Weight‐length relationships of 3 demersal fish species from Lebanese marine waters,eastern Mediterranean |
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| Authors: | S Lelli M Lteif S Jemaa G Khalaf M Verdoit‐Jarraya |
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| Institution: | 1. Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research – National Center for Marine Sciences (CNRS‐L/CNSM), Batroun, Lebanon;2. Centre de Formation et de Recherche sur les Environnements Méditerranéens, UMR 5110, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, Perpignan, France;3. UMR 5110, CNRS, Centre de Formation et de Recherche sur les Environnements Méditerranéens, Perpignan, France;4. Centre de Recherche sur les Ecosystèmes Marins (CREM), Port‐Barcarès, France |
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| Abstract: | Weight‐length relationships (WLRs) were estimated for 3 demersal species, from the Lebanese marine waters, eastern Mediterranean, namely Coelorinchus caelorhincus (Risso, 1810), Scorpaena elongata Cadenat, 1943 and Stephanolepsis diaspros Fraser‐Brunner, 1940. The specimens were collected using trammel and gill nets from June 2012 to October 2014. The values of parameter b of the WLRs W = aLb ranged from 2.922 to 3.708. Pronounced sexual dimorphism in WLR was observed for S. diaspros and none showed a WLR‐based geographical pattern of distribution. WLRs reported in this study should be applied only within the observed length ranges. |
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| Keywords: | fishes Lebanon weight‐length regressions |
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