Some Observations on Relationships of the Liver, Ovary and Body Weights for Pipefish Species at the Lake Bafa Coasts (Muğla)

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https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v7i3.536-538.2430

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Pipefish, Syngnathus abaster, Syngnathus acus, Hepatosomatic index, Lake Bafa, Turkey.

Abstract

This study aims to determine various relationships between liver, gonad and body weights of the two pipefish species caught in two breeding seasons from the Bafa Lake (Muğla) coasts between 2014 -2016. Using beach seine-net in the lake, a total of 208 pipefish specimens (79 Synathus abaster and 129 Synathus acus) were sampled. L-W relationship and Fulton condition factor were W = 2E - 0.94.01, 0.035 ± 0.009 in S.abaster specimens. Also LW relationships and condition factor were W = 8E-0.93.83 , 0.033 ± 0.01 in S. acus. On the other hand mean ± SD of HSI and GSI values were 2.18 ± 1.65 and 7.69 ± 7.12 respectively. In S.acus values 3.22 ± 3.13 and 5.49 ± 5.12 as well. The decrease in HIS and K values, provides sufficient information to claim that species in the lake spend all energy requirement obtained with proper feeding to growth and gonad development.

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Sule Gurkan, Department of Hydrobiology, Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, 35040 Bornova/İzmir

Temel Bilimler Bölümü Balıkçılık ABD İzmir Doç.Dr

Ertan Taskavak, Department of Hydrobiology, Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, 35040 Bornova/İzmir

Temel Bilimler Bölümü Balıkçılık ABD İzmir Prof.Dr.

Deniz Innal, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, 15030 Burdur

Biyoloji Bölümü Burdur Doç.Dr

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Published

12.03.2019

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Gurkan, S., Taskavak, E., & Innal, D. (2019). Some Observations on Relationships of the Liver, Ovary and Body Weights for Pipefish Species at the Lake Bafa Coasts (Muğla). Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology, 7(3), 536–538. https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v7i3.536-538.2430

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