<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of the study was to describe the biological and population characteristics of common whitefish, <italic>Coregonus lavaretus</italic> (L.), from Oder River estuary waters and to evaluate theoretical growth models for this species. Of the 100 fish analyzed, there was a greater share of males (56%), and individuals aged 2+ dominated (63%). The mean individual weight and total length was 957.6 g (range 401.0-2738.0 g) and 446.9 mm (range 358.0-605.0 mm), respectively, and the values of these parameters for the females were statistically significantly higher (P &lt; 0.05). The analyzed fish exhibited substantially faster growth in the first years of life and slower annual growth in subsequent years. In comparison with data from the literature, whitefish length growth was significantly higher than in the 1950s, but similar to the results of studies from the 1980s.</p></abstract>

The aim of the study was to describe the biological and population characteristics of common whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus (L.), from Oder River estuary waters and to evaluate theoretical growth models for this species. Of the 100 fish analyzed, there was a greater share of males (56%), and individuals aged 2+ dominated (63%). The mean individual weight and total length was 957.6 g (range 401.0-2738.0 g) and 446.9 mm (range 358.0-605.0 mm), respectively, and the values of these parameters for the females were statistically significantly higher (P < 0.05). The analyzed fish exhibited substantially faster growth in the first years of life and slower annual growth in subsequent years. In comparison with data from the literature, whitefish length growth was significantly higher than in the 1950s, but similar to the results of studies from the 1980s.

Growth rate and condition of a population of migratory common whitefish, <italic>Coregonus lavaretus</italic> (L.), from Oder estuary waters

Department of Fisheries Management of Inland Water, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin Krolewicza 4, 71-550 Szczecin, Poland

Department of Fish Biology, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland

Fisheries & Aquatic Life

Growth rate and condition of a population of migratory common whitefish,  (L.), from Oder estuary waters

The aim of the study was to describe the biological and population characteristics of common whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus (L.), from Oder River estuary...

Growth rate and condition of a population of migratory common whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus (L.), from Oder estuary waters

Published Online: May 04, 2010

Page range: 25 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10086-010-0003-2

Keywords
age structure, length and weight growth models, migratory whitefish

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