A comparison of growth of a vulnerable species, common carp, Cyprinus carpio (Actinopteri: Cyprinidae), from two different reservoir types in the same river basin
Hakkı Dereli
A * and Bahar Bayhan B
A Faculty of Fisheries, İzmir Katip Çelebi University, Çiğli, İzmir, Turkey.
B Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, Bornova,
Marine and Freshwater Research 74(14) 1224-1235 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF23061
Submitted: 27 March 2023 Accepted: 13 August 2023 Published: 31 August 2023
Abstract
The mechanisms underlying regional differences in growth parameters of common carp, Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758 (Actinopteri: Cyprinidae), are not yet fully understood, because comparisons among them have been made post hoc.
To simultaneously compare growth of common carp between sexes and between regions: Demirköprü Reservoir (DR) and Marmara Lake (ML), which have different structures (lowland type vs highland type) and are proximate to each other in the same river basin (Gediz River Basin).
Length-frequency distributions, length–weight relationships and three growth models (von Bertalanffy growth function (VBGF), Gompertz growth function (GGF) and Robertson growth function (RGF)) were used for both sexes and all individuals in reservoirs.
As none of the best-fitting models used among these growth models clearly suggested a ‘clear winner’ (Akaike’s weight (wi) > 0.9), the model-averaged multi-model inference (MMI) was used for the first time for common carp.
Asymptotic length obtained from MMI for all individuals in ML (lowland type) was statistically higher than that in DR (highland type) (P < 0.05).
Based on the maximum observed length and the mean L∞ obtained from MMI, the common carp population in the DR can be considered threatened by overfishing.
Keywords: asymptotic length, common carp, Cyprinus carpio, growth, length-frequency distribution, length–weight relationship, multi-model inference, reservoir type.
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