TABLES (contd.)

Table 26: Standard length (Sl, mm) of Carassius auratus from the Anzali Lagoon sampled in 1991. Rosa Lee method, correction factor 22.6 mm.

Age group	n	Sl at capture	Back calculated Sl for the previous growth seasons
Age group	n	Sl at capture	l₁	l₂	l₃	l₄	l₅	l₆
I	2	135	100
II	7	175	88	133
III	24	219	89	142	183
IV	24	258	95	148	191	227
V	9	275	87	134	183	222	252
VI	1	320	99	145	201	247	268	297
Total	67	Grand average	93	140	190	232	260	297
Increments in mm			93	47	50	42	28	37
Increments in % of the l₁ length			100	50	54	45	30	40
C_1h			38.0	42.8	37.9	26.4	34.6

Table 27: Linear growth of Carassius auratus in various waterbodies outside Iran. Only the best growing populations are considered.

Locality	L_inf.	K	t_o	Source
Kartal Lake	373.2	0.3982	0.0161	1
Trstená arm (middle Danube)	293.0	0.3385	0.0239	2
Danube delta USSR	398.9	0.2829	0.0495	1
Anzali Lagoon	385.4	0.2389	0.0654	3
Danube delta (Roumania)	429.3	0.2091	-0.0094	4
Chervonoe Lake (Belorussia)	446.0	0.1991	-0.0094	5
Kolárovo canal (Danube basin, Slovakia)	539.9	0.1733	0.0109	6
Polkovnikovo Lake (northern Kazakhstan)	486.8	0.1507	0.0667	7

Note: The Von Bertalanffy equation in this and other tables of this type were calculated from data of other authors:
1 - Kukuradze and Mariyash (1975),
2 - Černý (1990),
3 - our data,
4 - Papadopol and Mester (1980),
5 - Zhukov (1965),
6 - Makara (1979),
7 - Ereshchenko (1959)

Table 28: Linear growth of Cyprinus carpio from various localities of the southern Caspian Sea and coastal waters.

Locality	L_inf.	K	t_o	source
Astara River 1926	529.0	0.3037	-0.0446	1
Kura River 1926	700.3	0.2531	-0.0353	2
Sarysu Lake 1933	770.8	0.2510	0.2479	2
Southern Caspian 1933	946.3	0.1694	-0.0135	1
Anzali Lagoon 1991	777.3	0.1536	0.0842	3
Soyukhbulag 1960	1653.5	0.0529	0.0133	2

1 - Nikol'skii 1949;
2 - Abdurakhmanov (1962);
3 - our data

Table 29: Catch of Rutilus frisii kutum in the Iranian waters of the Caspian Sea in 1987–1991.

Year	Catch (t)
1987	3500
1988	3500^*)
1989	5000^*)
1990	6500
1991	8855

* Approximate estimate

Table 30: Number of Rutilus frisii kutum fingerlings (million) released into Iranian waters of the Caspian Sea watershed in 1986–1991

Years	Total number released	Number released in the Anzali area ( % in brackets)
1985	38	?	?
1986	52	15	(29)
1987	72	18	(25)
1988	84	20	(24)
1989	140	30	(21)
1990	142	35	(25)
1991	170	35	(21)

Table 31: Differences in length (Sl, Sl_j1, Sl_j2; mm) in the young-of-the-year juveniles of Rutilus frisii kutum caught in Sowsar roga on 14.4.1991. Based on a number of juvenile marks present on scales. t = test between juveniles with one and two juvenile marks. **=P< 0.05. Mean (above) and ranges (below).

Number of juvenile marks	n	Sl at capture	Calculated Sl at formation of juvenile marks
			Sl_j1	Sl_j2
0	2	65.5
		58 – 73
1	26	66.7	39.6
		53 – 82	27 – 50
2	10	68.8	33.1	47.1
		61 – 81	25 – 46	30 – 55
t		0.74	3.14**

Table 32: Age composition by percent of Rutilus frisii kutum (numerator - one year, denominator - two years).

Age group	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
Males	-	-	12	35	47	6	-	-
Males	-	-	-	11	56	22	9	2
Females	-	-	-	20	40	40	-	-
Females	-	-	-	13	27	40	13	7

Table 33: Age/length key for Rutilus frisii kutum sample taken in the Anzali Lagoon in 1991. Data are percentage per 50 mm length groups

Years spent in freshwater after hatching
1									2
age group (year)								length group (mm)	age group (year)
VIII	VII	VI	V	IV	III	II	I		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	51 – 100	-	100	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	101 – 150	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	151 – 200	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	201 – 250	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	100	-	-	251 – 300	-	-	-	100	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	45	33	22	-	-	301 – 350	-	-	-	22	56	22	-	-
-	-	5	60	30	5	-	-	351 – 400	-	-	-	4	69	23	4	-
-	-	30	70	-	-	-	-	401 – 450	-	-	-	-	27	46	27	-
-	-	100	-	-	-	-	-	451 – 500	-	-	-	-	-	33	33	33
-	-	100	-	-	-	-	-	501 – 550	-	-	-	-	-	50	50	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	551 – 600	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100

