@article{fdi:010060697,
  title = {{G}rowth of the blue mackerel {S}comber scombrus in {T}unisia using the otolith microstructure},
  author = {{J}abeur, {C}. and {M}ahmoudi, {K}. and {K}houfi, {W}. and {M}orize, {E}ric},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his paper studies the age and the growth of male and female of the {T}unisian blue mackerel {S}comber scombrus during 2004-2006. {T}he age was determined by interpreting and counting daily increments on the otoliths sagitta of 320 individuals sampled from landings caught by different gears specially by purse seine. {T}he parameters of the {V}on {B}ertalanffy growth curve were estimated for sexes combined: {L}-f = 31.46(1 - e(-0.228) ((t+3.034))) ({L}-infinity = 31.46 cm, k = 0.228 per year, t(o) = -3.034 years); for male {L}-f = 27.43(1 - e (-0.422) ((t+1.747))) ({L}-infinity = 27.43 cm, k = 0.422 per year, t(o) = -1.747 years) and for female {L}-f = 31.70(1 - e(-0.227) ((t+2.196))) ({L}-infinity = 31.70 cm, k = 0.227 per year, t(o) = 22.916 years) for the whole study period. {T}he difference between the growth of male and female is not significant. {T}he relationship between length and weight shows a length growth faster than of the weight with parameters of the equation {W}-t = a*{L}-b; a = 9.89*10(-5) and b = 2.37 for the sexes combined.},
  keywords = {age ; growth ; mackerel ; {T}unisia ; {S}comber scombrus ; microstructure ; {TUNISIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of the {M}arine {B}iological {A}ssociation of the {U}nited {K}ingdom},
  volume = {93},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {351--355},
  ISSN = {0025-3154},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1017/s0025315412000501},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010060697},
}