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Shapes of otoliths in some Baltic fish and their proportions Cover

Shapes of otoliths in some Baltic fish and their proportions

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|Sep 2019

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Figure 1

Shapes of otoliths extracted from selected Baltic fish species; vertical bars next to each otolith represent 1 mm length
Shapes of otoliths extracted from selected Baltic fish species; vertical bars next to each otolith represent 1 mm length

Figure 2

Relationship between TL of N. melanostomus and a) otolith length; b) otolith width; c) otolith length/width ratio; d) examples of otoliths
Relationship between TL of N. melanostomus and a) otolith length; b) otolith width; c) otolith length/width ratio; d) examples of otoliths

Figure 3

Relationship between TL of P. fluviatilis and a) otolith length; b) otolith width; c) otolith length/width ratio; d) examples of otoliths
Relationship between TL of P. fluviatilis and a) otolith length; b) otolith width; c) otolith length/width ratio; d) examples of otoliths

Figure 4

Relationship between TL of P. flesus and a) otolith length; b) otolith width; c) otolith length/width ratio; d) examples of otoliths
Relationship between TL of P. flesus and a) otolith length; b) otolith width; c) otolith length/width ratio; d) examples of otoliths

Figure 5

Relationship between TL of C. harengus and a) otolith length; b) otolith width; c) otolith length/width ratio; d) examples of otoliths
Relationship between TL of C. harengus and a) otolith length; b) otolith width; c) otolith length/width ratio; d) examples of otoliths

Relations between otolith length, otolith width, otolith the length/width ratio and fish total length

speciesntotal length (cm)otolith length (mm)otolith width (mm)otolith length/width ratio
min.maxequationrequationrequationr
N. melanostomus307.120.0y = 3.769x−1.5700.988y = 7.725x−6.0280.974y = 25.545x−26.6550.837
P. fluviatilis1212.521.0y = 4.273x−4.8620.976y = 7.890x−1.5880.976y = 24.491x+70.2070.657
P. flesus218.826.0y = 5.575x−4.0400.971y = 9.629x−6.0410.976y = 19.699x−13.8770.347
C. harengus1612.529.0y = 7.005x−6.0990.967y = 17.131x−9.8990.917y = 19.758x−21.6450.585
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ohs-2019-0027 | Journal eISSN: 1897-3191 | Journal ISSN: 1730-413X
Language: English
Page range: 296 - 304
Submitted on: Nov 6, 2018
Accepted on: Mar 15, 2019
Published on: Sep 22, 2019
Published by: University of Gdańsk
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2019 Mariusz R. Sapota, Violetta Dąbrowska, published by University of Gdańsk
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