TY  - JOUR
T1  - Length-Weight Relationships of 34 Fish Species from the Sea of Marmara, Turkey
AU - Deniz Bok, Tomris AU - Gokturk, Didem AU - Ekrem Kahraman, Abdullah AU - Zahit Alicli, Tugrul AU - Acun, Tan AU - Ates, Celal 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 10
IS  - 23
SP  - 3037
EP  - 3042
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2011.3037.3042
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2011.3037.3042
KW  - Length-weight relationships
KW  -coastal fish
KW  -allometric growth
KW  -Sea of Marmara
KW  -chondrichthyes
KW  -osteichthyes
AB  - Length-weight relationships were estimated for 34 coastal fish species of the Sea of Marmara namely <I>Arnoglosus laterna</I>, <I>Atherina boyeri</I>, <I>Blennius ocellaris</I>, <I>Buglossidium luteum</I>, <I>Callionymus lyra</I>, <I>Callionymus risso</I>, <I>Cepola macrophthalma</I>, <I>Chelidonichthys lucerna</I>, <I>Diplodus annularis</I>, <I>Eutrigla gurnardus</I>, <I>Gaidropsarus meditrraneus</I>, <I>Gobius niger</I>, <I>Lesueurigobius friesii</I>, <I>Lophius piscatorius</I>, <I>Merluccius merluccius</I>, <I>Merlangius merlangus euxinus</I>, <I>Mullus barbatus</I>, <I>Mullus surmuletus</I>, <I>Pomatomus saltatrix</I>, <I>Raja astarias</I>, <I>Raja clavata</I>, <I>Sardinella aurita</I>, <I>Scorpaena porcus</I>, <I>Serranus cabrilla</I>, <I>Serranus hepatus</I>, <I>Solea kleinii</I>, <I>Solea solea</I>, <I>Spicara smaris</I>, <I>Squalus acanthias</I>, <I>Squalus blainvillei</I>, <I>Syngnathus acus</I>, <I>Trachurus trachurus</I>, <I>Trigla lyra</I> and <I>Uranoscopus scaber</I>. Samples were collected between November 2006 and March 2007 using bottom trawl and commercial beam trawl at depths ranging from 30-100 m. This research is the first reference on length-weight parameters of 21 species for the Sea of Marmara. The parameters of a and b of the equation W = aL<SUP>b</SUP> were estimated. The b values of the species caught ranged from 1.51 for <I>Cepola macrophthalma </I>to 3.485 for <I>Atherina boyeri</I>. Whenever possible, the b values for the species obtained both in this study and some of the previously reported in the Turkish waters were compared.
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