Table 34: Growth in length (Sl, mm) of Rutilus frisii kutum males calculated from a sample taken in the Anzali Lagoon in 1991, separated according to number of years spent in freshwater after hatching (above-one year, below-two years). Absolute (in mm) and relative (in %) increments are also shown, as well as coefficient of condition (K), and weight at capture (w in grams).

Age group	n	Size at capture			Back calculated Sl for the previous growth seasons
Age group	n	Sl	w	K	l₀	l₁	l₂	l₃	l₄	l₅	l₆	l₇	l₈
I	38*	67	-	-	-	67*
II	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
III	3	77	-	-	56	56	77
III	4	334	467	1.20	44	127	230	334
IV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
IV	12	344	654	1.58	44	77	180	281	344
V	5	310	575	1.68	36	65	99	204	310
V	16	377	800	1.55	38	62	140	240	319	377
VI	26	370	757	1.52	38	58	100	210	308	369
VI	2	358	500	1.21	39	63	123	188	251	298	358
VII	10	367	819	1.53	39	66	100	165	245	321	367
VII	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
VIII	4	426	1283	1.56	44	55	89	162	238	320	393	426
VIII	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1	460	1400	1.44	43	74	118	161	241	281	381	422	460
Total	34	Grand average			41	82	168	261	315	338	358	-	-
Total	49	Grand average			40	62	99	180	268	323	380	424	460
Increments in mm					41	82	86	93	54	23	20	-	-
Increments in mm					40	62	37	81	88	55	57	44	36
Increments in % of						100	105	113	66	28	24	-	-
Increments in % of						100	60	131	142	89	92	71	58

* Not included in the total sum and grand everage respectively

Table 35: Growth in length of Rutilus frisii kutum females from the same sample as for males. Explanation of symbols same as in Table 34.

Age group	n	Size at capture			Back calculated Sl for the previous growth seasons
Age group	n	Sl	w	K	l₀	l₁	l₂	l₃	l₄	l₅	l₆	l₇	l₈
IV	4	388	760	1.32	48	71	184	304	388
IV	1	325	500	1.46	-	67	106	221	325
V	5	423	1317	1.65	43	90	177	258	367	423
V	5	415	1100	1.61	45	69	115	258	361	415
VI	6	463	1680	1.83	36	57	140	247	359	420	463
VI	6	451	1360	1.64	41	57	96	186	308	399	447
VII	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
VII	2	481	-	-	31	44	70	162	230	283	364	472
VIII	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
VIII	1	560	-	-	-	58	95	154	213	261	362	424	517
Total	16	Grand average			42	73	167	270	371	422	463	-	-
Total	15	Grand average			39	59	96	196	287	340	391	448	517
Increments in mm					31	94	103	101	103	51	41	-	-
Increments in mm					20	59	37	100	91	53	51	57	69
Increments in % of the l1 length						100	110	107	110	54	43	-	-
Increments in % of the l1 length						100	63	169	154	90	86	97	117

Table 36: Parameters of the von Bertalanffy equation characterizing linear growth of Rutilus frisii kutum from various localities

Locality	L_inf.	K	t_o	source
males
Anzali Lagoon 1969–1970	706.2	0.12374	-0.0261	1
Anzali Lagoon 1991 (1 yr spent in freshwater)	487.4	0.2259	-0.0895	2
Malyi Kyzylagach Bay 1960	790.8	0.1853	0.0627	3
Anzali Lagoon 1991 (2 yrs spent in freshwater)	1360.4	0.0516	-0.2083	2
females
Anzali Lagoon 1961–1970	804.2	0.2070	-0.0006	1
Malyi Kyzylagach Bay 1960	805.6	0.1826	0.0347	3
Anzali Lagoon 1914–1915	811.8	0.1607	-0.0752	4
Western Bank of Middle Caspian	1002.0	0.1061	-0.0436	4
Anzali Lagoon 1991 (1 yr spent in freshwater)	1042.0	0.0982	-0.0542	2
Bay of Astrabad	1137.0	0.0870	-0.0114	4
Bay of Kura	1302.3	0.0823	-0.0198	4
Anzali Lagoon 1991 (2 yrs spent in freshwater)	6202.7	0.0109	0.1840	2

1 - RaLonde and Razavi (1972),
2 - our data,
3 - Abdurakhmanov,
4 - Berg (1948–1949)

