Population Dynamics of Horse Mackerel (Trachurus Mediterraneus Ponticus) in the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast

Table 1

Various growth parameter estimates of T. mediterraneus along the Bulgarian coast.

𝐿∞ (cm)	𝐾	𝑡0	𝑡max	Method	𝜙	Locality
19.25	0.35	−0.59	8.57^1	Otolith	2.113	Bulgarian coast [9]
19.99	0.31	−0.49	9.67^1	Otolith	2.093	Bulgarian coast [32]
19.99	0.34	−0.46	8.82^1	Otolith	2.134	Bulgarian coast [31]
20.00	0.24	−0.98	12.5^1	Otolith	1.975	Bulgarian coast [31]
19.45	0.23	−0.93	13.04^1	Otolith	2.031	Bulgarian coast [31]
19.99	0.33	−0.29	9.09^1	Otolith	2.077	Bulgarian coast [31]
20.00	0.28	−0.81	10.7^1	Otolith	1.739	Bulgarian coast [31]
17.55	0.45	−0.19	6.66^1	Otolith	2.142	Bulgarian coast [33]
18.78	0.34	−0.82	8.82^1	Otolith	2.079	Bulgarian coast [34]
19.95	0.64	−0.55	4.7^1	ELEFAN I	2.406	Bulgarian coast^2

¹Based on the Taylor’s [17] assumption that 𝑡_max=3/𝑘.
²Present study.