1 Growth and Reproduction Properties of Capoeta trutta (Heckel,1843) in Karakaya Dam Lake

Abstract: In this study, 510 samples of Capoeta trutta living in Karakaya Dam Lake were studied. After determining sex distribution, size (length and weight), growth rates, and growth conditions factors of 210 C. trutta specimens were examined. The number of female and male specimens was 104 and 106, respectively. The age of females and males ranged between 1-7 and 0-7 years, respectively. The age-length, age-weight, and length-weight curves were constructed. According to the von Bertalanffy equation, females and males were: Lt = 89.5[1-e-0.0571(t+2.4138))], Wt = 9627.1[1-