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FISHERIES RESEARCH
Volume 231, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105712
Keywords
Reproduction; Myliobatidae; sigmoidal models; multi-model approach; Mexican pacific
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- Instituto Politecnico Nacional (IPN)
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT)
- project CONACYT [2543700]
- project SIP-IPN [20160084, 20170563, 20181417]
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The median disc width at maturity ((DW) over cap (50))) of males (n = 91, 32.2-92.0 cm) and females (n =157, 31.0-130.0 cm) of the bat ray (Myliobatis californica) was estimated through a multi-model inference in northwestern Mexico. Gompertz's model and four common logistics models (Lysack, Bakhayokho, White, and Brouwer and Griffiths) were compared and all fit the data well (Akaike's differences <= 2). Logistics models estimated the same (DW ) over cap (50) or M. californica, and had similar Akaike's weight suggesting that they are redundant models. Therefore, multi-model inference was performed individually with Gompertz's model and each one of the logistic models to estimate an average model ((DW) over bar (50)), resulting in 64.6 cm DW for males and 99.0 cm DW for females in all analyzes. Multi-model inference is a useful tool to estimate the (DW) over cap (50) of a species with greater reliability, but redundant models must not be combined in this analysis. Thus, in this case it is advisable to perform the multimodel inference with Gompertz's model and any of logistic models. The information obtained could contribute to the fishing management of the species, which becomes more relevant considering the high percentage of immature individuals of M. californica (53% of males and 90% of females) observed in the landings from Bahia Tortugas zone, Mexico.
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