[Coral-List] length-weight relationships for exploited reef fishes
Mark Tupper
mtupper at guam.uog.edu
Wed Oct 8 22:38:13 EDT 2003
Apologies for cross-postings.
Dear listers,
I am attempting to estimate biomass from visual estimates of abundance and length for reef fishes in Palau. I have been unable to find information on length-weight relationships for the following species:
Bolbometpon muricatum (bumphead parrotfish)
Cetoscarus bicolor (bicolor parrotfish)
Hipposcarus longiceps (Pacific longnose parrotfish)
Plectropomus areolatus (squaretailed coralgrouper)
Plectropomus laevis (giant coralgrouper)
I have checked FishBase but no luck there. If anyone can supply me with a length-weight regression for these species, I would be eternally grateful!
Thanks,
Mark Tupper
Dr. Mark H. Tupper, Assistant Professor
University of Guam Marine Laboratory
UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam, 96923, USA
Tel. (671) 735-2185; Fax (671) 734-6767
http://www.uog.edu/marinelab/tupper
Coordinator, Pacific Islands Marine Protected Areas Research Group
http://www.uog.edu/marinelab/mpa/mparg.html
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