title: Length-weight relationship of Mugil cephalus (Linnaeus 1758) in Vellar estuary, southeast coast of India.
abstract: A detailed study on the length weight relationship of Mugil cephalus in Vellar estuary was conducted between January 2004 and December 2005. Statistical tests such as regression coefficient 'b' and 'a' tests were performed to compare the b values of males and females from the hypothetical value of 3. The b value of male (2.7658) differed significantly from the hypothetical value of 3 (t = -2.8586 < 0.05), the b value of female (2.8586) did not differ significantly from the hypothetical value (t = -1.0158 > 0.05). Values of both males and females were less than 3 which proved the negative allometry growth pattern.
authors.affiliation: Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Science, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murugan
authors.forename: S Ajmal
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Lyla
authors.forename: C Prasanna
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: K C A
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Jalal
authors.forename: B Y
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Kamaruzzaman
authors.forename: B Akbar
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: John
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001835:Body Weight; D063366:Estuaries; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000502:physiology*; D007194:India; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors