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Age and Growth of the Four-Spotted Megrim (Lepidorhombus Boscii Risso, 1810) from Saros Bay (Northern Aegean Sea, Turkey) Mediterranean Marine Science Vol. 14, 2013 Age and growth of four-spotted megrim (Lepidorhombus boscii Risso, 1810) from Saros Bay (Northern Aegean Sea, Turkey) CENGIZ O. Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Fisheries, 17100, Canakkale, Turkey OZEKINCI U. Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Fisheries, 17100, Canakkale, Turkey ISMEN A. Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Fisheries, 17100, Canakkale, Turkey OZTEKIN A. Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Fisheries, 17100, Canakkale, Turkey https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.328 Copyright © 2013 To cite this article: CENGIZ, O., OZEKINCI, U., ISMEN, A., & OZTEKIN, A. (2013). Age and growth of four-spotted megrim (Lepidorhombus boscii Risso, 1810) from Saros Bay (Northern Aegean Sea, Turkey). Mediterranean Marine Science, 14(1), 36-44. doi:https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.328 http://epublishing.ekt.gr | e-Publisher: EKT | Downloaded at 29/03/2020 22:39:27 | Research Article Mediterranean Marine Science Indexed in WoS (Web of Science, ISI Thomson) and SCOPUS The journal is available on line at http://www.medit-mar-sc.net http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.328 Age and growth of the four-spotted megrim (Lepidorhombus boscii Risso, 1810) from Saros Bay (Northern Aegean Sea, Turkey) O. CENGIZ, U. OZEKINCI, A. ISMEN and A. OZTEKIN Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Fisheries, 17100, Canakkale, Turkey Corresponding author: [email protected] Received: 17 November 2012; Accepted: 11 October 2012; Published on line: 20 February 2013 Abstract In this study, the growth parameters of the four-spotted megrim, (Lepidorhombus boscii Risso, 1810), were studied in Saros Bay, which had been closed to bottom trawl fishing since 2000. The sex ratio of females to males was 1:0.42. Length-weight rela- tionships were W=0.0032L3.31 and W=0.0069L3.04 for females and males, respectively. Growth parameters of the populations were -1 -1 L∞=49.8 cm, k=0.09 year , t0=-2.15 year for females; L∞=39.1 cm, k=0.11 year , t0=-2.59 year for males. The growth performance index (Φ’) was found to be 2.35 and 2.23 for females and males, respectively. Keywords: Four-spotted megrim, age, growth, Saros Bay, northern Aegean Sea. Introduction from the Turkish Seas, however, is extremely limited. Jica (1993) conducted its stock assessment in the North- Age and growth of fish are fundamental to stock as- ern Aegean Sea. Bostanci & Polat (2008) studied the oto- sessment. Information on age is significant because it lith structure, otolith dimensions-fish length relationships sets the basis for the calculations of growth, mortality and age determination of L. boscii. Ismen et al. (2007) rates and productivity estimates (Campana, 2001), mak- and Ozekinci et al. (2009) reported the length-weight re- ing it a necessity for fisheries management (Cailliet et lationships of the four-spotted megrim from Saros Bay. al., 2001). Growth, however, is one of the most important The main aim of the present study was to estimate life history processes influencing the dynamics of a fish some basic biological parameters such as length distribu- population (Zhan, 1995). tion, sex ratio, age, growth, and length-weight relationships The four-spotted megrim (Lepidorhombus boscii of the four-spotted megrim captured from Saros Bay and Risso,1810), a sinistrally orientated flatfish belonging to compare these results with those of the previous studies. to Scophthalmidae, is one of most important groundfish species, inhabiting the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Materials and Methods part of the Atlantic from the British Isles to Angola (Bau- chot, 1987) and is common on soft sea bottoms at depths All individuals were collected, monthly, between down to 700-800 m (Nielsen, 1986). In Turkey, this spe- September 2006 and September 2008 using a commer- cies occurs in the Mediterranean, Aegean and Marmara cial bottom trawl net of 44 mm codend stretched mesh seas (Bilecenoglu et al., 2002). It is of commercial in- size at depths ranging between from 0 m to 500 m in terest, particularly when longer than 20.0 cm in length Saros Bay (Fig. 1), which had been closed to trawl fish- (Vassilopoulou, 2000). ing since 2000. The age and growth of the four-spotted megrim in the The samples were measured to the nearest 1 mm Atlantic were studied by Fuertes (1978), Castilho et al. (total length), and weighed to the nearest 0.01 g (total (1993), Santos (1994), Landa et al. (2002) and Teixeira weight). Differences in the sex ratio (female: male) were et al. (2010), while Bello & Rizzi (1987), Mannini et al. examined using a chi-square (X2) test, while the Mann- (1990), Stergiou & Politou (1995) and Vassilopoulou & Whitney U test was used to analyze the differences be- Ondrias (1999) reported data from the Mediterranean. In tween the mean total length and total weight of the sexes. addition, Robson et al. (2000) presented the growth pa- The length-weight relationship was calculated applying rameters off the west coast of Ireland. the equation W = aLb, where W is the total weight, L is the Published literature on the biology of this species total length and a and b are the parameters of the equa- 36 Medit. Mar. Sci., 14/1, 2013, 36-44 http://epublishing.ekt.gr | e-Publisher: EKT | Downloaded at 29/03/2020 22:39:27 | Fig. 1: Saros Bay and sampling stations. tion (Ricker, 1973). The growth type was identified using and 235 were males. The sex ratio was calculated as student’s t-test. 1:0.42 (F:M). The fish size ranged from 10.9 to 40.8 cm The otoliths from the blind side were used for age (TL) and weighed between 9.9 and 679.2 g. The mean to- determination, as the nucleus was more central here than tal length and total weight of the females were 25.6±0.32 the otoliths in the ocular side (Fig. 2) and it was easier to (11.4-40.8) cm and 202.68±7.35 (10.74-679.18) g, re- interpret the zones (Bostanci & Polat, 2008). spectively, while that of the males were 17.6±0.26 (10.9- Following removal, the blind side otoliths were first 30.3) cm and 50.00±2.67 (9.88-271.18) g, respectively. soaked in 5% HCL and 3% NaOH solutions, respective- The Mann-Whitney U and chi-square tests showed that ly, and washed in distilled water and subsequently dried. the mean total lengths and total weights between the sex- Age determination was performed using a stereoscopic es and the sex ratio were significantly different (P<0.05). zoom microscope under reflected light against a black The length-frequency distribution for females and males background, filled with the water. Opaque and transpar- of the four-spotted megrim (Lepidorhombus boscii Ris- ent zones were counted; one opaque zone plus one trans- so, 1810) from Saros Bay is displayed in Figure 3. parent zone was assumed to be one age mark. Length-weight relationships calculated for females The von Bertalanffy growth equation was calculated and males were: W=0.0032L3.31 (r2=0.99, 95% CL of -k(t - to) 3.04 2 according to Lt = L∞ [1-e ] for total length TL, where b=3.28-3.33) and W=0.0069L (r =0.97, 95% CL of Lt is fish total length (cm) at age t, L∞ is the asymptotic b=2.97-3.11), respectively (Fig. 4). The b-values showed fish length (cm), t is the fish age(year), t0 (year) is the significant differences for females and males (P<0.05). hypothetical time at which the fish length is zero, k is While b-values and t-test results indicated a positive al- -1 the growth coefficient (year ) (Sparre & Venema, 1992). lometric growth for females, an isometric growth was We used the growth performance index (Φ’) of Pauly & noted for males. Munro (1984), which takes into account the correlation The otoliths of 471 individuals were successfully ex- between L∞ and k, to compare the growth parameters es- tracted. These otoliths were used to investigate the age timated by different authors. and growth by three independent readers. Age was deter- mined from 422 otoliths. The remaining 49 otoliths were Results rejected due to the disagreement between readers or be- cause they were, generally, considered unreadable. Age In this study, a total of 2224 individuals were sampled distribution ranged from 1 to 13 years. The mean TLs during the study period. Of the 788 specimens examined corresponding to each age class are given for females and by picking the sub-samples randomly, 553 were females males in Table 1. Medit. Mar. Sci., 14/1, 2013, 36-44 37 http://epublishing.ekt.gr | e-Publisher: EKT | Downloaded at 29/03/2020 22:39:27 | Fig. 2: Blind side (a) otolith; ocular side (b) otolith and nucleus (N). Significant differences were found between the mean the selectivity of the gear (Ilkyaz et al., 2010), sampling lengths of each age class for females and males, except strategy, sampling period, variations in temperature and for age class I (Table 1). The von Bertalanffy growth differences between the trophic potential of the various -1 equations were computed as L∞=49.8 cm, k=0.09 year , areas (Ozaydin et al., 2000). The possible reasons of -1 t0=-2.15 year for females; L∞=39.1 cm, k=0.11 year , t0=- differences in the length-weight relationships could be 2.59 year for males. The growth performance index (Φ’) attributed to area, gonadal maturity, habitat, degree of was found to be 2.35 and 2.23 for females and males, stomach fullness, season, length range, sex, health and respectively.
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