Individual, spatial and inter-sex variation in somatic growth: a study of Piaractus mesopotamicus (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae), a long-distance freshwater Neotropical migratory fish
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Lourenço, Luzia da S.
Faculdade São Paulo, Av. 25 de agosto, 6961 - Bairro São Cristovão, 76940 - 000 Rolim de Moura, RO, Brazil
bioluzia@gmail.com
Author
da Costa, Rosa Maria R.
Pós Graduação de Biologia de Água Doce e Pesca Interior, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis, 69060 - 000 Manaus, AM, Brazil
rosamaria.rcosta@gmail.com
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Rondon, Patrícia L.
Laboratório de Ecologia e Manejo de Recursos Pesqueiros, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Campus de Cuiabá, Av. Fernando Corrêa da Costa, sn, 78060 - 900 Cuiabá, MT, Brazil
patilunarondon@gmail.com
Author
Mateus, Lúcia A. F.
Laboratório de Ecologia e Manejo de Recursos Pesqueiros, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Campus de Cuiabá, Av. Fernando Corrêa da Costa, sn, 78060 - 900 Cuiabá, MT, Brazil
lafmateus@gmail.com
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Neotropical Ichthyology
2017
2017-06-26
15
2
e 160097
e 160097
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-20160097
journal article
10.1590/1982-0224-20160097
1982-0224
20127070
Tab. 1. Sample size (N), minimum total length (TL min), maximum total length (TL max), mean total length for each age group and standard deviation (SD) and coefficient of variation (CV) of the mean total length observed for each age, for males and females of the Piaractus mesopotamicus sampled from July 2006 to July 2007 in the Cuiabá River basin.| Age (Years) | Males | Females |
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| 2 | 3 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 4 | 5 |
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| N | 24 | 83 | 59 | - | 24 | 72 | 65 | 5 |
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| TL min | 34.00 | 34.50 | 36.00 | - | 29 | 36.00 | 37.00 | 45.00 |
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| TL max | 48.00 | 52.00 | 58.00 | - | 52.00 | 73.00 | 68.00 | 69.00 |
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| Mean (TL) | 39.77 | 41.57 | 43.34 | - | 39.79 | 44.99 | 50.09 | 52.80 |
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| SD | 3.804 | 3.656 | 4.715 | - | 4.185 | 7.665 | 8.781 | 9.497 |
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| CV | 0.076 | 0.001 | 0.108 | - | 0.155 | 0.170 | 0.175 | 0.179 |
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