Volume 34 Issue 2
Aug.  2014
Turn off MathJax
Article Contents
Abstract
References
LI Hong, SHEN Jian-Zhong, LIU Yu, ZHAO Yong-Jing, WANG Ju-Guang, MA Xu-Fa, LIU Qi-Gen, LIU Jun, LI Zhou-Yong. COMPARISON OF FOUR METHODS USING SCALES AND LAPILLI FOR BACK-CALCULATION OF ROACH RUTILUS RUTILUS (LINNAEUS, 1758) IN ULUNGUR LAKE, XINJIANG UIGUR AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA[J]. ACTA HYDROBIOLOGICA SINICA, 2010, 34(2): 286-292.
Citation: LI Hong, SHEN Jian-Zhong, LIU Yu, ZHAO Yong-Jing, WANG Ju-Guang, MA Xu-Fa, LIU Qi-Gen, LIU Jun, LI Zhou-Yong. COMPARISON OF FOUR METHODS USING SCALES AND LAPILLI FOR BACK-CALCULATION OF ROACH RUTILUS RUTILUS (LINNAEUS, 1758) IN ULUNGUR LAKE, XINJIANG UIGUR AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA[J]. ACTA HYDROBIOLOGICA SINICA, 2010, 34(2): 286-292.
shu

COMPARISON OF FOUR METHODS USING SCALES AND LAPILLI FOR BACK-CALCULATION OF ROACH RUTILUS RUTILUS (LINNAEUS, 1758) IN ULUNGUR LAKE, XINJIANG UIGUR AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA

  • The College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070;
    2. Fisheries Institute Science of Hunan Province, Changsha 410153;
    3. Key Laboratory of Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan 430070;
    4. College of Aqua-life Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 200090;
    5. Aquatic Bureau of Fuhai of Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region, Fuhai 836400

