Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Journal of Limnology and Freshwater Fisheries Research, cilt.4, sa.1, ss.17-24, 2018 (Hakemli Dergi)
In this study, the relationships between otolith dimensions and total length of chub(Squalius cephalus, L.1758) sampled from a few inland waters of Black Sea wasresearched. Chub samples were obtained from the four different localities (Abdal,Akçay, Terme and Yedikır). Power models were applied to estimate therelationships between the otolith measurements and total length (TL). Paired ttest, independent t test and ANOVA were done to test the data statistically. Theaverage total length of individuals sampled from Abdal, Akçay and TermeStreams, Yedikır Dam Lake varies between 11.49 ± 0.79 cm, 10.31 ± 0.52 cm,10.33 ± 0.29 cm and 11.11 ± 0.33 cm, respectively. When all the data wereevaluated according to localities, it was found that there was no difference interms of otolith breadth (OB) and otolith length (OL) for asteriscus and lapillusotoliths. There were differences in terms of otolith weight of lapillus in localities.There were no differences of asteriscus otolith weight of chub between localities.The relationships between TL and OB, OL and OW were determined using thepower regression equation and best fit was obtained between TL and OW forTerme (r2 =0.936) and Yedikır (r2 =0.912), OL for Akçay and Abdal Streams(r2=0.973).