LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP OF MARINE COMMERCIAL FISH SPECIES IN RIO DE JANEIRO STATE, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Magda Fernandes de Andrade Tubino Laboratório de Biologia e Tecnologia Pesqueira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Melquíades Pinto Paiva Doutor em Ciências pela Universidade de São Paulo, Professor Titular (aposentado) da Universidade Federal do Ceará, Diretor Emérito do Instituto de Ciências do Mar, e Sócio Honorário do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32360/acmar.v40i2.6117

Keywords:

length-weight relationship, demersal and pelagic fishes, Rio de Janeiro State.

Abstract

Length-weight relationship parameters of thirteen species of demersal and pelagic fishes that are of economic and ecological relevance in the commercial fisheries of Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern of Brazil, are presented. These relationships indicate a positive allometry tendency for the regression slope, b in the sampled fish community.

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2007-12-01

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