Title
Length–weight relationships of freshwater fishes of the Alto Madre de Dios River (Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru)
Date Issued
01 December 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Abstract
The present work provides the estimates of morphometric relationships for 22 native freshwater fish species (11 Characidae, five Loricariidae, two Heptapteridae, one Astroblepidae, one Crenuchidae, one Curimatidae and one Erythrinidae) collected in the Alto Madre de Dios River (Cuzco and Madre de Dios, Peru) in June 2012 using a mobile backpack electrofishing unit. These are the first length–weight relationships reported for 24 species, mostly endemic to the Amazonian basin. Knowledge regarding these biometric relationships can be relevant in the management and conservation of the local fishes and fisheries.
Start page
1256
End page
1258
Volume
32
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología marina, Biología de agua dulce, Limnología
Acuicultura
Conservación de la Biodiversidad
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84992374826
Source
Journal of Applied Ichthyology
ISSN of the container
01758659
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus