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Length–length and length–weight relationships of fish species from the Lake Eyre Basin, Australia
Author(s) -
Sternberg D.,
Cockayne B.
Publication year - 2015
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/jai.12863
Subject(s) - biology , fish <actinopterygii> , structural basin , freshwater fish , fishery , drainage basin , ecology , geography , cartography , paleontology
Summary The Lake Eyre Basin in central Australia is one of the world's last unregulated dryland river systems. To facilitate future research in this area, the relationships between total length, standard length, and wet weight for 10 widespread, large‐bodied freshwater fish species are presented. All linear relationships were strong ( r 2 > 0.90) and values of the exponent b of the length–weight relationships ranged from 2.786 to 3.336. These results provide novel baseline data for species in this area.