%0 Journal Article
%T Growth of the Silverside Atherinella brasiliensis in Tramanda¨ª Estuary, Southern Brazil (Actinopterygii: Atherinopsidae)
%A Bervian
%A Giovana
%A Fontoura
%A Nelson F.
%J Neotropical Ichthyology
%D 2007
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
%R 10.1590/S1679-62252007000400008
%X the growth of atherinella brasiliensis (quoy & gaimard, 1824) was studied through monthly samples taken at tramanda¨ª lagoon, imb¨¦ county, rio grande do sul, brazil. animals were captured using a beach seine net. length-weight relationships and age- growth curves for males and females were adjusted. the growth parameters of the von bertalanffy growth formulae are linf=16.0 and k=0.883 for males and linf=17.0 and k=0.825 for females. first reproduction occurred one year after recruitment. once reaching maturity, adults of a. brasiliensis reproduced once more in the next spring with two-year-olds and disappeared soon after from size frequency distributions. a few captured animals showed a size compatible with an age of three years.
%K atherinidae
%K longevity
%K life cycle
%K life history.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1679-62252007000400008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en