| Authors |
Location |
year |
sex |
a |
b |
r |
| Hashem [9] |
Red Sea (Saudi Arab.) |
1983 |
combined |
0.021 |
3.071 |
- |
| El-Gammal [13] |
Red Sea (Egypt) |
1988 |
Male Female |
0.012 0.011 |
2.838 2.841 |
0.99 0.99 |
| Mohamed [17] |
Mediterranean Sea (Egypt) |
1991 |
Male Female Combined |
0.018 0.017 0.012 |
2.830 2.866 2.934 |
0.99 0.99 0.99 |
| EL-Okda [23] |
Mediterranean Sea (Egypt) |
1998 |
Combined |
0.016 |
2.872 |
- |
| Taskavak and Bilecenoglu [18] |
Mediterranean Sea (Turky) |
2001 |
Combined |
0.047 |
3.203 |
0.98 |
| Mehannaand Abdallah [39] |
Mediterranean Sea (Egypt) |
2002 |
Combined |
0.022 |
2.820 |
0.93 |
| Bilecenoglu and Kaya [18] |
Mediterranean Sea (Turky) |
2002 |
Male Female Combined |
0.075 0.064 0.071 |
3.135 3.221 3.179 |
0.95 0.95 0.95 |
| Mehanna and Abdallah [39] |
Red Sea (Egypt) |
2002 |
Combined |
0.012 |
3.020 |
- |
| Tharwat and Al-Owafeir |
Red Sea (Saudi Arb.) |
2003 |
Combined |
0.013 |
2.990 |
0.99 |
| Bariche et al. [43] |
Mediterranean Sea (Lebanon) |
2005 |
Male Female Combined |
0.020 0.010 0.010 |
3.323 3.011 3.037 |
0.95 0.96 0.99 |
| Present study |
Bitter Lakes (Egypt) |
2011 |
MaleFemale |
0.0104 0.0095 |
3.0103.042 |
0.980.98 |
