Comparison of five methods for estimating growth of Calanus helgolandicus later developmental stages (CV–CVI)

Yebra, L.; Harris, R.P.; Smith, T.. 2005 Comparison of five methods for estimating growth of Calanus helgolandicus later developmental stages (CV–CVI). Marine Biology, 147 (6). 1367-1375. 10.1007/s00227-005-0039-9

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Abstract/Summary

The activity of the enzymes aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (AARS) in adult females and males and copepodites stage V of Calanus helgolandicus was studied at the L4 time-series station in the English Channel from June 2002 to December 2003. AARS activity was explored as an index of somatic growth in the laboratory as well as in the field by comparison with other methods of measuring growth: (1) the direct method (Heinle in Chesapeake Sci 7:59–74, 1966), (2) the weight increment (WI) method, (3) the Hirst and Bunker (HB) equation (Limnol Oceanogr 48(5):1988–2010, 2003) and (4) the egg production (EPR) method. AARS activity showed a significant correlation with the direct measurement of growth in the laboratory (R 2=0.55). However, the correlation was lower for growth assessed either with the WI or the HB approaches in the field (R 2=0.05–0.17). Female AARS activity showed a positive correlation with specific EPR during the reproductive season (R 2=0.40) but no relationship was found during the non-reproductive period.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1007/s00227-005-0039-9
ISSN:	0025-3162
Date made live:	17 Jul 2008 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/154675

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1007/s00227-005-0039-9

ISSN:

0025-3162

Date made live:

17 Jul 2008 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/154675