Validation of Daily Increment Formation in the Otoliths of Juvenile Silver Perch, Bairdiella chrysoura

Growth estimations of the Argentinean wedge clam Donax hanleyanus: A comparison between length-frequency distribution and size-increment analysis

“…A variety of fluorochromes were tested and showed that calcein exhibits little toxicity (Wilson et al, 1987;Hales and Hurley, 1991;Monaghan, 1993;Day et al, 1995;Rowley and Mackinnon, 1995). In accordance with recent studies (Moran, 2000;Riascos et al, 2007) the present study revealed that calcein marking did not affect survivorship of D. hanleyanus during the in vitro and the in situ experiments, however performed well under relatively low concentrations and immersion periods.…”

Life History of Silver Perch Bairdiella chrysoura (Lacepède, 1803) in North-Central Gulf of Mexico Estuaries

“…However, ages of fishes are often underestimated with the scale method, and the use of otoliths often provides more accurate estimates of age (Lowerre- Barbieri et al, 1994;Paperno et al, 1997). Hales and Hurley (1991) validated daily increment formation in the sagittal otoliths of juvenile silver perch [39-66 mm standard length (SL)], but adult fish (using annuli) have not been aged with otoliths. It is known that spawning occurs at dusk in estuaries (Holt et al, 1985) between March and June in the southeastern United States (Hildebrand and Schroeder, 1928;Hildebrand and Cable, 1930;Mok and Gilmore, 1983).…”

A Simple Method for Marking Fish Otoliths with Alizarin Compounds

“…However, limitations have been reported in the use of these dyes. Tetracycline has caused excessive stress and mortality or variable marking success for some species (Schmitt 1984;Tsukamoto et al 1989; Thomas et al 1995), and variable marking success has been reported for calcein (Tsukamoto 1988;Beckman et al 1990;Hales and Hurley 1991;Thomas et al 1995). Alizarin complexone has been proposed as an alternative dye which produces a mark readily distinguished from tetracycline and calcein marks (Tsukamoto 1988).…”