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Length–weight relationships of 55 fish species from the Three Gorges Reservoir in the Yangtze River, China
Author(s) -
Chen S. B.,
Liao C. S.,
Li Z. J.,
Zhang T. L.,
Ye S. W.,
Liu J. S.
Publication year - 2016
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.13139
Subject(s) - three gorges , yangtze river , biology , china , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , ecology , hydrology (agriculture) , geography , archaeology , engineering , geotechnical engineering
Summary The paper reports the length–weight relationships of 55 species from the Three Gorges Reservoir ( TGR ) of the Yangtze River, China, and the largest reservoir in the world. A total of 24,176 specimens were collected from July 2012 to January 2015. Length–weight relationships for 33 fish species not recorded previously in FishBase, and the maximum total lengths computed for eight species are presented. The a values varied between 0.00054 and 0.01923, and the b values ranged from 2.729 to 3.583. The results will be useful for the application of sustainable management and conservation of these fishes in the TGR of the Yangtze River.