Reproductive biology of the prawn Melicertus kerathurus (Decapoda: Penaeidae) in Thermaikos Gulf (N. Aegean Sea)

Table 4 Minimum size (CL, TL, in mm) at ST4 and size at first maturity based on the presence of advanced (vitellogenic and mature) or mature ovarian stages (CL_50ov, TL_50ov in mm) of female Melicertus kerathurus in Thermaikos Gulf and other geographical areas

Minimum size at ST4		Size at first maturity		Author (geographical area)
CL	TL	CL_50ov	TL_50ov	Author (geographical area)
	115.00			Abdel Razek (1985) (Southeastern Mediterranean Sea)
	110.00			Abdel Razek (1992) (lake Quarun)
		29.58–30.13^d	120–122^a	Rodríguez (1985) (Gulf of Cádiz, Atlantic Ocean)
		30.00^a		Silva et al. (2003) (Gulf of Cádiz, Atlantic Ocean)
32.20	130.50	45.56	175.18	Lumare et al. (2011) (South Adriatic Sea)
27.50	117.00	30.30^c	126.00	Ben Meriem (1993) (Gulf of Gabès, Mediterranean Sea)
39.00	141.00	46.00^b	165.00	Türkmen and Yilmazyerli (2006) (Smyrni Bay, Central Aegean Sea)
31.00	123.00	48.00^b	178.00	Türkmen et al. (2007) (Gulluk Bay, Southeastern Aegean Sea)
30.00	114.00	45.23^a	156.20	Conides et al. (2008) (Αmvrakikos Gulf, Ionian Sea)
32.24	129.00	40.70^b	160.04	Present study (Thermaikos Gulf, North Aegean Sea)

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