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Some Biological Characteristics of the Transcaucasian spirlin, Alburnoides fasciatus (Nordmann, 1840) inhabiting Borçka Reservoir, NE Türkiye

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Some Biological Characteristics of the Transcaucasian spirlin, Alburnoides fasciatus (Nordmann, 1840) inhabiting Borçka Reservoir, NE Türkiye

Abstract

The present study investigates for the first time some basic biological aspects such as sex ratio, size composition, length-length relationships (LLRs) and length-weight relationships (LWRs) of Alburnoides fasciatus inhabiting Borçka Dam Lake and its tributaries from the lower Çoruh River Basin located in the northeastern Türkiye. Fish samples were collected from February 2017 to June 2019. Totally 171 specimens ranging from 7.4 cm to 16.2 cm TL and 4.06 g to 46.56 g were sampled. The sex ratio (F:M) was calculated as 1.19:1.00 (χ2 test; P>0.05). The total length-weight relationships were determined as W= 0.008TL3.154 (r2=0.987, N=93) for females, as W= 0.007TL3.183 (r2=0.990, N=78) for males and as W= 0.007TL3.205 (r2=0.981, N=171) for combined sex. The b-values were significantly different from isometric growth (b=3) indicating positive allometric growth of Transcaucasian spirlin for all sexes (Pauly’s t-test; P˂0.05). The regression analysis of LWRs revealed that the coefficient of determination was r2>0.9 showing a highly significant correlation between total length and weight. Results of the LLRs indicated that the values of correlation coefficient were highly correlated (r2>0.9) for each sex and relationship. The differences in b values of the LWR were statistically significant for both sexes (ANCOVA; P<0.05). The present study also reports a new maximum total length and weight data as 16.2 cm and 46.56 g for this species. This study will provide a baseline on some basic biological parameters of Transcaucasian spirlin for the fisheries management authority and fisheries scientists for further investigations as well as presents the first known reference on the LLRs and size structure of this species for the FishBase database. Furthermore, the reported results may contribute to the conservation and sustainability of this species in the area as well.

Keywords

Alburnoides fasciatus , Borçka dam lake , growth pattern , LLRs and LWRs , sex ratio

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Kaynak Göster

APA
Yeşilçiçek, T. (2022). Some Biological Characteristics of the Transcaucasian spirlin, Alburnoides fasciatus (Nordmann, 1840) inhabiting Borçka Reservoir, NE Türkiye. Journal of Anatolian Environmental and Animal Sciences, 7(4), 582-588. https://doi.org/10.35229/jaes.1208596