Width/length-weight relationships of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun 1896) population living in Beymelek Lagoon Lake

Atar H. H., Secer S.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES, cilt.27, sa.2, ss.443-447, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 27 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2003
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.443-447
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: blue crab Callinectes sapidus, width/length-weight relationship, Beymelek Lagoon Lake, LENGTH RELATIONSHIPS, FISH, WATERS
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, the width/length-weight relationships by sex, combined with the condition factors, of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun 1896) population living in Beymelek Lagoon Lake (Antalya) were examined. A total of 1027 samples ranging from 5.1 to 18.1 cm in width and weighing between 8.92 and 448 g were collected and analyzed. The relationship between carapace width/carapace length and weight was W = 0.6804L(2.9364) with r(2) = 0.86 and W = 0.1907L(2.5656) with r(2) = 0.88 (where L = width or length of crab in mm and W = weight in g) and condition factors were 48.196 and 6.638 for all crabs.