Validating a biophysical dispersal model with the early life-history traits of common sole (Solea solea L.).

ABSTRACT: Larval dispersal and juvenile survival are crucial in determining variation in recruitment, stock size and adult distribution of commercially important fish. This study investigates the dispersal of early-life stages of common sole (Solea solea L.) in the southern North Sea, both empirically and through modeling. Age at different life-history events of juvenile flatfish sampled along the coasts of Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom in 2013, 2014 and 2016, was determined through the counting of daily growth rings in the otoliths. Juveniles captured between August and October were estimated to be on average 140 days old with an average pelagic larval duration of 34 days. The hatching period was estimated between early April and mid-May followed by arrival and settlement in the n

SUBMITTER: Paoletti S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8457496 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature