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Of a total number of 263 individuals measured, 179 were females,
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, and 18 were undetermined, including mostly immature specimens. Their size (TL) ranged between a minimum of
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and a maximum of 32.0 cm, with most individuals measuring between 17 and
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Mean (± SD) total lengths of females (21.5 ±
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) and males (20.5 ±
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) did not differ statistically (p&gt; 0.05) and were significantly greater than immature individuals (18.1 ±
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) (H = 13.65; p = 0.001). The relationship between TL and WT indicated an isometric growth (a = 0.011; b = 3.080), similar between females (a = 0.011; b = 3.074) and males (a = 0.077; b = 3.180).
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The surmullet sampled in the AMA zone were significantly larger than those sampled in the West and East zones (H = 46.41; p &lt;0.0001) (
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). Between-zone differences were significantly higher for females (H = 31.06 p &lt;0.0001) than for males (H = 6.85 p = 0.032). Females measured 23.0 ±
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TL in the AMA compared to 20.4 ± 0.5 and 19.5 ±
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in the West and East zones, respectively. Males were larger (21.3 ±
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) in the AMA than in the East zone (19.2 ±
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), but did not significantly differ from those of the West zone (20.2 ±
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). On average, larger individuals were sampled in autumn than in spring (H = 10.59; p &lt;0.001), for both females (22.1 ± 0.5 and 21.1 ±
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, respectively) and males (22.5 ± 0.8 and 19.6 ±
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, respectively) (H = 4.63 p = 0.031 and H = 14.26 p &lt;0.0001, respectively).
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Figure 2. Percentage of individuals of
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analyzed by two-cm size class (total length in cm) and by sex. N: number of individuals, F: females, M: males, Undet.: unidentified group includes immature individuals and those whose sex could not be identified.
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Figure 3. Mean (± SE) total length (TL, cm) of
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in West, AMA and East zones. N: number of analyzed individuals per sex in zones. Values with the same post-hoc letters (red for females, blue for males) are not significantly different (p&gt; 0.05).
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<paragraph id="113FA129D43EFFD36E45DB972F8B2DA3" blockId="3.[813,1455,249,465]" pageId="3" pageNumber="22">No difference in relative body condition (Kn) was found between males and females (p&gt; 0.05) or between study zones (p&gt; 0.05). Kn was higher in autumn (1.04 ± 0.09) than in spring (0.99 ± 0.10) for the whole population (H = 7.88; p = 0.005). However, contrasted seasonal tendencies occurred between zones with higher mean Kn values in the AMA in spring and in the West zone in autumn (Tab. II).</paragraph>
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<td id="EC61CA17D43E002F6F3FDA5A286E2D3F" box="[552,614,311,333]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="22">± 0.01</td>
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<td id="EC61CA17D43E002F6C58DA352B712D1C" box="[335,377,344,366]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="22">1.05</td>
<td id="EC61CA17D43E002F6C86DA352BC62D1C" box="[401,462,344,366]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="22">± 0.03</td>
<td id="EC61CA17D43E002F6CF1DA3528182D1C" box="[486,528,344,366]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="22">0.99</td>
<td id="EC61CA17D43E002F6F3FDA35286E2D1C" box="[552,614,344,366]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="22">± 0.02</td>
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<th id="EC61CA17D43E002F6D9ADA172AD52DE2" box="[141,221,378,400]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="22">Females</th>
<td id="EC61CA17D43E002F6DFBDA172B332DC3" box="[236,315,378,433]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="22" rowspan="2" rowspanBelow="1">Spring</td>
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<td id="EC61CA17D43E002F6C86DA172BC62DE2" box="[401,462,378,400]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="22">± 0.01</td>
<td id="EC61CA17D43E002F6CF1DA1728182DE2" box="[486,528,378,400]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="22">1.06</td>
<td id="EC61CA17D43E002F6F3FDA17286E2DE2" box="[552,614,378,400]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="22">± 0.02</td>
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<td id="EC61CA17D43E002F6FD7DA1728F52DE2" box="[704,765,378,400]" gridcol="7" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="22">± 0.01</td>
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<td id="EC61CA17D43E002F6C58DAF62B712DC3" box="[335,377,411,433]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="22">0.92</td>
<td id="EC61CA17D43E002F6C86DAF62BC62DC3" box="[401,462,411,433]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="22">± 0.02</td>
<td id="EC61CA17D43E002F6CF1DAF628182DC3" box="[486,528,411,433]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="22">1.01</td>
<td id="EC61CA17D43E002F6F3FDAF6286E2DC3" box="[552,614,411,433]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="22">± 0.02</td>
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<td id="EC61CA17D43E002F6FD7DAF628F52DC3" box="[704,765,411,433]" gridcol="7" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="22">± 0.02</td>
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<emphasis id="23F47D3BD43EFFD36E3ADA9429C22E63" bold="true" box="[813,970,505,529]" pageId="3" pageNumber="22">Reproduction</emphasis>
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Juveniles dominated the
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TL size class and mature individuals started to dominate from the
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size class (&gt; 75%). Females strongly dominated in all size classes with an increasing female-male sex-ratio with size (
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the
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size class and reached 10:
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size class. Some size classes larger than
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were even exclusively composed of females.
