A Re-assessment of the Growth Index for Quantifying Growth in Length of Fish with Application to Roach, Rutilus rutilus (L., 1758)

Abstract

Comparative assessments of mean growth rates in length across fish populations are useful for gaining insights into the conservation, management and control of species, especially at larger scales of distribution. The purpose of this study was to refine the Growth Index (GI), a useful measure for comparing species-specific growth rates in fish. Using literature-based length-at-age data for 299 populations of roach Rutilus rutilus, a widespread freshwater fish of Eurasian distribution, the GI was calibrated and the previously semi-quantitatively defined ‘slow’, ‘average’ and ‘fast’ growth categories were quantitatively re-defined. A threshold value of 114% GI separated ‘slow’ from ‘average’ growth populations and of 155% GI ‘average’ from ‘fast’ growth populations. Slow growth rates were identified along the entire latitudinal range of the species’ distribution, whereas below ≈37ºN all types of growth were encountered, indicating the importance of waterbody-related environmental factors in affecting growth in roach. Given the relatively widespread usage of the GI, species-specific calibrations leading to improved definition of corresponding growth bands are recommended for other widespread fish species of both economic value and ecological concern.

Keywords

• Caspian roach
• latitude
• length-at-age
• von Bertalanffy growth function

Boyca Büyümeyi Ölçen Büyüme İndeksinin Tekrar Değerlendirilmesi: Kızılgöz, Rutilus rutilus Uygulaması

Abstract

Balık populasyonları arasında boyca ortalama büyüme oranlarının karşılaştırmalı değerlendirmeleri özellikle yaygın dağılımları olan balıklarda türlerin kontrolü, yönetimi ve korunmasına yönelik bilgi edinme anlamında yararlıdır. Sunulan çalışmanın amacı balıklarda türe özgü büyüme oranlarını karşılaştırmada kullanışlı bir ölçü olan Büyüme İndeksi (Bİ)’ni düzenlemektir. Geniş bir Avrasya dağılımına sahip yaygın tatlı su balığı kızılgöz, Rutilus rutilus türünün 299 populasyonunda literatür tabanlı yaştaki boy verileri kullanılarak, Bİ kalibre edilmiş ve daha önce yarı kantitatif olarak ‘yavaş’, ‘ortalama’ ve ‘yüksek’ olarak tanımlanan büyüme kategorileri kantitatif olarak tekrar tanımlanmıştır. Eşik değeri olarak %114 Bİ ‘yavaş’ büyüyen popülasyonları ‘orta’ hızda büyüyen popülasyonlardan ayırırken, %155 Bİ değeri ‘orta’ hızda büyüyen popülasyonlardan ‘hızlı’ popülasyonları ayırmıştır. Yavaş büyüme oranları türün bütün enleme bağlı dağılım alanından tespit edilirken, ≈37ºN enleminin altında bütün büyüme tiplerine rastlanılmıştır bu durum da kızılgözün büyümesini etkileyen su kütlesine bağlı faktörlerin önemini göstermiştir. Bİ’nin nispeten yaygın kullanımı dikkate alındığında, büyüme kategorilerinin gelişmiş tanımlamalarını yapmaya yönelik türe özgü kalibrasyonların yapılması ekonomik değeri olan ve ekolojik önemi olan diğer geniş dağılımlı balık türleri için önerilir.

Keywords

• Kızılgöz
• enlem
• yaş-boy
• von Bertalanffy büyüme fonksiyonu

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