Comparison of the condition factor of five fish species of the araguaia river basin, central Brazil

dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Bruno Bastos [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorTejerina-Garro, Francisco Leonardo
dc.contributor.authorNeto, Carlos De Melo E Silva
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionUM2
dc.contributor.institutionDocente na Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás - PUC GOIÁS
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-11T17:03:50Z
dc.date.available2018-12-11T17:03:50Z
dc.date.issued2016-01-01
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to assess the condition factor (K) of five fish species (Serrasalmus rhombeus, Psectrogaster amazonica, Loricaria cataphracta, Panaque nigrolineatus and Squaliforma emarginata). Samplings were conducted during the low-water period of 2007 and 2008 using gillnets and minnow traps. All equipments were placed along a stretch of 1000 m at 5 pm and retrieved at 7 am. Collected fish were taxonomically identified, weighed (g) and measured (standard length; mm). The fish fitness was assessed by the condition factor (K=W/L) and compared among groups of tributaries by a Kruskal-Wallis test. From the five species considered, two (S. emarginata and P. amazonica) displayed significant differences of the condition factor among the groups of tributaries. The highest values of K correspond to fish located in the headwaters, while lowest values are observed in tributaries located in the floodplain.en
dc.description.affiliationAquicultura pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - UNESP
dc.description.affiliationEcologia de Sistemas Aquáticos Continentais pela Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques UM2
dc.description.affiliationCentro Universitário de Anápolis - UniEVANGÉLICA Docente na Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás - PUC GOIÁS
dc.description.affiliationDocente no Instituto Goiano de Engenharia e Arquitetura - INGEA Agronomia pela Universidade Federal de Goiás - UFG
dc.description.affiliationUnespAquicultura pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - UNESP
dc.description.sponsorshipConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdCNPq: CNPq No 471283/2006-1
dc.format.extent226-234
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.21664/2238-8869.2016v5i1.p226-234
dc.identifier.citationFronteiras, v. 5, n. 1, p. 226-234, 2016.
dc.identifier.doi10.21664/2238-8869.2016v5i1.p226-234
dc.identifier.issn2238-8869
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84976506089
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/173146
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofFronteiras
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,192
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectFitness
dc.subjectPsectrogaster amazonica
dc.subjectSqualiforma emarginata
dc.titleComparison of the condition factor of five fish species of the araguaia river basin, central Brazilen
dc.typeArtigo

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