Length-weight and length-length relations for 21 fish species caught in Izmir Bay

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KARA A., ACARLI D., Ilkyaz A. T., Babaoglu A. O.

ACTA ADRIATICA, vol.61, no.2, pp.197-204, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 61 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.32582/aa.61.2.8
  • Journal Name: ACTA ADRIATICA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), CAB Abstracts, Environment Index, Geobase, Veterinary Science Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.197-204
  • Keywords: Fish species, length-length relationships, length-weight relationships, Izmir Bay, AEGEAN SEA, RIVER
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This study exhibits relationships between length-weight and length-length for 21 fish species caught in Izmir Bay. Coefficients a and b for the length-weight relationships (LWRs) and length-length relationships (LLRs) were calculated with W=aLb formulae and as equations of TL=a+bFL and TL=a+bSL respectively. Equations of length-length for converting standard length and fork length into total length and vice versa were proven linear. The involved relationships were significantly interrelated (R2>0.942). Values b in the LWRs varied from 2.21 to 3.96 (mean +/- SE: 3.15 +/- 0.08). The student's t-test showed that 87.9% of values b were significantly different from 3.