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Growth of Stegophiura nodosa (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) in the Pechora Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2020

Ekaterina A. Stratanenko Open the ORCID record for Ekaterina A. Stratanenko [Opens in a new window]  and
Stanislav G. Denisenko
Ekaterina A. Stratanenko*
Affiliation:
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia
Stanislav G. Denisenko
Affiliation:
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia
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Author for correspondence: Ekaterina A. Stratanenko, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The brittle star Stegophiura nodosa is one of the most abundant ophiuroid species living in Arctic seas and serves as a food resource for demersal fish. The study of autecological and biological patterns of S. nodosa is important for understanding the species reaction to environmental change. The growth features and growth rate of this brittle star from the Pechora Sea were estimated using the Gompertz equation as the basic mathematical model and compared with Bertalanffy equation parameters. Individual age was evaluated by counting the ring-shaped growth marks in the calcite structure of the animal's vertebral ossicle, where each visible ring was considered to be an annual growth mark. The calculations indicated: the theoretical limiting radius of the brittle star's ossicle (R∞) averages 318 ± 18 μm, and the exponential deceleration of the specific growth rate (g) is found to be 0.46 ± 0.02. The initial hidden growth marks were found to vary from 1–3, and the maximum lifespan of S. nodosa in the Pechora Sea (SE of the Barents Sea) is evaluated to be 9–10 years.

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Group growthgrowth marksindividual ageindividual growthlifespanStegophiura nodosavertebral ossicle
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 100 , Issue 7 , November 2020 , pp. 1129 - 1133
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2020

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