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Estimates of growth and comparisons of growth rates determined from length- and age-based models for populations of purple wrasse (Notolabrus fucicola)

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posted on 2023-05-25, 22:55 authored by Welsford, DC, Jeremy LyleJeremy Lyle
Growth of a temperate reefassociated fish, the purple wrasse (Notolabrus fucicola), was examined from two sites on the east coast of Tasmania by using age- and lengthbased models. Models based on the von Bertalanffy growth function, in the standard and a reparameterized form, were constructed by using otolith- derived age estimates. Growth trajectories from tag-recaptures were used to construct length-based growth models derived from the GROTAG model, in turn a reparameterization of the Fabens model. Likelihood ratio tests (LRTs) determined the optimal parameterization of the GROTAG model, including estimators of individual growth variability, seasonal growth, measurement error, and outliers for each data set. Growth models and parameter estimates were compared by bootstrap conf idence intervals, LRTs, and randomization tests and plots of bootstrap parameter estimates. The relative merit of these methods for comparing models a nd pa ramet ers was eva luat ed ; LRTs combined with bootstrapping and randomization tests provided the most insight into the relationships between parameter estimates. Significant differences in growth of purple wrasse were found between sites in both length- and age-based models. A significant difference in the peak growth season was found between sites, and a large difference in growth rate between sexes was found at one site with the use of length-based models.

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Publication title

Fishery Bulletin

Volume

103

Article number

4

Number

4

Pagination

697-711

ISSN

0090-0656

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