Length-weight relationships of Nigerian coastal water fishes

R.P. King

Naga, 1996, vol. 19, issue 4, 53-58

Abstract: Length-weight relationships (LWR) of 76 fish populations, distributed among 11 families, 18 genera and 22 species, inhabiting coastal (marine/brackish water ) ecosystems in Nigeria were estimated (39 cases) or assembled from the literature (37 cases). The mean exponent (b = 2.912) is significantly less than 3. While the frequency distribution of a was positively skewed, that of b was approximately normal. The mean a and b data are also presented by fish genera and families.

Keywords: Length-weight relationships; Coastal fisheries; Coastal waters; Nigeria; Pisces (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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