Table 37: Growth characteristics of the Rutilus frisii kutum in the Anzali Lagoon in 1970 and 1990. Figures from 1969–1970 calculated from data by RaLonde and Razavi (1972)

Sample analyzed (years)	C _1h between years of life
Sample analyzed (years)	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8
Males
1969–1970		55.2		45.9		25.7		18.9
1990–1991¹⁾		58.6		74.0		49.1		22.2		19.4
1990–1991²⁾		29.0		59.2		71.6		50.0		52.5		41.6		34.6
Females
1969–1970		64.7		41.3		26.7		24.5		21.0
1990–1991¹⁾		60.4		80.2		85.8		47.8		39.2
1990–1991²⁾		28.7		68.5		74.7		48.6		47.5		53.2		64.2

¹⁾ - one year spent in freshwaters;
²⁾ - two years spent in freshwaters

Table 38: Growth in length (Sl, mm) of Chalcalburnus chalcoides from the Anzali Lagoon in 1991

Age group	n	Sl at capture	Back calculated Sl for the previous growth seasons
Age group	n	Sl at capture	l₁	l₂	l₃	l₄	l₅
II	6	111	81	111
III	50	129	73	107	129
IV	21	173	78	113	142	173
V	3	189	73	108	130	157	189
Total	80	Grand average	76	110	134	165	189
Increments in mm			76	34	24	31	24
Increments in % of the l₁ length			100	45	32	41	32
C_lh			28.1	21.7	27.9	22.4

Table 39: Parameters of the von Bertalanffy equation characterizing linear growth of Chalcalburnus chalcoides from various localities in the Caspian Sea basin. Values other than for Anzali Lagoon calculated from data introduced by Abdurakhmanov (1962)

Locality	L_inf.	K	t_o
Kura (Shikhovo) 1945–1950	271.2	0.6101	-0.0271
Kura 1930's	358.8	0.4206	0.0007
Kura (Bank) 1948–1949	342.9	0.4135	0.0128
Kura (Bank) 1949–1950	343.0	0.4170	-0.0134
Kura (Pirsagat) 1940–1950	362.6	0.4088	-0.0149
Anzali Lagoon 1991	218.2	0.3739	0.0557
Kura 1966–1968	387.7	0.3558	0.0242
Kura (Khudat) 1930	405.6	0.2977	0.0460
Lenkoran 1954	362.3	0.2400	0.0031
Zyuidostav Kultuk 1945–1950	412.8	0.2054	0.0049

Table 40: Growth in length (Sl, mm) of Vimba vimba from the Anzali Lagoon in 1991

Age group	n	Sl at capture	Back calculated Sl for the previous growth seasons
Age group	n	Sl at capture	l₁	l₂	l₃	l₄	l₅	l₆
III	48	145	70	109	145
IV	70	171	67	104	138	171
V	20	200	64	102	141	173	200
VI	2	225	55	96	130	169	198	225
Total	140	Grand average	64	103	139	171	199	225
Increments in mm			64	39	36	32	28	26
Increments in % of the l₁ length			100	61	56	50	44	41
C_lh			30.4	30.9	28.8	25.9	24.4

Table 41: Parameters of the von Bertalanffy equation characterizing linear growth of Vimba vimba from various localities in the Caspian Sea basin. Values other than for Anzali lagoon calculated from data introduced by Abdurakhmanov (1962)

Locality	L_inf.	K	t_o
Terek River (1940's ?)	284.0	0.3419	0.0625
Dagestan 1910	296.6	0.3180	0.0639
Anzali Lagoon 1991	324.1	0.1952	0.0425
Terek River 1952	331.5	0.1783	0.0553
Sara Lake 1950's	356.6	0.1323	-0.0279

Table 42: Length composition, total mortality rate (A), survival rate (S) and instantaneous rate of total mortality (2) of Astacus leptodactulus in the Anzali Lagoon in 1990

Size group (OCL, mm)

Region		20–24	25–29	30–34	35–39	40–44	45–49	50–54	Σ
	n	-	118	292	133	40	9	-	592
	%	-	19.9	49.3	22.5	6.8	1.5	-	100
Seyjan	A	-	-	0.5445	0.6933	0.775	-	-	0.6086
	S	-	-	0.4555	0.3007	0.2250	-	-	0.3914
	Z	-	-	0.78	1.20	1.49	-	-	0.94

	n	1	103	445	360	281	95	1	1.286
	%	0.1	8.0	34.6	28.0	21.8	7.4	0.1	100
Siahdar -vishan	A	-	-	0.1910	0.2194	0.6619	0.9895	-	0.3760
	S	-	-	0.8090	0.7806	0.3381	0.0105	-	0.6240
	Z	-	-	0.21	0.25	1.08	4.56	-	0.47