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Does food quality affect the conditions of the sand and common gobies from the Gulf of Gdańsk, Poland?

Waligóra-Borek K., Złoch I., Sapota M. R., Fijałkowska M., Forycka K.

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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2005

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Vol. 34, No.3

39--55

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Sand and common goby specimens were collected from the costal waters in the vicinity of Sopot and Chałupy (Gulf of Gdańsk) from August to October. The relationship between the food consumed and the fish condition was investigated for both species using the Fulton and Clark factors, HSI, feeding intensity, and the index of relative importance. The results indicated that the mean values of the common goby condition factors (20 – 29 mm) were higher in September, the last month of reproduction. The sand gobies (30 – 39 mm) were characterized by lower condition factor values in September, one month after spawning. It was concluded that there is a direct link between diet composition and goby condition during spawning and in the months following it.

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Waligóra-Borek K., Sapota M. R., Forycka K.

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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2005

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Vol. 34, No.3

57--68

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In the Polish costal zone of the Baltic Sea two similar looking gobies – sand goby and common goby occur. In quantitative investigation both species are often taken as an one, because of difficulties in distinguish them. There are a few methods to differentiate sand goby and common goby - body pigmentation, shape of head and pigmentation of a spleen (Ławacz 1965). During the investigation it was proofed that compared species differ from each other also in biological characteristic. In the Gulf of Gdańsk spawning-season starts for sand goby in March and ends in September, for common goby it lasts from March to August. They have different sex ratio, but they have similar range of a HSI and GSI coefficients. Those differences and similarities are important for future investigations because they show that sand goby and common goby should be separated in studies

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Spatial (depth dependent) and temporal distribution of fish in sandy eulittoral of the tip of the Hel Peninsula (the Gulf of Gdańsk - Baltic)

Sapota M.R.

Oceanological Studies

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2001

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Vol. 30, No. 3-4

77-89

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Presence of fish from 10 species was confirmed in shallow close to shore waters on the tip of the Hel Peninsula, in period from early spring to late autumn. Zone from shore to 5 meter depth was investigated. The highest number and biomass were noticed in summer on 3 meter depth. As general biodiversity taking into account number increases with increasing depth, whereas biodiversity taking into account biomass is not so depth dependent. Flounder is the absolute dominant at all depths in investigated region. Common goby and three spined stickleback are two other significant species. Comparison of data from all investigated depths shows that sampling in the most close to shore zone (1 meter depth) let well describe fish community of near shore shallow waters in investigated area.