Length‐weight relationships of seven fish species from Jequitinhonha River basin, southeastern Brazil

Summary The present study established the length‐weight relationships (LWR) for seven fish species from Jequitinhonha River basin, a Brazilian coastal drainage, collected with gillnets (3 to 16 cm) between 2011 and 2016. For the LWR, standard length and total weight were used. The allometric coeffic...

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Published inJournal of applied ichthyology Vol. 33; no. 6; pp. 1281 - 1283
Main Authors Salvador, G. N., Pessali, T. C., Andrade, A. F. A., Freitas, T. M. S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.12.2017
Subjects
Allometry
Animal morphology
Biogeography
Biological data
Biological effects
Biometry
Drainage basins
Fish
Gillnets
Length-weight relationships
River basins
Rivers
Species
Brazil
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Summary:Summary The present study established the length‐weight relationships (LWR) for seven fish species from Jequitinhonha River basin, a Brazilian coastal drainage, collected with gillnets (3 to 16 cm) between 2011 and 2016. For the LWR, standard length and total weight were used. The allometric coefficient b varied from 2.66 to 3.26. These results provide biological data for a region of extreme biogeographical importance that is suffering serious environmental disturbances.
ISSN:0175-8659
1439-0426
DOI:10.1111/jai.13502