Acta Adriatica, Vol. 61 No. 1, 2020.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.61.1.3
Population dynamics of the Mediterranean green crab Carcinus aestuarii Nardo, 1847 (Crustacea: Portunidae)in the Gediz Delta (İzmir Bay, Eastern Aegean Sea)
Eyüp Mümtaz Tiraşin
orcid.org/0000-0003-2597-9609
; Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, Dokuz Eylül University,Inciralti, Balcova 35340, İzmir, Turkey
Alp Salman
; Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, Bornova 35100, İzmir, Turkey
Meryem Akalin
; Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, Bornova 35100, İzmir, Turkey
Okan Özaydin
; Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, Bornova 35100, İzmir, Turkey
Abstract
A total of 6265 Mediterranean green crabs Carcinus aestuarii were sampled from the Gediz Delta in the eastern Aegean Sea (Turkey) during 24 sampling surveys with a 15-day interval from November 2014 to October 2015. The overall ratio of males to females was 1.8:1. Males were predominant in all sampling surveys, except in September 2015. The ranges of total weight (W) and carapace width (CW) for all crabs were 0.19–45.74 g and 8–53 mm. Male crabs were, on average, larger and heavier than females. The W–CW relationships were
Keywords
Mediterranean green crab; Carcinus aestuarii; growth; mortality; reproduction; size at first maturity
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Publication date:
30.6.2020.
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