Length-Weight Relationships and Condition Factors of 15 Fish Species from KizilirmakYesilirmak Shelf Area, the Southeastern Black Sea

Year 2019, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 21 - 27, 31.01.2019

Ayşe Van Aysun Gümüş Serdar Süer

https://doi.org/10.28978/nesciences.522375

Cited By: 5

Abstract

Length-weight relationships of 15 fish species from Kizilirmak-Yesilirmak Shelf Area,
Southeastern Black Sea were described. A total of 21.246 fish specimens were caught between
2009-2014 using bottom and pelagic trawl nets. Parameters of b estimated for these species varied
between 2.82 and 3.49, and r
2 varied from 0.82 to 0.99. The lowest and the highest condition
factors were estimated for Aphia minuta as 0.50±0.005 and Scophthalmus maximus as 1.68±0.014,
respectively.

Keywords

Length-weight relationships, demersal fish, pelagic fish, Black Sea

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