  • Received Date: February 22, 2009
  • Rev Recd Date: December 02, 2009
  • Published Date: March 24, 2010
    Graphical Abstract
    • Abstract
  • Back-calculation, which uses a set of measurements from the bony structures in the age determination and its current body length at one time to infer its length at an earlier time or times, is a very important tool in fisheries research and management. Because a lot of bony structures can be used in age determination, and the relationship between the chosen structure and the body length of fish also can be described with various linear or non-linear equations, several back-calculation models have been proposed. In order to expand confidence in estimation of growth parameters of a particular fish species, it is necessary to obtain a comparison of back-calculated lengths from different structures and models.The present study dealt with the suitable calcified tissues and methods used for growth back-calculation of roach Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758) from Ulungur Lake, the second largest lake of Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region, one of the tenth freshwater lakes in China. Two calcified tissues (scales and lapilli) and four common back-calculation methods (Dahl-Lea, Regression, Fraser-Lee and BPH) were utilized for growth back-calculation. The reliability was evaluated by comparing the back-calculated lengths at ages with observed lengths at the annuli formation. It was shown that the back-calculated lengths obtained by the lapilli were more reliable than those obtained by scales, with smaller differences from observed lengths. So, it was demonstrated that the lapilli were the better material both for age determination and back-calculation of roach. For scales, the Dahl-Lea method provided the most unreliable estimates of fish lengths at previous ages, with the largest differences from the observed length (?26.0%), it also had significant differences from the other three methods. The differences between the back-calculated lengths from the Regression, Fraser-Lee and BPH method and the observed lengths were very close, which was ?6.7%, ?7.0% and ?7.0% respectively. It indicated that the three methods were equal for the back-calculation of roach. For lapilli, the Dahl-Lea was the best method for the back-calculation of roach with the smallest (?1.9%) difference from the observed lengths. The Regression method was the worst one with the largest difference from the observed lengths (?4.5%). The Fraser-Lee method provided the similar results with the BPH method and the differences from the observed lengths were both between ?1.4% and ?3.2%, averaged ?2.6%. They were secondary for growth back-calculation of roach.
    • FullText(HTML)
    • References (18)
  • [1]
    Jearld A J. Age determination [M]. In Nielsen L A, JohnsonD L (Eds.), Fisheries techniques. Bethesda: American FisheriesSociety. 1983, 301—324.
    [2]
    Carlander K D. A history of scale age and growth studies ofNorth American freshwater fish [M]. In Summerfelt F J, HallG S (Eds.), Age and growth of fish. Ames: Iowa StateUniversity Press. 1987, 3—14.
    [3]
    Busacker G P, Adelman I A, Goolish E M. Growth [M]. InSchreck C B, Moyle P B (Eds.), Methods for fish biology.Bethesda: American Fisheries Society. 1990, 363—377.
    [4]
    Francis R I C C. Back-calculation of fish length: a criticalreview [J]. Journal of Fish Biology, 1990, 36: 883—902.
    [5]
    Shen J Z. Comparative studies on life-history traits ofCarassius auratus in Honghu Lake and Dongting Lake. [D].Thesis for Doctor of Science. Institute of Hydrobiology,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan. 2000 [沈建忠. 洪湖和洞庭湖鲫生活史特征的比较研究. 博士学位论文, 中国科学院水生生物研究所, 武汉. 2000].
    [6]
    Ricker W E. Back-calculation of fish lengths based on proportionalitybetween scale and length increments [J]. CanadianJorunal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 1992, 49:1018—1026.
    [7]
    Pierce C L, Rasmussen J B, Leggett W C. Back-calculationof fish length from scales: empirical comparison of proportionalmethods [J]. Transactions of the American FisheriesSociety, 1996, 125: 889—898.
    [8]
    Smedstad O M, Holm J C. Validation of back-calculationformulae for cod otoliths [J]. Journal of Fish Biology, 1996,49: 973—985.
    [9]
    Klumb R A, Bozek M A, Frie R V. Validation of Dahl-Leaand Fraser-Lee back-calculation models by using oxytetracycline-marked bluegills and bluegill × green sunfish hybrids[J]. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 1999,19: 504—514.
    [10]
    Zuo C P, Jiang Z Y, Li S Z. The biology of the Rutilus rutilusin Ulungur Lake [J]. Freshwater Fisheries. 2001, 31(2):53—57 [左昌培, 姜正炎, 李胜忠. 布伦托海湖拟鲤的生物学研究. 淡水渔业, 2001, 31(2): 53—57].
    [11]
    Horppila J, Hyberg K. The validity of different methods inthe back-calculation of the lengths of roach—a comparisonbetween scales and cleithra [J]. Journal of Fish Biology,1999, 54: 489—498.
    [12]
    Li H, Shen J Z, Liu Q G, et al. Comparative studies on fourcalcified structures for age determination of roach Rutilusrutilus in Ulungur Lake, Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region,China [J]. Journal of Shanghai Ocean University, 2009,18(3): 295—301 [李鸿, 沈建忠, 刘其根, 等. 新疆乌伦古湖湖拟鲤4 种钙化组织鉴定年龄的比较. 上海海洋大学学报, 2009, 18(3): 295—301].
    [13]
    Li H, Shen J Z, Ma X F, et al. Growth characteristics ofRoach Rutilus rutilus (L.) in Ulungur Lake in Xinjiang UigurAutonomous Region [J]. Journal of Huazhong AgriculturalUniversity, 2009, 28(2): 202—206 [李鸿, 沈建忠, 马徐发,等. 新疆乌伦古湖湖拟鲤的生长特征. 华中农业大学学报,2009, 28(2): 202—206].
    [14]
    Johal M S, Esmaeili H R, Tandon K K. A comparison ofback-calculated lengths of silver carp derived from bonystructures [J]. Journal of Fish Biology, 2001, 59: 1483—1493.
    [15]
    Campana S E. Accuracy, precision and quality control in agedetermination, including a review of the use and abuse of agevalidation methods [J]. Journal of Fish Biology, 2001, 59:197—242.
    [16]
    Miao Z G. Preliminary studies on the diet, age and growth ofHemimyzon Sinensis [J]. Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica, 1999,23: 604—609 [苗志国. 中华间吸鳅食性及年龄生长的初步研究. 水生生物学报, 1999, 23: 604—609].
    [17]
    Schramm H L, Malvestuto S P J and Hubert W A. Evaluationof procedures for back-calculation of lengths of largemouthbass aged by otoliths [J]. North American Journal ofFisheries Management, 1992, 12: 604—608.
    [18]
    Carlander K D. Caution on the use of the regression methodof back-calculating lengths from scale measurements [J].Fisheries, 1981, 6(1): 2—4.
    • Related Articles

Catalog

    Get Citation
    PDF
    XML
    Article views (1191) PDF downloads (590) Cited by()
    Related

    Editorial Office of Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica

    Address：No. 7 Donghu South Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

    Tel：027-68780701；027-68780800 E-mail：acta@ihb.ac.cn  

    Supported byBeijing Renhe Information Technology Co. Ltd  Technical support：info@rhhz.net

    /

    DownLoad:  Full-Size Img  PowerPoint
    Return
    Return