This study aims to suggest the methodology to improve to estimate back-calculated fish growth parameters using weighted average. It is to contribute to correct errors in the calculation of back-calculated growth equation with unequal numbers of sample by age. If the numbers of sample were evenly collected by age, each back-calculated length at age was equal between arithmetic and weighted averages. However, most samples cannot be evenly collected by age in reality because of different catchability by fishing gear and limitation of environment condition. Therefore, the estimation of back-calculated length by weighted average method is essential to calculate growth parameters. There were some published growth equations from back-calculated length using a simple arithmetic average with different numbers of samples by age when searching for back-calculated growth equations from 91 relevant papers. In this study, the process of deriving growth equation was investigated and two different average calculations were applied to a fish growth equation, for example of Acheilognathus signifer. Growth parameters, such as L∞, k and t0, were estimated from two different back-calculated averages and the growth equations were compared with growth performance index. Based on the correction of back-calculated length using weighted average by age, the changes by female and male were -14.19% and -5.23% for L∞, and 59.28% and 18.91% for k, respectively. The corrected growth performance index by weighted average improved at 7.05% and 2.46% by female and male, respectively, compared to the arithmetic averages.

넓은 범위의 염분에 대한 망둑어 3종의 적응성을 파악하기 위하여 이들의 생존 및 성장에 대한 염분농도의 영향을 검토하였다. 두줄망둑은 0~33.6‰의 염분범위에서 유의한 생존율 차이가 없었고, 점망둑의 생존율은 염분농도 13.4‰ 이상에서 90% 이상을 나타내었으며, 3.4‰ 이하에서는 80% 이하로 유의하게 감소하였다. 또한, 날개망둑의 생존율은 염분농도 3.4‰ 이상에서 90% 이상을 나타내었으나, 담수에서는 87.5%로 유의한 감소가 관찰되었다. 두줄망둑은 염분농도 13.4 및 20.2‰에서 가장 높은 일일성장률은 나타냈고, 담수에서 유의한 감소가 관찰되었다. 점망둑의 일일성장률은 염분농도 20.2~33.6 ‰ 이상에서 가장 높았고, 10.1‰ 이하에서 가장 낮아 이들 사이의 유의한 차이를 나타냈다. 날개망둑의 일일성장률은 염분농도 10.1~27.4‰에서 가장 높았으나, 담수에서 유의한 감소가 나타났다. 이상의 결과는 3종의 망둑어, 특히 점망둑은 낮은 염분에 노출되었을 때, 그들의 생존 및 성장에 영향을 받는다는 것을 의미하고 있어 이들의 분포 및 개체수에 잠재적인 영향을 받을 수 있을 것으로 예상된다.