Morphometric Analysis of the Critically Endangered Fan Mussel (Pinna nobilis L.) in Maliakos Gulf (Central Aegean)

In this study, we present the relationships between total length, unburied and shell width length net weight for critically endangered Pinna nobilis. This is first transplantation study in which live specimens of P. nobilis have been used estimating length–weight relationship by deploying length. Length–length were all linear cases (r2 > 0.900), whereas was negative allometric with values exponent b ranging from 2.159 to 2.828. These are important because they offer a restorative monitoring tool without damaging or sacrificing species, as can be computed using By examining different size dimensions re-allocated population, also provided valuable insights comparative growth studies, stock assessment models, conservation purposes.