• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.39-59
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• 2022

How in the Antarctic icefish, generally, and Pseudochaenichthys georgianus, in particular, otoliths increase in size and build new material as the fish ages and passes through different life phases is largely unexplored. Morphometric details of 3418 otoliths of Ps. georgianus from S. Georgia and 318 from S. Shetland, were processed and proportions of the amounts of collagen and aragonite removed by EDTA were determined for different age groups. Microstructural investigations showed that characteristics of the 3-dimensinal collagen net are the reason for the radial direction and orientation of the aragonite needles of approximately 1.0 ㎛ in length in larval and 2.3 ㎛ in length in adult specimens. Earlier generated increment layers from the primordial centre (PC) in the dorsal direction restrict those of the secondary centre (SC), causing new growth layer accretion in different directions. In the otoliths of larval Ps. georgianus, aragonite layers are 0.89 ㎛ wide while in juveniles and adults they measure 1.45-2.86 ㎛. Otoliths change from a sphere shape in the larvae to a longish object of irregular outline in the older stages. It is tentaively suggested that the observed otolith shape differences at distinct growth stages are due to physical effects related to swimming speeds at particular water depths and locations. To confirm that otoliths, apart from being useful for age analyses, could also serve to establish correlations between developmental stage and the oceanic environment the fish spend time in, further analyses using additional species and state-of-the-art methods like µCT imaging to evaluate otolith volumes and shapes are required.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.6-18
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• 2001

흰베도라치, Pholis fangi의 초기 생활사를 밝히기 위해 한국 서해의 대천 연안에서 1988년 3월에서 6월 사이와 1989년 2월에 흰베도라치 치어를 채집하였다. 성장에 따라 외부형태 변화와 이석을 관찰, 측정함으로써 출현양상과 산란시기 및 초기성장 등을 조사하였다. 또한, 1998년 5월부터 1999년 11월 사이에 매월 대천 해역에서 채집된 흰베도라치의 생식소 관찰로 산란기를 추정하였다. 2월에는 흰베도라치 치어가 천수만 안팎에서 넓게 분포하였다. 3월에서 4월 사이에 만 안쪽에서 주로 출현하였고, 5월에는 만밖에서 주로 나타났으며, 6월 이후에는 본 연구 해역에서는 채집이 되지 않았다. 이석은 초기에 둥근 모양에서 체장이 30~40 mm 정도 성장하면 타원형으로 변하며, 일륜으로 볼 수 있는 미세 성장선이 나타났다. 또한, 핵으로부터 30개의 미세성장선 이후에 깊게 파인 불연속선이 나타나는데, 체장 10 mm 이하의 자어 형태에서는 성장 정지선이 나타나지 않았다. 이 불연속선은 연안측으로 회유하는 동안에 신진대사의 변화에 따라 형성된 것으로 판단된다. 흰베도라치의 초기성장은 다음과 같은 Gomertz식 TL = 6.702 exp {2.925 "1-exp (-0.0076 t)"} ($r^2=0.94$, N = 92)에 의해 추산되었다. 흰베도라치 이석에 처음으로 미세 성장선이 형성된 시기는 12월에서 1월 사이로 보여지며, 흰베도라치 성어의 생식소는 10월부터 성숙하기 시작하며 11월에서 12월 사이에 주로 산란하고 1월에는 산란을 마치는 것으로 나타남으로써 흰베도라치의 부화시간은 한 달 정도인 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국양식학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국양식학회 2006년도 수산관련학회 공동학술대회 발표요지집
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• pp.208-209
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• 2006

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2015

The age and growth of the Marbled sole, Pleuronectes yokohamae were investigated using left sagittal otoliths of 832 individuals collected in the mid-southern waters of Korea from January 2006 to April 2007. The seasonal changes in the ratio of an translucent zone to interval between annular rings revealed that the boundaries between translucent and opaque parts of the otolith were annual growth rings formed between May and June once a year. The spawning period was November to March and therefore the duration from fertilization to the complete formation of the annual growth ring became fifteen months. The parameters of von Bertalanffy growth equations estimated using the average standard length at each age are the $L_{\infty}$ of 48.04cm, K of 0.1406/year and $t_0$ of -0.5116 for female and 26.14cm, 0.3056/year and -0.8202 for male, respectively. Finally, it is suggested that the growth of female is faster than that of male from age-2.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.177-183
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• 1993

