TY - JOUR T1 - Biological Aspects of Rutilus rutilus (Roach) in Sapanca Lake (Turkey) AU - , Hacer Okgerman AU - , Muammer Oral AU - , Sibel Yigit JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 8 IS - 3 SP - 441 EP - 446 PY - 2009 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2009.441.446 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2009.441.446 KW - Roach KW -Rutilus rutilus L. KW -1758 KW -length-weight relationship KW -the von bertalanfy growth equation KW -Sapanca Lake AB - The age and the growth parameters of the roach (Rutilus rutilus L., 1758) caught in Sapanca Lake were investigated monthly between October 2000 and September 2001. The age values of the 398 roach caught were between 1 and 9 and the majority of the fish consisted of individuals of the 5 and 6 age group. The difference between the average lengths with respect to sex was significant in 1, 2, 5 and 8 age groups (p<0.05). The von-Bertalanffy equation was determined with Lt = 31.87 (1-e0.195(t+0.034)); Wt = 380.91 (1-e0.195(t+0.034))3 for males and Lt = 47.19(1-e0.109 (t+0.056); Wt = 1256.93 (1-e0.109(t+0.056))3 for females. The relationships between length and weight were found highly significant (r = 0.99). The differences of mean length, weight and condition factors between females and males in the same length groups were compared. The length-weight correlation was found to be W = 0.014 L2.933 for male and W = 0.013 L2.972 for female. The mean values of condition factors (K) of females and males were determined as 1.241±0.02 and 1.221±0.03, respectively. ER -