@article{fdi:010030056,
  title = {{G}rowth of {O}ctopus vulgaris from tagging in {S}enegalese waters},
  author = {{D}omain, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {J}ouffre, {D}idier and {C}averivi{\`e}re, {A}lain},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he growth of {O}ctopus vulgaris ({M}ollusca: {C}ephalopoda) in tanks and the sea was modelled and calculated following tagging studies in {S}enegal. {O}ctopus exhibits a large individual variability in growth and the exponential growth curve is the best fitting theoretical model among other usual models tested. {G}lobally, the growth rates were comparable in the sea and in tanks. {G}rowth rates for the hot season were lower than those for the cold season. {A}pplied to in situ data, the statistical tests showed that females grow more quickly than males. {L}ife expectancy was estimated at between 12 and 14 months. {T}hese results question the previous growth curves for the region, all of which were obtained from modal analysis using size or weight-frequencies and were used during stock assessments of this important resource off the north-west {A}frican coast.},
  keywords = {{PECHE} {DE} {MOLLUSQUES} ; {ESPECE} {COMMERCIALE} ; {ESTIMATION} {DE} {STOCK} ; {CROISSANCE} ; {MARQUAGE} ; {MALE} ; {FEMELLE} ; {ESPERANCE} {DE} {VIE} ; {DYNAMIQUE} {DE} {POPULATION} ; {MODELISATION} ; {VARIATION} {SAISONNIERE} ; {SENEGAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of the {M}arine {B}iological {A}ssociation of the {U}nited {K}ingdom},
  volume = {80},
  numero = {},
  pages = {699--705},
  ISSN = {0025-3154},
  year = {2000},
  DOI = {10.1017/{S}0025315400002526},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010030056},
}