Title
Estimation and temporal variability in size at gonad maturity of Chub Mackerel {Scomber japonicus peruanus) in the Perúvian littoral
Other title
Estimación y variabilidad temporal de talla de madurez gonadal de la caballa {Scomber japonicus peruanus) en el litoral peruano
Date Issued
01 December 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The values of size-at-gonad maturity (L50) of chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus peruanus) were estimated for the years 1994 - 2017 in the Perúvian littoral. The analysis was performed for the period November - March where the highest reproductive activity occurs. The proportion of mature females was ftted using a logistic binary model, through generalized linear mixed models (MLGM), which assumes random effects associated with the periods. The GLMM, with fixed effects estimated a L50 of 24.8 cm of fork length (FL) (24.69 cm - 24.9 cm), while with changes between periods, with random effects, L50 ranged between 20.4 cm and 27.0 cm FL It was observed that an increase in temperature caused the decrease of the L50 in the years 1997- 1999 and 2015- 2016, which coincides with El Nino events. A positive correlation was found between the L50 and spawning biomass, so changes in L50 may be a density-dependent effect. There was no trend in the L50 series, so there would be no effect of the fishing mortality (F) on the L50. However, we think that the decrease in the L50 in relation to a low population density and mainly an increase in F should be given as a long-term effect and not in isolated events as our results showed.
Start page
391
End page
400
Volume
24
Issue
4
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería marina, naves Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento Biología marina, Biología de agua dulce, Limnología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85039730152
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
DOI of the container
10.15381/rpb.v24i4.13741
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