Discrepancies between ages determined from scales and otoliths for alewives from the Great Lakes
By: Robert O'Gorman, D. Hugh Barwick, and Charles A. Bowen
Edited by: R.D. Summerfelt and G.E. Hall
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Abstract
Discrepancies between ages determined from otoliths and those determined from scales were common and, sometimes, quite large in alewives Alosa pseudoharengus collected in fall 1983 from Lakes Ontario, Huron, and Michigan. Among fish with 'otolith ages' of 4 or more, the percentages having identical 'scale ages' were 1% in Lake Ontario, 35% in Lake Huron, and 56% in Lake Michigan. Among alewives with different otolith and scale ages, the percentages with discrepancies of 3 years or more were 51% in Lake Ontario, 23% in Lake Huron, and 6% in Lake Michigan. Among the three populations, variation in the magnitude of age disagreements were perhaps due to the different mortality rates in each lake, whereas variation in the frequency of disagreements appeared to be due to different ratios of food to fish in each lake. Previously reported age compositions and rates of mortality and production for Great Lakes alewives derived from scales have probably been inaccurate to various degrees.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Discrepancies between ages determined from scales and otoliths for alewives from the Great Lakes |
| Year Published | 1987 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Iowa State University Press |
| Publisher location | Ames, IA |
| Contributing office(s) | Great Lakes Science Center |
| Description | p. 203-210 |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Other Government Series |
| Larger Work Title | Age and growth of fish |
| First page | 203 |
| Last page | 210 |
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