13/1/20 https://doaj.org/toc/2079-7737 doi:10.3390/biology13010020 2079-7737 https://doaj.org/article/4cb127c60e2646d1b9e4e3cce1a9ac78 Biology, Vol 13, Iss 1, p 20 (2023) growth precision accuracy batoids Biology (General) QH301-705.5 article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/biology13010020 2024-01-28T01:46:20Z The intercalibration of age readings represents a crucial step in the ageing procedure; the use of different sampling methods, structures, preparation techniques, and ageing criteria can significantly affect age and growth data. This study evaluated the precision and accuracy of ageing for the most important North Atlantic (NA) and Mediterranean (M) ray species, Raja clavata , Raja brachyura , Torpedo marmorata , and Dipturus oxyrinchus , through exchange exercises carried out by readers from different laboratories. In addition, growth parameters were estimated from the obtained data. A total of 663 individual batoids were analysed. R. clavata and R. brachyura samples were obtained from both the NA and the M, while vertebral centra of T. marmorata and D. oxyrinchus were only available for the M. High reading variability was observed for all four evaluated species in terms of CV, APE, and PA. D. oxyrinchus and T. marmorata showed relatively slow growth and the von Bertalanffy model with fixed t 0 and Gompertz’s model were, respectively, the most precise models for each of these species. In R. brachyura , females had a faster growth rate compared to combined sexes. The vbt0p proved the most precise model for describing growth in this species, and no statistical differences were found between the NO and the M. For R. clavata , the best-fitting model was the vbt0p for females and males in the NO and for females from the M, while the best-fitting model for males from the M and sexes combined for both areas was log.p. Distinct growth patterns were observed between the two study areas. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Biology 13 1 20 |
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The intercalibration of age readings represents a crucial step in the ageing procedure; the use of different sampling methods, structures, preparation techniques, and ageing criteria can significantly affect age and growth data. This study evaluated the precision and accuracy of ageing for the most important North Atlantic (NA) and Mediterranean (M) ray species, Raja clavata , Raja brachyura , Torpedo marmorata , and Dipturus oxyrinchus , through exchange exercises carried out by readers from different laboratories. In addition, growth parameters were estimated from the obtained data. A total of 663 individual batoids were analysed. R. clavata and R. brachyura samples were obtained from both the NA and the M, while vertebral centra of T. marmorata and D. oxyrinchus were only available for the M. High reading variability was observed for all four evaluated species in terms of CV, APE, and PA. D. oxyrinchus and T. marmorata showed relatively slow growth and the von Bertalanffy model with fixed t 0 and Gompertz’s model were, respectively, the most precise models for each of these species. In R. brachyura , females had a faster growth rate compared to combined sexes. The vbt0p proved the most precise model for describing growth in this species, and no statistical differences were found between the NO and the M. For R. clavata , the best-fitting model was the vbt0p for females and males in the NO and for females from the M, while the best-fitting model for males from the M and sexes combined for both areas was log.p. Distinct growth patterns were observed between the two study areas. |
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Andrea Bellodi Pierluigi Carbonara Kirsteen M. MacKenzie Blondine Agus Karen Bekaert Eleanor S. I. Greenway Maria C. Follesa Manfredi Madia Andrea Massaro Michele Palmisano Chiara Romano Mauro Sinopoli Francesca Ferragut-Perello Kélig Mahé |
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Measurement of the Growth of the Main Commercial Rays ( Raja clavata , Raja brachyura , Torpedo marmorata , Dipturus oxyrinchus ) in European Waters Using Intercalibration Methods |
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Measurement of the Growth of the Main Commercial Rays ( Raja clavata , Raja brachyura , Torpedo marmorata , Dipturus oxyrinchus ) in European Waters Using Intercalibration Methods |
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Measurement of the Growth of the Main Commercial Rays ( Raja clavata , Raja brachyura , Torpedo marmorata , Dipturus oxyrinchus ) in European Waters Using Intercalibration Methods |
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Measurement of the Growth of the Main Commercial Rays ( Raja clavata , Raja brachyura , Torpedo marmorata , Dipturus oxyrinchus ) in European Waters Using Intercalibration Methods |
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Measurement of the Growth of the Main Commercial Rays ( Raja clavata , Raja brachyura , Torpedo marmorata , Dipturus oxyrinchus ) in European Waters Using Intercalibration Methods |
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measurement of the growth of the main commercial rays ( raja clavata , raja brachyura , torpedo marmorata , dipturus oxyrinchus ) in european waters using intercalibration methods |
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