Estimación de la edad en que las hembras de anguila (A. anguilla) de la Albufera de Valencia realizan su migración reproductiva

• Main Authors: Asturiano, JF, Mazzeo, I, Gallego, V, Heinsbroek, L, Pérez, L, Capoccioni, F., CICCOTTI, ELEONORA
• Other Authors: Asturiano, J, Ciccotti, E, Capoccioni, F
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: country:ES 2011
• Subjects: European eel; maturity; development; silvering; demography; Settore BIO/07 - ECOLOGIA; Albufera Lagoon
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2108/42528

ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY EUROPEAN EEL FEMALES WERE CAPTURED IN THEIR REPRODUCTIVE MIGRATION FROM THE ALBUFERA LAGOON (VALENCIA, SPAIN). OTOLITHS WERE EXTRACTED AND PROCESSED, AND MEAN FEMALES AGE, 9.09±0.17 YEARS, WAS DETERMINED BY COUNTING ANNUAL OTOLITH RINGS. FEMALES SHOWED MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS SIMILAR TO THOSE DESCRIBED IN MIGRATORY FISH FROM OTHER POPULATIONS. ALBUFERA EELS SHOWED A HIGHER GROWTH RATE THAN OTHER POPULATIONS FROM THE NORTH OF EUROPE. THIS KIND OF RESULTS MUST BE CONSIDERED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MANAGEMENT PLANS OF THIS SPECIES.