Weight-Length Relationships for 39 Fish Species from the North-Eastern Mediterranean Coast of Turkey
Abstract
Weight-Length relationships (WLRs) were estimated for 39 fish species from the north-eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Samples were collected using trawl and longline gears at depths ranging from 5 to 100 meters. Captures were made between the years 2001 and 2003. The best-represented family was Sparidae with seven species, distantly followed by Serranidae (five species), Bothidae, Centracanthidae, Mullidae, Ophichthidae and Triglidae (two species). The remaining 17 families were represented only by one species. The estimates for the parameter b of the WLR (W = aLb) ranged between 2.334 and 3.564 with a median of 2.987.
References
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Weight-Length Relationships for 39 Fish Species from the North-Eastern Mediterranean Coast of Turkey
Abstract
Weight-Length relationships (WLRs) were estimated for 39 fish species from the north-eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Samples were collected using trawl and longline gears at depths ranging from 5 to 100 meters. Captures were made between the years 2001 and 2003. The best-represented family was Sparidae with seven species, distantly followed by Serranidae (five species), Bothidae, Centracanthidae, Mullidae, Ophichthidae and Triglidae (two species). The remaining 17 families were represented only by one species. The estimates for the parameter b of the WLR (W = aLb) ranged between 2.334 and 3.564 with a median of 2.987.
References
- Aksiray, F. 1987. Turkish Marine Fish Species and Their IdentiŞcation Keys (2nd edition). Publication of University of İstanbul, Turkey, 811 pp. (In Turkish).
- Beverton, R.J.H. and Holt, S.]. 1996. On the Dynamics of Exploited Fish Populations. Chapman and Hall, London, 533 pp.
- Draper, N.R. and Smith, H. 1981. Applied Regression Analysis. Wiley Series in Probability and Mathematical Statistics, John Wiley and Sons, USA, 709 pp.
- Dulcié, J. and KraljeVié, M. 1996. Weight-length relationship for 40 Şsh species in the Eastern Adriatic (Croation waters). Fish. Res., 28: 243-251.
- Edwards, A.L. 1976. An Introduction to Linear Regression and Correlation. W.H. Freeman and Company, USA, 213 pp.
- Fishbase 2005. Fishbase (www Database). R. Froese and D. Pauly, (Eds). Wold Wide Web Electronic Publications. URL: http://www.Şshbase.0rg (last Accessed 13 June 2005).
- Gonçalves, J.M.S., Bentes, L., Lino, P.G., Ribeiro, J., Canario, A.V.M. and Erzini, K. 1997. Weight-length relationship for selected Şsh species of the small-scale demersal Şsheries of the south and south-west coast of Portugal. Fish. Res., 30: 253-256.
- Morey, G., Moranta, J., Massuti, E., Grau, A., Linde, M., Riera, F. and Morales-Nin, B. 2003. Weight-length relationships of littoral to lower slope Şshes from the 50 selected Şsh species of the Algarve coast Western Mediterranean. Fisheries Res, 62: 89-96. (Southern Portugal). Fisheries Res, 9: 289-295.
- Petrakis, G. and Stergiou, K.I. 1995. Weight-length Whitehead, P.J.P., Bauchot, M.L., Hureau, J.C., Nielsen, J. relationship for 33 Şsh species in Greek waters and Tortonese, E. 1986. Fishes of the Nort—Easten Fisheries Res., 21: 465-469. Atlantic and the Mediterranean. The Chaucer Press,
- Santos, M.N., Gaspar, M.B., Vasconcwlos, P.V. and Bungay, Vol: HI, USA. Monteiro, C.C. 2002. Weight-length relationship for
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| Primary Language | Turkish |
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| Journal Section | Articles |
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| Publication Date | February 1, 2007 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2007 Volume: 7 Issue: 1 |