Length–Weight Relationship for Pomfret

1972 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 1079-1081
Author(s):  
J. I. Manzer

The length–weight relationship for 298 pomfret (Brama japonica) ranging in fork length from 30 to 49 cm, and caught in 1956 and 1957 in the Gulf of Alaska by gillnets varying in mesh size from [Formula: see text] (63 mm) to [Formula: see text] inches (133 mm) was examined. Covariance analysis of the data indicated that within years the length–weight relationship did not differ between males and females; and, on the average, both males and females of a particular length were significantly heavier in 1956 than in 1957. Allometric equations for each year based on data for sexes combined are considered more appropriate than a single equation based on pooled data. The equations relating weight in kilograms to length in centimeters, for 1956 and 1957, respectively, are[Formula: see text]and apply to the lower third of the known size range for pomfret in the Gulf of Alaska.

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Kende ◽  
V. H. Nirmale ◽  
U. R. Gurjar ◽  
U. Qayoom ◽  
N. Syed ◽  
...  

The moustached thryssa Thryssa mystax (Bloch and Schneider, 1801), is an important bycatch landed by trawl nets and mini purse seines at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. Morphometric characters and length-weight relationship of the moustached thryssa were studied from 876 specimens comprising of 436 males, 407 females and 33 indeterminates, collected from Ratnagiri. The coefficient of correlation of total length against other morphometric characters of T. mystax ranged between 0.3967 (against pre-pelvic length) to 0.9966 (against fork length). All morphometric measures had a high and moderate degree of correlation with total length. The length-weight relationship indicated isometric growth. The coefficient of correlation (r) for the length-weight relationship was estimated at 0.9327, 0.9266, 0.9743 and 0.9379 for the males, females, indeterminants and pooled data, respectively.


2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
SHAMIM AKHTER CHOUDHARY

In the present study, an attempt was made to study the effect of plant extract on Sexual behaviour of Mutant Strain (Curled) of Drosophila melanogaster. The LC50 has been estimated with 1% of the food media. The virgin females and males were isolated and fed with normal food media for three days. Then sub-lethal concentrations of 0.625 μl / 100 ml food, 1.2 μl /100 ml food, 2.5μl /100 / food of nicotine were mixed in food medium and allowed in flies to feed for two days. Then appropriate combination of untreated / treated males and females were introduced into the mating chamber. Courtship latency, mating latency and copulation duration were studied. After observation of the behaviour, mated flies were allowed to produce progeny. The sexual behaviour of bachelor male and virgin female obtained in the progeny was also studied. The pooled data were analyzed by student t-test and the result indicates p-value significant at 0.05 levels. The courtship latency was affected by in treatment but it is neither dose dependent nor sex dependent.


2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. iii321-iii321
Author(s):  
Karina Ribeiro ◽  
Sidnei Epelman

Abstract AIMS To describe the temporal and geographic variation in the incidence of pediatric CNS malignancies worldwide, presenting analyses by sex, period, region, and histological subtype between 1998 and 2012. METHODS Data were extracted from volumes IX to XI of the Cancer Incidence in 5 Continents, covering the periods 1998–2002 (1), 2003–2007 (2), and 2008–2012 (3). We pooled data from 44 countries, classifying them into 6 regions (Africa (AF), Asia (AS), Oceania (O), Europe (E), Central/South America (CSA), North America (NA)). Age-standardized incidence rates (ASIR per million, 0–19 years) were calculated and temporal variation was evaluated using incidence rate ratios (IRR) (95% CI). RESULTS The highest incidence (Period 3) was observed in NA (34.0 and 30.2 for males and females, respectively). Astrocytic tumors were predominant in all regions, with percentages ranging between 24.5% (E, females) and 45.6% (NA, females). Increasing trends (Period 3 x 1) were observed in AS (IRR=1.15, 95% CI 1.06–1.25), CSA (IRR=1.25, 95% CI 1.01–1.55), and NA (IRR=1.05, 95% CI 1.03–1.07), for males and in AS (IRR=1.15, 95% CI 1.05–1.26) and NA (IRR=1.08, 95% CI 1.06–1.11) for females. Geographic discrepancies in time-trends were observed for astrocytomas, ependymomas, medulloblastomas, other embryonal tumors, and other specified tumors. Reductions in the incidence of unspecified tumors from period 1 to 3 were noted in E, AS, and NA, ranging from -20% (E, females) to -66% (AS, females). CONCLUSIONS Heterogeneous trends and improvement in the registration of histological types were noted. Geographic variation can help to raise hypotheses to investigate etiologic factors.


