Age and Growth Characteristics of Chalcalburnus mossulensis (Heckel, 1843) Living in Karasu River (Erzurum-Turkey)

Yildirim A., Haliloǧlu H. I., Türkmen M., ERDOĞAN O.

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, vol.27, no.5, pp.1091-1096, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 27 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2003
  • Journal Name: Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.1091-1096
  • Keywords: Age, Chalcalburnus mossulensis, Growth, Karasu River, Length-weight relationship, Turkey, Von Bertalanffy
  • Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The relationship of age, growth and length-weight was analyzed for Chalcalburnus mossulensis from the Aşkale region of Karasu River from November 1995 to October 1997. Fish in the sample groups were between 1 and 7 years and the ratio of males to females was 1:1.08. Von Bertalanffy equations were used to find the growth in length for both sexes. The growth parameters for males and females were estimated to be L∞ = 19.88869 cm, K = 0.1867795 and t0 = -2.3 and L∞ = 21.8742 cm, K = 0.168014 and t0 = -2.1, respectively. We also found that the length-weight relationships were a = 0.0129 and b = 2.913 for males and a = 0.073 and b = 3.136 for females.