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Age and growth of bluespine unicornfish (Naso unicornis): a half-century life-span for a keystone browser, with a novel approach to bomb radiocarbon dating in the Hawaiian Islands
Allen H. Andrews,Edward E. DeMartini,Jeff A. Eble,Brett M. Taylor,Dong C. Lou,Robert L. Humphreys +5 more
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Bluespine unicornfish (Naso unicornis) from Hawaii were aged to >50 years using cross-sectioned sagittal otoliths and it was possible to describe length-at-age despite difficulties in counting otolith annuli beyond 30–40 years.Abstract:
Bluespine unicornfish (Naso unicornis) from Hawaii were aged to >50 years using cross-sectioned sagittal otoliths. Fish length was a poor indicator of age because of rapid and variable early growth...read more
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Natural bounds on herbivorous coral reef fishes.
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Working with, not against, coral-reef fisheries
TL;DR: In Palau, reef fish are consumed locally, while Palauan laws ban the export of reef resources as mentioned in this paper, which is consistent with the high gross primary production with little excess net production from undisturbed coral-reef ecosystems.
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Demographic plasticity facilitates ecological and economic resilience in a commercially important reef fish
Brett M. Taylor,Brett M. Taylor,John Howard Choat,Edward E. DeMartini,Andrew S. Hoey,Alyssa Marshell,Mark A. Priest,Kevin L. Rhodes,Mark G. Meekan +8 more
TL;DR: Reconstructed growth histories and population models demonstrated that variable growth types within populations can yield this peculiar biphasic mortality schedule, where fast growers enjoy early reproductive outputs at the expense of greater mortality, and benefits for slow growers derive from extended reproductive outputs over a greater number of annual cycles.
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Linear decline in red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) otolith Δ14C extends the utility of the bomb radiocarbon chronometer for fish age validation in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Beverly K. Barnett,Beverly K. Barnett,Laura Thornton,Robert J. Allman,Jeffrey P. Chanton,William F. Patterson +5 more
TL;DR: Barnett et al. as discussed by the authors used the bomb radiocarbon chronometer for fish age validation in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and found a linear decline in red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) otolith values.
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Use of post-bomb radiocarbon dating to validate estimated ages of Pacific bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis, of the North Pacific Ocean
TL;DR: In this paper, the ages of Pacific bluefin tuna (PBF), Thunnus orientalis, were validated by a novel use of post-bomb radiocarbon dating, based on a metric of the abundance of 14C relative to 12C in the core portion of the otoliths of PBF.
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