Author/Authors :
TALDE, C.M. University of the Philippines Mindanao - BSES Department, CSM, Philippines , MAMARIL, A.C.SR. University of the Philippines Diliman - Institute of Biology, Philippines , PALOMARES, M.L.D. University of British Columbia - Fisheries Centre - Sea Around Us Project, Canada
Abstract :
Freshwater fish fauna in the three floodplain lakes in Agusan Marsh, northeast Mindanao, Philippines is mainly composed of cyprinids and clariids (21.43 %) followed by belontiids (14.28 %) and the rest of the fauna (7.14 %). Length-weight relationship parameters and condition factors were estimated for nine species. Estimates of the parame-ter b ranged from 2.814 and 3.649. A brief discussion of the utility of data such as pre-sented in this study is included.
