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Length–weight relationships for 36 fish populations from a disturbed tropical estuary in northern Colombia
Author(s) -
De la HozM J.,
Narváez Barandica J. C.,
Solano O. D.
Publication year - 2009
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 - 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2009.01316.x
Subject(s) - estuary , biology , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , ecology
Summary The study reports length–weight relationships for 36 species belonging to 20 families of the estuarine zone of the Sinú River in northern Colombia. To the best knowledge of the authors, this study presents the first study on length–weight relationships for 10 species worldwide as well as seven new maximum lengths.