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Year 2025, Volume: 8 Issue: 4, 253 - 264, 21.10.2025

Ali Kırtık

https://doi.org/10.3153/AR25025

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  • Da Ros, L., Bressan, M., Marin, M.G. (1985). Reproductive cycle of the mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis Lmk) in Venice Lagoon (North Adriatic). Italian Journal of Zoology, 52(3-4), 223-229. https://doi.org/10.1080/11250008509440522
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  • Eads, A.R., Evans, J.P. & Kennington, W.J. (2016). Plasticity of fertilization rates under varying temperature in the broadcast spawning mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis. Ecology and Evolution 6(18), 6578-6585. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2375
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  • Howard, D.W., Lewis, E.J., Keller, B.J., Smith, C.S. (1983). Histological Techniques for Marine Bivalve Molluscs and Crustaceans, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 5. (218p).
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  • Kurtay, E and Lök A. (2023). Growth rate, meat yield, condition index and reproduction of mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis, Lamarck 1819) integrated to a fish farm. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 67, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103210
  • Lowe, S., Browne, J.M., Boudjelas, S. (2000). 100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species Published by the IUCN/SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG), Auckland, New Zealand, 12.
  • Nakaoka, M. (1994). Size-dependent reproductive traits of Yoldia notabilis (Bivalvia: Protobranchia). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 114, 129-137. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps114129
  • Okaniwa, N., Miyaji, T., Sasaki, T., Tanabe, K. (2010). Shell growth and cycle of the Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis in Tokyo Bay, Japan: relationship with environmental conditions, Plankton Benthos Research, 5, 214-220. https://doi.org/10.3800/pbr.5.214
  • Rouabhi, Y.L., Grosjean, P., Boutiba, Z., Hacene, O.R., Richir, J. (2019). Reproductive cycle and follicle cleaning process of Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from a polluted coastal site in Algeria. Invertebrate Reproduction & Development, 63(4), 255-267. https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.2019.1631221
  • Seed, R. (1976). Ecology, 13- 66, Marine Mussels: their ecology and physiology, Bayne B.L., (Ed.), Cambridge University Press. Printed in G.B. 411p.
  • Seed, R. & R.A. Brown, R.A. (1977). A Comparison of the Reproductive Cycles of Modiolus modiolus (L.), Cerastoderma (=Cardium) edule (L.), and Mytilus edulis L. in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. Oecologia (Berl), 30, 173-188. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00345419
  • Shaw, B.L. & Battle, H.I. (1957). The gross and microscopic anatomy of the digestive tract of the oyster Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 35, 325– 347. https://doi.org/10.1139/z57-026
  • Shinen, J.S., Morgan, S.G., Chan, A.L. (2009). Invasion resistance on rocky shores: direct and indirect effects of three native predators on an exotic and a native prey species. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 378, 47–54. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07870
  • Smart, D.C., Heenan, S., Lokman, P.M., Lamare, M.D. (2021). Seasonal reproduction of the blue mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from two locations in southern New Zealand. Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 55(2), 311-325. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2020.1757472
  • Strickland, J.D.H. & Parsons, T.R. (1972). A practical handbook of seawater analysis. Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Bulletin 167p.
  • Suchanec, T.H. (1981). The role of disturbance in the evolution of life history strategies in the intertidal mussels Mytilus edulis and Mytilus californianus. Oecologia (Berl). 50, 143-152. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00348028
  • Sunila, I. (1981). Reproduction of Mytilus edulis L. (Bivalvia) in a brackish water area, the Gulf of Finland. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 18, 121-128
  • TUİK (2024). Su Ürünleri Ürün Raporu, 2024 https://arastirma.tarimorman.gov.tr/tepge/Belgeler/PDF%20%C3%9Cr%C3%BCn%20Raporlar%C4%B1/2024%20%C3%9Cr%C3%BCn%20Raporlar%C4%B1/Su%20%C3%9Cr%C3%BCnleri%20%C3%9Cr%C3%BCn%20Raporu%202024-403%20TEPGE.pdf
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Determination of the minimum reproductive size of mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck, 1819) in the Eastern Mediterranean

Year 2025, Volume: 8 Issue: 4, 253 - 264, 21.10.2025

Ali Kırtık

https://doi.org/10.3153/AR25025

Abstract

The minimum shell length of sexual activity of the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis, Lamarck 1819) was studied at three different stations in the Aegean Sea in November 2020. Individuals ranging between 7mm and 30mm in length were collected, and gonads were histologically observed in November, which is the initial sexually active month of mussels annually for this region. Water temperature was monitored in situ at the stations, and environmental parameters, chlorophyll-a and particulate matter were determined. Gonad activity was first observed in a male individual measuring 10 mm in length at Site I. First appearance of oogonia in females was observed at 14mm length in the shell at all Sites, while spawning was observed at 19mm. A statistically significant difference in the size at the onset of sexual maturity was found among stations (p<0.05).

Keywords

Mediterranean mussel Reproduction size Minimum gametogenesis size

Ethical Statement

The authors declare that this study does not involve experiments with human or animal subjects, and therefore, ethics committee approval is not required.

Thanks

I would like to acknowledge to Aynur Lök, Selçuk Yiğitkurt, Aysun Küçükdermenci and Evrim Kurtay for their support that is very significant to make this work.

References

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Ali Kırtık 0000-0002-5004-1391

Early Pub Date October 19, 2025
Publication Date October 21, 2025
Submission Date June 12, 2025
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