Length-weight relationship of eight decapod crustaceans of the Sığacık Bay, Aegean Sea coast of Turkey

Year 2011, Volume: 70 Issue: 1, 45 - 48, 03.06.2011

Tahir Özcan , Tuncer Katağan

Abstract

The parameters of the length-weight relationship of the form W = aL^b are presented for 8 species of crustaceans caught along the Sığacık Bay, Aegean Sea coast of Turkey. Samples from commercial trawlers were taken during September 2005 to July 2006. The ‘b' value ranged between 0.568 and 3.156.

Keywords

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Sığacık Körfezi’ndeki (Ege Denizi, Türkiye) sekiz dekapod krustasenin boy-ağırlık ilişkisi

Abstract

W = aLb‟ deki boy-ağırlık ilişkisi parametreleri Sığacık Körfezi‟nden (Ege Denizi, Türkiye) yakalanan 8 krustase türü için sunulmaktadır. Örnekler, Eylül 2005 - Temmuz 2006 tarihleri arasında ticari trolden alınmıştır. “b” değeri 0.568 ila 3.156 arasında değişim göstermiştir

Keywords

Boy-ağırlık ilişkisi, Dekapod, Derin su, Sığacık Körfezi, Ege Denizi, Türkiye

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