ISSN:
1573-5133
Keywords:
Length-frequency analysis
;
Length-weight relationships
;
Von Bertalanffy model
;
Diet composition
;
Anthropophagy
;
Brazil
;
Guyana
;
Venezuela
;
Amazon
;
Rupununi
;
Orinoco
;
Characiformes
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Synopsis A tentative set of growth parameters of the von Bertalanffy growth equation were estimated for the red-bellied piranha,Serrasalmus nattereri, a common characid of the Amazonas and adjacent floodplains, based on length-frequency data collected by R.H. Lowe-McConnell in Guyana. These parameters and related statistics are then used, along with published data from metabolic, field and feeding experiment data to estimate the relative food consumption of a population ofS. nattereri. This is complemented with biological data assembled from the scattered literature onS. nattereri to provide a ‘snapshot’ of this species.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02197858
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