Length–weight relationships of eight fish species from the lower section of the Uruguay River (Río Negro, Uruguay) |
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| Authors: | By F Teixeira de Mello N Vidal I Gonzalez-Bergonzoni C Iglesias |
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| Institution: | Grupo de Investigación en Ecotoxicología y Química Ambiental, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay;;Grupo de Investigación en Ecología Básica y Aplicada (I&D), Montevideo, Uruguay;;Sección Vertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay;;National Environmental Research Institute, University of Aarhus, Silkeborg, Denmark;;Department of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark |
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| Abstract: | This study reports length–weight relationships for Apareiodon affinis , Leporinus obtusidens , Cynopotamus argenteus , Loricariichthys melanocheilus , Parapimelodus valenciennis , Iheringichthys labrosus , Rhinodoras dorbignyi and Pachyurus bonariensis . Specimens were collected between 2006 and 2007 from the lower section of the Uruguay River. The study represents the first reference on weight–length relationships for three species and also provides the new maximum size for three species. |
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