2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-248
Author(s):  
Baghdad Science Journal

Age and growth of Varicorhinus damascinus (Val.) in Tigris river at Salahuldin province have been investigated. Monthly samples were taken during the period from September 1999 to August 2000, using small-meshed gill nets. The age data showed that there were six age groups and the dominant age groups were (III – IV) for both sexes. The results of the present study revealed that the increment in length of V. damascinus at the sites of study showed a tendency to decrease with the increase in age, after the third year of life in both sexes. The length-weight relationship of males and females were calculated and demonstrated in a straight line logarithmic formula, as follows: Log W = 1.5404 + 2.6885 log L for males r = 0.95 (P > 0.05) Log W = 1.6723 + 2.7877 log L for females r = 0.77 (P > 0.05) The values of the regression coefficient (b) indicated that the growth of both sexes of V. damascinus was allometric..


2020 ◽  
Vol 153 ◽  
pp. 01006
Author(s):  
Jalil ◽  
Achmar Mallawa ◽  
Faisal Amir ◽  
Safruddin

The size composition, length-weight relationship, and condition factor of Thunnus albacares were examined in Bone Bay. Sampling was conducted at two stations, i.e., Station I at Cimpu in Luwu Regency and Station II at Lonrae in Bone Regency between July 2018 and June 2019. 10246 and 2651 yellowfin tunas were captured in Station I and Station II, respectively. Measurement of the fork length ranged between 20 cm and 192 cm with an average length of 81,257 ± 33,456 cm in Station I, and between 26 to 162 cm with an average length of 95,479 cm in Station II. The weight measurement ranged between 0,35 and 99,21 kg with an average of 14,539 kg in Station I, and between 0,46 and 97,35 kg with an average of 26,978 kg in Station II. Calculation of the relationship was based on the formula W= 5,5−5FL2,7454 (R2 = 0,963) in Station I, and W=4,1−5FL2,9103 (R2 = 0,761) in Station II. The values of condition factor at Station I and Station II were 2,1395 and 3,4374, respectively. It is quite evident that the growth pattern of the yellowfin tunas at Bone Bay was negatively allometric, indicating that the length increased faster than the weight.


1952 ◽  
Vol 8c (5) ◽  
pp. 347-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan S. Hourston

Maskinonge from three regions were studied: the Lake of the Woods district in Ontario (called Western); the Kawartha Lakes and Georgian Bay district in Ontario (Central) and the St. Lawrence River district in Quebec (Eastern). Examination of 202 stomachs, 81 containing food, showed the maskinonge to be a general carnivore, preying mainly on fish over 150 mm. in length. The families Percidae, Catostomidae, Ameiuridae, Centrarchidae, Hiodontidae, Esocidae and Cyprinidae were represented, along with at least one Cambarus. The yellow perch, Perca flavescens, was the species eaten most frequently in all three regions. A common white sucker (Catostomus commersonnii) was found in a stomach of the hybrid E. masquinongy × E. lucius. Examination of the teeth of each specimen showed that they were being continuously replaced throughout the summer season.Rate of growth varied with sex and locality. Females had a significantly faster rate of growth, both in length and in weight, than did males. Maskinonge from the Western Region were shorter and weighed less than fish of the same age from the other two regions. Maskinonge of the Eastern and Central Regions reached the legal size of 30 inches fork length during their fifth summer, but in the Western Region they did not attain this size until their seventh summer. The length-weight relationship appears to be the same in the Eastern and Central Regions, whereas maskinonge from the Western Region tended to be heavier than those of comparable lengths from the other two regions. In all regions the length-weight relationship was a straight line when plotted logarithmically, its slope being estimated as 3.26 in the Eastern Region. Sexual maturity occurs first between the ages of three and six years, or about 575 to 800 mm. fork length. Specimens of a E. masquinongy × E. lucius hybrid appeared to be infertile. They did not differ from the maskinonge specimens in their length-weight relationships but made faster growth than did the maskinonge from the same region.


