Open AccessLENGTH‐WEIGHT RELATIONS FOR SEVERAL SPECIES OF PENAEID SHRIMP CULTURED IN PONDS NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Author(s) -
Hutchins David L.,
Chamberlain George W.,
Parker Jack C.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
proceedings of the world mariculture society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1749-7345
pISSN - 0748-3260
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1979.tb00054.x
Subject(s) - shrimp , mariculture , penaeus , body weight , fishery , zoology , linear regression , biology , mathematics , environmental science , statistics , fish <actinopterygii> , aquaculture , endocrinology
Length measurements are relatively easier to obtain than weight measurements. Length‐weight relationships provide a means of estimating weight based on length. Linear regressions using the model W = aL b were calculated from paired length and weight measurements (1972 through 1979) of Penaeus duorarum, P. occidentalis, P. setiferus, P. stylirostris , and P. vannamei cultured at the Texas A&M Shrimp Mariculture facility near Corpus Christi, Texas. Length‐frequency distributions and regression formulae for predicting weights from lengths are presented for each species.