Length–Weight Relationship and Condition Factor of Red Mullet (Mullus barbatus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758) from the Western Black Sea, Turkey

A total of 1021 specimens of red mullet Mullus barbatus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758 were collected by using bottom trawl between April and December 2013 from Western Black Sea of Turkey. Total fish length ranged from 6.9-14.5 cm and weight ranged from 2.60-31.36 g. The lengthweight relationships were de...

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Main Authors:	Dilek Türker, Habib Bal
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Natural and Engineering Sciences 2018-05-01
Series:	Natural and Engineering Sciences
Subjects:	Length-weight relationship Red mullet Mullus barbatus barbatus Western Black Sea
Online Access:	http://www.nesciences.com/download.php?id=356

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spelling	doaj-4a3644e24cb349d484ae0fe9f696b8702020-11-24T22:55:23ZengNatural and Engineering SciencesNatural and Engineering Sciences2458-89892458-89892018-05-013212012710.28978/nesciences.424653Length–Weight Relationship and Condition Factor of Red Mullet (Mullus barbatus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758) from the Western Black Sea, TurkeyDilek TürkerHabib BalA total of 1021 specimens of red mullet Mullus barbatus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758 were collected by using bottom trawl between April and December 2013 from Western Black Sea of Turkey. Total fish length ranged from 6.9-14.5 cm and weight ranged from 2.60-31.36 g. The lengthweight relationships were determined for males, females and combined sexes as W=0.0055L3.25 , W=0.0065L3.17, W=0.0059L3.21 respectively. All fishes have been found to be positive allometric growth (b˃3, P<0.001). The results indicated further that the length-weight relationships were highly correlated (r²>0.93, P<0.001). Fulton’s condition factor (K) was calculated as 0.968±0.16 for females, 0.970±0.14 for males and 0.974±0.12 for all individuals respectively.http://www.nesciences.com/download.php?id=356Length-weight relationshipRed mulletMullus barbatus barbatusWestern Black Sea
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spellingShingle	Dilek Türker Habib Bal Length–Weight Relationship and Condition Factor of Red Mullet (Mullus barbatus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758) from the Western Black Sea, Turkey Natural and Engineering Sciences Length-weight relationship Red mullet Mullus barbatus barbatus Western Black Sea
author_facet	Dilek Türker Habib Bal
author_sort	Dilek Türker
title	Length–Weight Relationship and Condition Factor of Red Mullet (Mullus barbatus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758) from the Western Black Sea, Turkey
title_short	Length–Weight Relationship and Condition Factor of Red Mullet (Mullus barbatus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758) from the Western Black Sea, Turkey
title_full	Length–Weight Relationship and Condition Factor of Red Mullet (Mullus barbatus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758) from the Western Black Sea, Turkey
title_fullStr	Length–Weight Relationship and Condition Factor of Red Mullet (Mullus barbatus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758) from the Western Black Sea, Turkey
title_full_unstemmed	Length–Weight Relationship and Condition Factor of Red Mullet (Mullus barbatus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758) from the Western Black Sea, Turkey
title_sort	length–weight relationship and condition factor of red mullet (mullus barbatus barbatus linnaeus, 1758) from the western black sea, turkey
publisher	Natural and Engineering Sciences
series	Natural and Engineering Sciences
issn	2458-8989 2458-8989
publishDate	2018-05-01
description	A total of 1021 specimens of red mullet Mullus barbatus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758 were collected by using bottom trawl between April and December 2013 from Western Black Sea of Turkey. Total fish length ranged from 6.9-14.5 cm and weight ranged from 2.60-31.36 g. The lengthweight relationships were determined for males, females and combined sexes as W=0.0055L3.25 , W=0.0065L3.17, W=0.0059L3.21 respectively. All fishes have been found to be positive allometric growth (b˃3, P<0.001). The results indicated further that the length-weight relationships were highly correlated (r²>0.93, P<0.001). Fulton’s condition factor (K) was calculated as 0.968±0.16 for females, 0.970±0.14 for males and 0.974±0.12 for all individuals respectively.
topic	Length-weight relationship Red mullet Mullus barbatus barbatus Western Black Sea
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Length–Weight Relationship and Condition Factor of Red Mullet (Mullus barbatus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758) from the Western Black Sea, Turkey

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