Notes on the growth, survival, and reproduction of the lion’s paw scallop Nodipecten subnodosus maintained in a suspended culture

Authors

  • Marcial Villalejo-Fuerte Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Apartado Postal 592, La Paz, B.C.S. 23000, México Tel. +52(612)1225344
  • Marcial Arellano-Martínez Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Apartado Postal 592, La Paz, B.C.S. 23000, México Tel. +52(612)1225344
  • Miguel Robles-Mungaray Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, Apdo. Postal 128, La Paz, Baja California Sur, 23000, México Tel. +52(612)1253633 ext. 144; Fax +52(612)1254715 E mail: mvillale@ipn.mx
  • Bertha Patricia Ceballos-Vázquez Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Apartado Postal 592, La Paz, B.C.S. 23000, México Tel. +52(612)1225344

Keywords:

Pectinidae, scallops, culture, Gulf of California.

Abstract

The study was conducted from March 1999 to November 2002 in a suspended culture located in Bahía Juncalito, Gulf of California, Mexico. Nodipecten subnodosus (Sowerby, 1835) is a species with fast growth (ø=3.91) and alometric, with a seasonality of 0.78 and an amplitude of 0.8. Its growth was described by the von Bertalanffy model. An average growth rate of 4 mm/month was estimated for the first 16 months of the study. Then, it decreased to 1.3 mm/month until the end of the experiment. The survival was high (? 89 %) and did not change substantially until November 2001 when it decrease to 40%. In Bahía Juncalito, N. subnodosus attain its first spawn at nearly 2-years old with a mean shell height of 72 mm.

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Published

2017-01-14

How to Cite

Villalejo-Fuerte, M., Arellano-Martínez, M., Robles-Mungaray, M., & Ceballos-Vázquez, B. P. (2017). Notes on the growth, survival, and reproduction of the lion’s paw scallop Nodipecten subnodosus maintained in a suspended culture. HIDROBIOLÓGICA, 14(2), 161–165. Retrieved from https://hidrobiologica.izt.uam.mx/index.php/revHidro/article/view/944

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