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Higher sex-ratio values were measured in the West and East zones (3:1) than in the AMA (2:1) (
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), and in autumn than in spring (4:1 and 2:1, respectively) (
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).
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Figure 4. Percentages of both sexes and females:males sex-ratio of
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Figure 5. Mean gonado-somatic index (GSI, %) of
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with size (LT, cm) by sex.
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<emphasis id="23F47D3BD439FFD46D93DBB42B652C83" box="[132,365,217,241]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="23">Gonadosomatic index</emphasis>
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The gonadosomatic index increased with size for both females and males (
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). Females showed a higher increase in GSI with size than males. The linear relationships between individual size class and GSI by sex presented a higher slope for females (0.248) than for males (0.030). The highest GSI values were found in the
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Mean GSI differed among zones only for males (F = 5.39; p = 0.007), with higher values in the AMA compared to the West and East zones (
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). The apparently higher GSI for females in the AMA was not significant and was related to the greater individual size of females in this zone (F = 24.35; p &lt;0.0001). Season had a significant effect on GSI independently of size, which was a significant covariate for females and males (F = 54.30; p &lt;0.0001 and F = 10.14; p = 0.002, respectively). Both females and males showed a higher GSI in spring than in autumn (F = 31.35; p &lt;0.0001 and F = 9.19; p = 0.004, respectively) (
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). Gonad weight and gonadosomatic index were positively correlated with Kn (p &lt;0.0001; r = 0.28 and respectively p = 0.004; r = 0.18).
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<emphasis id="23F47D3BD439FFD46E3AD94C2E782E48" bold="true" box="[813,1136,545,570]" pageId="4" pageNumber="23">Gonadal development stages</emphasis>
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The gonadal development stages increased with size for both females (
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) and males (
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), but there were no significant differences between females and males (p&gt; 0.05). For females, stage I dominated in the
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, while stages III and IV were equally represented in
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size class (
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). For females, gonadal development stage III dominated in all zones, while stage VI was observed only in the AMA and West zones (
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). For males, stage II dominated in all zones (
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). For both females and males individuals in stage V were more numerous in the AMA. However, differences in gonadal development stage between zones were not significant (p&gt; 0.05) and were related only to differences in the individual size for both females and males (F = 44.20; p &lt;0.0001 and respectively F = 9.16; p = 0.004).
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Figure 6. Mean gonado-somatic index (GSI, %) of males and females of
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) season. Values with the same post-hoc let-letters (red for females, blue for males) are not significantly different (p&gt; 0.05).
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Figure 7. Mean percentage of gonadal development stages of
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) males. N: number of individuals.
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Figure 8. Mean percentages of gonadal development stages (GDS) of
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: By zone for females;
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: By zone for males;
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: By season for females;
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: By season for males. N: number of individuals.
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Lower gonadal development stages dominated in autumn for both females (II and III) (F = 50.12; p &lt;0.0001) (
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) and males (II and III) (F = 7.00; p = 0.010) (
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). Significant seasonal differences, independent of size, were also observed for both females (F = 70.63; p &lt;0.0001) and males (F = 18.21; p &lt;0.0001). However, development stages in males seemed to be in advance compared to females in autumn, as stage IV and V were observed for males, while stage I were still present in females. More advanced gonadal development stages occurred in spring, with stages IV, V and VI observed in similar percentages in both sexes.
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