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Growth, hatch size and maturation in a southern population of the loliginid squid Loliolus noctiluca

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2010

Luca Ceriola  and
George D. Jackson
Luca Ceriola*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Produzione Animale, Università degli Studi, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
George D. Jackson
Affiliation:
Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 77, 7001 Hobart, Tasmania(Australia)
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: L. Ceriola, Dipartimento di Produzione Animale, Universitá degli Studi, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy email: midamail@tin.it
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Abstract

Age, growth and cost of reproduction were examined for the small near-shore loliginid squid Loliolus noctiluca in Tasmanian waters, near the southern limit of its distribution. The effects of several factors on hatch size were also evaluated by comparing the statolith natal ring size (NR) from individuals collected in different locations, seasons and years. The life cycle of L. noctiluca was less than six months. July-hatched females grew faster than their May-hatched counterparts, indicating a faster growth in winter-hatched compared with autumn-hatched individuals. There was considerable variation in NRs as function of location, season, year and sex, with females displaying NRs considerably larger than males in any location and year. Immature and maturing females displayed poorer body condition than mature counterparts, suggesting that gonad growth does not affect the mantle or fin growth. A good condition was maintained also in spent individuals indicating that L. noctiluca continued to invest in somatic organs throughout the spawning period. A reproductive strategy closer to ‘multiple spawning’, than to ‘single spawning’ was proposed for this species. Loliolus noctiluca was used as a model to explore the possible effects of climate change on near-shore loliginid populations.

Keywords

climate changegrowthhatch sizesquidreproductive strategysomatic conditionstatoliths
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 90 , Issue 4 , June 2010 , pp. 755 - 767
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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