TY  - JOUR
T1  - Length-Weight Relationship and Fulton’s 
  Condition Factor of <I>Macrobrachium nipponense</I> (De Haan, 1849) in Southern Coasts of the Caspian Sea, Iran
AU - Namin, Javid Imanpour AU - Nami, Elnaz AU - Heidary, Sanam 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 13
IS  - 2
SP  - 109
EP  - 112
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2014.109.112
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2014.109.112
KW  - Length-Weight Relationship (LWR)
KW  -Condition Factor (CF)
KW  -Macrobrachium nipponense
KW  -Caspian sea
KW  -combined
AB  - The Length-Weight Relationship (LWR) and Condition Factors 
  (CF) of 180 the oriental river prawn <I>Macrobrachium nipponense</I> collected 
  from Southern coasts of the Caspian sea from May through September 2012 were 
  studied. Shrimp samples were taken and immediately transferred to the laboratory 
  of fish biology at University of Guilan for further analyses. Length, weight 
  and other external features of all specimens were measured. The total length 
  and body weight of <I>M. nipponense</I> ranged from 1.58-8.8 cm and 0.41-6.27 
  g, respectively. A strong positive relationship was observed between the shrimp 
  length and weight in both sexes (r = 0.81). There were significant differences 
  in the condition factors of males and females (p&lt;0.05). The lowest CF value 
  was observed in June (CF = 0.89&plusmn;0.03) and the highest in July (CF = 1.90&plusmn;0.33). 
  In this study, the regression coefficient (b) was &lt;3.0 for males, females 
  and combined sexes which was reflecting allometric growth of the <I>M. nipponense</I>.
ER  -