title: First morphometric aspects and growth parameters of the European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758) for the Black Sea, Turkey
abstract: A total of 32 the European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758) on the rocky shores of 0-5 m depths in Ordu province in the southern Black Sea were carried out in order to evaluate morphometric aspects and growth parameters. The shell length (SL), shell width (SWi), shell thickness (ST) and shell weight (SW), total weight (W) and meat weight (MW) were measured in this study. The mean SL of the collected individuals was measured as 69.49 27.10 mm (min: 22.4, max: 145.8). Moreover, the avera
journal: Natural and Engineering Sciences