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Species composition and length‐weight relationship of fishes in the Candaba wetland on Luzon Island, Philippines
Author(s) -
Garcia L. M. B.
Publication year - 2010
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.1439-0426.2010.01516.x
Subject(s) - biology , biota , wetland , range (aeronautics) , threatened species , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , ecology , habitat , materials science , composite material
Summary The length‐weight relationships or LWR (W = aL b ) of 18 of the 21 fish species caught in 2007–2008 from the Candaba wetland in central Luzon, Philippines are reported. These species belong to 14 families and the LWR of six species are first documented in this paper. Cyprinids comprised the greatest number of species. The high significance of the LWR parameters indicate that fish weight may be predicted from length, at least within the range of the fish lengths recorded. This first reference to the LWR of fishes from the Candaba wetland provides baseline data for the conservation management of fish biota in this threatened ecological resource.