베링해 공해 및 알라스카만에서 표본된 명태의 동일 개체로부터 비늘과 이석을 사용하여 연령사정한 결과를 비교, 고찰하였다. 베링해 공해 명태 44~54cm 범위의 개체에 대한 연령사정 결과, 비늘연령은 4~9세, 이석연령은 4~18세로 나타났다. 동일개체의 두 연령형질간에 1~11세까지의 큰 차이를 보였으며, 특히 이식의 연령이 증가할수록 그 차이가 더욱 크게 나타났다. 알라스카만 명태 22~59cm 범위의 개체로부터 비늘 연령은 2~9세, 이석연령은 2~11세로 나타났다. 두 연령형질간의 연령사정 결과는 6세까지는 잘 일치하였고, 7세 이상에서는 이석에 의한 연령이 1~7세까지 높게 나타났다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.51-56
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• 2004

Age and growth of three-lined tonguefish (Cynoglossus abbreviatus) were studied using samples from the waters off Yosu, Korea, from June to December, 2001. Sagittal otoliths had relatively clear annuli. Each annulus was formed once a year in April. The peak of the gonadosomatic index occurred also in April. The oldest fish observed in this study was 5 years old for females and 4 years old for males. The relationship between the otolith radius (R) and total length (L) was as follows: L=14.921R-2.5318 for females and L=13.527R-0.5584 for males. The relationship between total length and body weight (W) was as follows: $W=0.0008L^{3.54}$ for females and $W=0.0029L^{3.14}$ for males. The growth in length of the fish was expressed by the von Bertalanffy's growth equation as: $$L_t=44.54(1-e^{-0.16(t+2.69)})\;for\;females\;and\;L_t=41.52(1-e^{-0.15(t+3.34)})\;for\;males$$.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.171-176
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• 1995

경남 통영시 산양면 연안에서 1992년 12월부터 1993년 11월까지 채집한 그물베도라치의 연령과 성장을 조사하였다. 연령형질은 이석을 사용하였고, 윤문(輪紋)은 불투명대에서 투명대로 이행하는 경계로 하였다. 윤문(輪紋) 형성시기는 11월경이었고, 년(年) 1회 형성되었다. 산란기는 1월에서 3월로 추정되었고, 주산란기는 2월이었다. 따라서 초륜이 형성되기까지 소요되는 기간은 0.75세였다. 그물베도라치의 체장성장식은 $L_t=23.5977(1-e^{-0.2542(t+2.1302)})$, 체중성장식은 $W_t=64.5892(1-e^{-0.2542(t+2.1302)})^{2.3002}$으로 추정되었다.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.261-269
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• 2013

The age and growth of the Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus were investigated using left sagittal otoliths of 682 individuals collected in the West Sea of Korea from January to December 2007. The seasonal changes in the ratio of an opaque zone to interval between annular rings revealed that the narrow translucent parts of the otolith were annual growth rings formed between February and March once a year. The spawning period was December to January and therefore the duration from fertilization to the complete formation of the opaque zone became thirteen months. From the parameters calculated using the average length when the year ring was formed, the estimated von Bertalanffy growth equations were $L_t=100.0(1-e^{-0.1640(t+0.5247)})$ for females and $L_t=64.6(1-e^{-0.3335 (t+0.3342)})$ for males when is total length in age t.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.650-655
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• 2019

The age and growth of Muraenesox cinereus collected in the South Sea of Korea by Danish seine and coastal Long-line fisheries were determined from right sagittal otoliths between May 2018 and April 2019. Otoliths of 353 fish were observed under reflected light, and the edges of the opaque zone were considered to be the otolith ring. Monthly changes in the marginal index indicated that rings (opaque zones) were formed once a year from June to July. The estimated von Bertalanffy growth equation with growth parameters estimated from non-linear regression were L_t=138.37 (1-e^{-0.18(t+0.79)}) for females and L_t=99.00 (1-e^{-0.13(t+3.99)}) for males. The oldest female M. cinereus was 12 years old, and the oldest male was 8 years old.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.36-40
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• 1989

The eels, Anguilla japonica, were reared in a tank with daily feeding for up to 97 days, and otoliths were regularly collected for the observation of their microstructures. Microscopic observation of the thin-sectioned otolith under dark field provided significant information on daily growth increments as well as the difference in visual contrast shown by the increments. Clearly defined elver mark formed during the metamorphosis from leptocephalus to the elver can be considered as the origin of the age for the sedentary yellow eel in continental water. The close correspondence between the number of increments outside elver mark and chronological age in days from the beginning of feeding indicates that increment deposition on a daily basis was initiated with the start of feeding for the sedentary yellow eel. Either 7 or 14 daily growth increments were grouped together into 2 alternative units, each distinguished by prominent checks or by visual contrast. The absence of any apparent environmental variations with 7 or 14 day period in the reared tank implies that the phase of the moon could be a zeitgeber for the endogenous rhythm.