1961 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
GH Ford

The correlation between clean fleece weight and greasy fleece weight in South Australian strain Merino hoggets of both sexes in three widely different seasons was found to be Rams, 0.841, 0.890, 0.701 and Ewes, 0.846, 0.850 and 0.839. A covariance analysis of clean and greasy fleece weights showed no significant differences between slopes of individual sires, but significant differences between sire group means, indicating genetic variability for these two traits. It is concluded that the correlations are high enough to make selection for clean fleece weight by partial culling on the basis of greasy fleece weight, followed by scouring of midside samples of the fleece from the top sheep for greasy fleece weight, as advocated by Beattie (1956), practicable. The use of the clean fleece weight, greasy fleece weight relationship will rarely be sufficient on its own to formulate a selection plan. The conditions for the use of other aids to estimate clean fleece weight, such as the Neale squeeze machine, are discussed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 128 (4) ◽  
pp. 1057-1067 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary C Packard

Abstract The concept of biphasic, loglinear growth of the vertebrate brain is based on graphical displays of logarithmic transformations of the original measurements. Such displays commonly give the appearance of two distinct mathematical distributions – one set of observations following a steep trajectory at the low end of the size range and another set following a shallow trajectory at the high end. However, the appearance of two distributions is an artefact resulting from the logarithmic transformations. Observations of brain mass vs. body mass in each of the eight vertebrate species examined in the current investigation conform to a single mathematical distribution that is well described by a single equation fitted to the original, untransformed data by non-linear regression. Data for carp, chickens, kangaroos and rabbits are described by three-parameter power equations whereas those for dolphins and primates are described by exponential functions that rise rapidly to a maximum. The brain continues to grow throughout life in carp, chickens, kangaroos and rabbits but not in dolphins and primates. Future investigations of relative growth of the brain should be based on graphical and analytical study of observations expressed on the native mathematical scale.


2003 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Guyonnet ◽  
C Aliaume ◽  
J.-J Albaret ◽  
C Casellas ◽  
A Zerbi ◽  
...  

Abstract The biology of the clupeid Ethmalosa fimbriata (Bowdich) was studied as a potential bio-indicator of pollution in three bays of the Ebrie Lagoon, an inter-tropical lagoon in the Ivory Coast (western Africa). Bietri Bay was the most impacted by Abidjan's industrial and urban waste, Cocody Bay was characterized by the presence of eutrophic water, and Sud Boulay Bay, located in a rural zone, was least impacted. Sizes at first maturity (fork length) of E. fimbriata were lowest in the most polluted bay (Bietri: 80.8 and 83.5 mm for males and females, respectively), higher in the intermediately polluted bay (Cocody: 125 and 137.5 mm, respectively), and highest in the unpolluted bay (Sud Boulay: 135 and 145 mm, respectively). Owing to its hardiness, E. fimbriata is the dominant species in polluted water, constituting more than 75% of the total number of fish caught. As a consequence, fish diversity decreased and the community was less structured in the polluted environment than in the unpolluted one.


Author(s):  
C. Yau ◽  
P.R. Boyle

The ecology of the sepiolid Sepiola atlantica in Firemore Bay, Loch Ewe, on the west coast of Scotland was investigated by beam trawling surveys. Low densities of this species were present in the shallow sublittoral zone of the sandy bay. A size range of 4–21 mm dorsal mantle length (DML) was obtained, with no significant differences detected between the mean sizes of males and females. Males reached gonadal maturity slightly earlier and at a slightly smaller size than females. Sepiola atlantica was present in the bay in each of the months in which sampling took place suggesting a resident population, the structure of which varied considerably. Juveniles were found over a prolonged period of the year but peak recruitment (animals of 4–10 mm DML) was in May and July. Animals <4 mm DML were not caught and no egg masses were found in the trawls. In aquarium conditions, S. atlantica fed on live crustaceans such as mysids, Crangon crangon and Palaemon serratus, although Corophium volutator, an estuarine crustacean not normally found in the marine sandy bay, was the most accepted food.


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