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Length–weight relationships of fish species caught in a mangrove swamp in the Gulf of California (Mexico)
Author(s) -
González Acosta A. F.,
De La Cruz Agüero G.,
De La Cruz Agüero J.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of applied ichthyology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1439-0426
pISSN - 0175-8659
DOI - 10.1046/j.1439-0426.2003.00518.x
Subject(s) - mangrove , swamp , biology , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , ecology
Summary The relation between length ( L ) and weight ( W ) was estimated for 33 species representing 14 families of fishes from El Conchalito mangrove swamp, Gulf of California (Mexico). The parameter b estimated by nonlinear least squares of weight and length data, ranged from 1.41 to 3.68. Length ‐ weight parameters can be used for several biological or fishery purposes to enable the derivation of weight estimates from given a value of length or vice versa.