Age and growth of the four-spotted megrim (Lepidorhombus boscii Risso, 1810) from Saros Bay (Northern Aegean Sea, Turkey)


Cengiz Ö., ÖZEKİNCİ U., İŞMEN A., ÖZTEKİN A.

MEDITERRANEAN MARINE SCIENCE, cilt.14, sa.1, ss.36-44, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 14 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.12681/mms.328
  • Dergi Adı: MEDITERRANEAN MARINE SCIENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.36-44
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Four-spotted megrim, age, growth, Saros Bay, northern Aegean Sea
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, the growth parameters of the four-spotted megrim, (Lepidorhombus boscii Risso, 1810), were studied in Saros Bay, which had been closed to bottom trawl fishing since 2000. The sex ratio of females to males was 1:0.42. Length-weight relationships were W=0.0032L(3.31) and W=0.0069L(3.04) for females and males, respectively. Growth parameters of the populations were L-infinity=49.8 cm, k=0.09 year(-1)=-2.15 year for females; L-infinity=39.1 cm, k=0.11 year(-1), t(0)=-2.59 year for males. The growth performance index (Phi') was found to be 2.35 and 2.23 for females and males, respectively.