
%0 Journal Article
%A McNamara, DC 
%A Johnson, CR 
%T Growth of the ass's ear abalone (<I>Haliotis asinina</I> Linn&#233;) on Heron Reef, tropical eastern Australia
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1995/04/01
%V 46
%N 3
%P 571-574
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9950571
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF9950571 
%X Growth of ass's ear abalone (Haliotis asinina) was measured in situ (mark-recapture of adults) and in aquaria (juveniles) on Heron Reef, Queensland. A growth curve (y = 4.27L2.03 e-u, where y is the growth rate, L is the shell length, and u = 0.27L0.88) fitted to these data indicated a sigmoidal age-length relationship. It is estimated that H. asinina may grow from 2 mm to 35.6 mm in shell length in six months and 55.0 mm in one year. These growth estimates are consistent with temporal shifts in the size-frequency distributions of juveniles in the field. Peak growth rates, estimated at over 120 mm year-1 in young abalone (approximately 3-4 months of age), are the highest recorded for any abalone species. 
