Turkish Journal of Zoology
DOI
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Abstract
The maturity and fecundity of Squalus acanthias spiny dogfish sampled from the south-eastern Black Sea were studied. Age and length at 50% maturity were 10.49 years and 87.57 cm for males, and 11.99 years and 102.97 cm for females, respectively. Mean biennial fecundity was 19.4 eggs and 12.9 pups. A linear relationship between fecundities and length was found: F_e = 0.09 x TLp + 2.12 (r = 0.5) for pups and F_o = 0.27 x TLp - 21.59 (r = 0.7) for eggs.
Keywords
Maturity, fecundity, Squalus acanthias; south-eastern Black Sea
First Page
301
Last Page
308
Recommended Citation
DEMİRHAN, SEFA AYHAN and SEYHAN, KADİR (2007) "Maturity and Fecundity of Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias L., 1758) in the Eastern Black Sea," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 31: No. 4, Article 2. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol31/iss4/2
