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Approaches to estimating fish biomass and potential yield in Lake Tanganyika
Author(s) -
Coulter G. W.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1977.tb04134.x
Subject(s) - lates , pelagic zone , fishery , biology , fishing , perch , biomass (ecology) , predation , abiotic component , fish <actinopterygii> , ecology
The annual fish yield of 73 000 tonnes (22.5 kg/ha) from Lake Tanganyika consists primarily of two planktivorous clupeids Stolothrissa tanganicae (Stdr.) and Limnothrissa miodon (Blgr.) and their centropomid predators, three Lates species (Nile perch) and Luciolates stappersii (Blgr.). At the north and south ends of the lake, the Lates spp. have been fished‐up by purse‐seines, and the clupeids and young L. stappersii predominate there. Estimates of pelagic fish biomass may employ (i) catch and fishing effort data (ii) abiotic variables (iii) echo‐sounding surveys (iv) tropho‐dynamic relationships.