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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />45 <br /> <br />pattern: Limited somatic growth persists for several weeks in the absence of food <br /> <br /> <br />(papoulias 1988; Papoulias and Minckley 1990). Although not examined here, other <br /> <br /> <br />workers have shown that differences in otolith versus somatic growth remain even if <br /> <br />starved individuals are again provided food (Eckman and Rey 1987; Bradford and Geen <br /> <br />1992). <br /> <br /> <br />Based on results of my laboratory study, otolith techniques clearly may be applied <br /> <br /> <br />to wild-caught razorback sucker larvae to determine age distributions and growth rates. <br /> <br /> <br />Temperature influences were not included in analyses, but under normal conditions do <br /> <br /> <br />not affect rate of circulus deposition, except when low enough to retard growth. Back <br /> <br /> <br />calculation of length at various ages is, however, not recommended since otolith growth <br /> <br />is not fully dependent on somatic growth and biased interpretations may result. <br />