Title: Length - Weight Relationship And Condition Factor Of Clarias Gariepinus Of Cross River Basin (Ndibe Beach) At Afikpo, South Eastern Nigeria
Abstract:Length- weight relationship (LWR) and condition factor (CF) of 57 Clarias gariepinus inhabiting Cross River basin, Ndibe beach, Afikpo was studied. The study lasted from November 2013-February 2014. T...Length- weight relationship (LWR) and condition factor (CF) of 57 Clarias gariepinus inhabiting Cross River basin, Ndibe beach, Afikpo was studied. The study lasted from November 2013-February 2014. The fish sampled were sexed and the lengths and weights determined using metre rule and electronic scale. The graph of length-weight relationship of males, females and both sexes were determined from the form W = aL b . Other parameters including a and b correlation r, were calculated from Log(Y) = a+b×Log(X). Monthly means condition factor was calculated using K = 100W/L3, the monthly total mean of length and weight of males, females and both sexes were calculated. The “b” value for the males was 1.2929, while that of the females was 1.3317 and combined sexes 1.2634. These shows negative allometric growth. Correlation coefficient (r) for males was 0.9583, for females was 0.9828 and for both sexes was 0.9474. The condition factor values ranged between 0.93-0.99. Thus, showing that the fish was in relatively good condition.Read More
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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