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Temporal variation in the abundance, species richness and values of some biodiversity indices for fish eggs and larvae
| Numeric data | Stage | March | April | May | June | July | April | September | October | November | December | January 13 | February 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individuals | Egg | 4234 | 97 | 1108 | 1912 | 60 | 47 | 39 | 13 | 284 | 35 | 368 | 233 |
| Larvae | 57 | 19 | 17 | 44 | 14 | 69 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | |
| Species richness | Egg | 13 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| Larvae | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Abundance (ind. 1000 m−3) | Egg | 26420 | 740 | 3440 | 10380 | 250 | 160 | 220 | 70 | 1700 | 200 | 2100 | 1290 |
| Larvae | 360 | 130 | 80 | 210 | 70 | 240 | 90 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 20 | |
| Dominance (D) | Egg | 0.6526 | 0.1553 | 0.3718 | 0.2222 | 0.2294 | 0.1019 | 0.3149 | 0.7278 | 0.8736 | 0.569 | 0.4672 | 0.6483 |
| Larvae | 0.7248 | 0.4404 | 0.3841 | 0.1477 | 0.7449 | 0.7845 | 0.6159 | 0.44 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.7222 | |
| Shannon-Wiener Index (H) | Egg | 0.8537 | 2.198 | 1.439 | 1.81 | 1.816 | 2.498 | 1.453 | 0.536 | 0.2897 | 0.9221 | 1.01 | 0.7782 |
| Larvae | 0.5441 | 1.129 | 1.115 | 2.107 | 0.5091 | 0.5521 | 0.8765 | 0.9503 | 0.6931 | 0.6931 | 0 | 0.4506 | |
| Pielou’s evenness component (J’) | Egg | 0.3328 | 0.7926 | 0.5314 | 0.5772 | 0.7885 | 0.9011 | 0.6989 | 0.4879 | 0.209 | 0.5729 | 0.5189 | 0.3542 |
| Larvae | 0.3925 | 0.7012 | 0.8044 | 0.8787 | 0.4634 | 0.2837 | 0.4892 | 0.865 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.65 |
Abundance and seasonal variations of ichthyoplankton species in different embryonic development stages in the Dardanelles between March 2012 and February 2013
| SPECIES | SEASON | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPRING | SUMMER | AUTUMN | WINTER | |||||||||
| EGG | PR | PL | EGG | PR | PL | EGG | PR | PL | EGG | PR | PL | |
| Arnoglossus laterna | 100 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 |
| Blennius ocellatus | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boops boops | 110 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 780 | 0 | 0 |
| Buglossidium luteum | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Callionymus lyra | 20 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Centrolophus niger Refers to species that were sampled only by vertical tows and the density unit of these species reflects number of individuals. PR refers to prelarvae and PL refers to postlarvae. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1* |
| Coris julis | 1510 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ctenolabrus rupestris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Dicenthrarchus labrax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Diplodus annularis | 4200 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diplodus sargus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Engraulis encrasicholus | 30 | 30 | 20 | 80 | 40 | 294 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eutrigla gurnardus Refers to species that were sampled only by vertical tows and the density unit of these species reflects number of individuals. PR refers to prelarvae and PL refers to postlarvae. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gaidropsarus mediterraneus | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 820 | 0 | 0 |
| Gobius niger | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Helicolenus dactylopterus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Hippocampus hippocampus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liza saliens | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlangius merlangus | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1210 | 0 | 0 |
| Merluccius merluccius | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 220 | 0 | 0 |
| Microchirus variegatus | 40 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Micromesistius poutassou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 0 |
| Mugil cephalus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mullus barbatus barbatus | 5640 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mullus surmuletus | 1020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Naucrates ductor | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Pegusa lascaris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Pomatoschistus minutus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sarda sarda Refers to species that were sampled only by vertical tows and the density unit of these species reflects number of individuals. PR refers to prelarvae and PL refers to postlarvae. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 Refers to species that were sampled only by vertical tows and the density unit of these species reflects number of individuals. PR refers to prelarvae and PL refers to postlarvae. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sardina pilchardus | 200 | 26 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1782 | 0 | 0 | 3320 | 29 | 12 |
| Scomber japonicus | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scomber scombrus | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Scorpaena porcus | 10 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serranus cabrilla | 841 | 12 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serranus hepatus | 150 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serranus scriba | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Solea solea | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sparus aurata | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spicara maena Refers to species that were sampled only by vertical tows and the density unit of these species reflects number of individuals. PR refers to prelarvae and PL refers to postlarvae. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sprattus sprattus | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 22741 | 255 | 90 |
| Symphodus ocellatus | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Symphodus rostratus | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Symphodus tinca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 0 | 0 |
| Trachinus draco | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trachurus trachurus | 50 | 0 | 10 | 130 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trigla lucerna | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 |
| Lepidotrigla cavillone Refers to species that were sampled only by vertical tows and the density unit of these species reflects number of individuals. PR refers to prelarvae and PL refers to postlarvae. | 1 Refers to species that were sampled only by vertical tows and the density unit of these species reflects number of individuals. PR refers to prelarvae and PL refers to postlarvae. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uronoscopus scaber | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Abundance | 14438 | 73 | 270 | 650 | 40 | 384 | 1930 | 10 | 20 | 29902 | 284 | 131 |