The parameters a and b of the length-weight relationship of the form W = aL super(b) were computed for 40 species from tables/graphs presented in E. Balon's Fishes of Lake Kariba, Africa

Torres, F.S.B. Jr.

Aquatic Commons

Length-weight relationships of Lake Kariba fishes

Freshwater fish, Population dynamics, Stock assessment, Growth curves, Catch/effort, Recruitment, Fishery biology, Africa, Pisces

Moreau, J.

Palomares, M.L.D.

Pauly, D.

Torres, F.S.B., Jr.

Research Papers in Economics

French

(reimpression 1994). Age determination in tropical fish.

A comparison of otolithes and scales method of ageing and the growth of Sarotherodon mossambicus (Pisces : Cichlidae) in an impoundment in Venda (Southern Africa). South Afr.

A draft guide to the compleat ELEFAN.

A method for age determination from length-frequency data for large fishes with reference to Bagrus docmac,

A new method for estimating growth and mortality parameters from length-frequency data. Fishbyte 4(1) : 12-14 [erratum : ANNEXE 1. Formulaire suggere, adapte de certains tableaux de FishBase (Froese et Pauly

A review of the ELEFAN system for analysis of length-frequency data in fish and aquatic invertebrates,

A statistical study of a seasonal growth model for fishes.

A user'smanual for MAXIMS. A computer program for estimating the food consumption of fishes from die1 stomach contents data and population parameters.

Age, growth fecundity and natural mortality of several cichlids of Lake Malawi.

An atlas of the growth, mortality and recruitment of Philippine fishes,

Aspects qualitatifs et quantitatifs de I'alirnentation des poissons du Tchad. ORSTOM, Paris. 284 p. These Doct.

Biologie et dynamique des populations dlAlestes baremozedu IacTchad.

Biologie et ecologie des poissons d'eaux douces africains.

Biologie et evolution des peuplements de Cichlides (Pisces) introduits dans les lacs malgaches d'altitude. lnstitut national polytechnique de Toulouse, France. 345 p. These Doct.

Catalogue des poissons d'eau douce d'Afrique.

Catalogue des poissons d'eau douce dlAfrique.

Comme dit plus haut, les evaluations de la mortalite sont tres rares pour les poissons africains. Elles ne sont developpees que tout recemment avec I'introduction de I'examen des courbes de captures selon les longueurs (Pauly

Comparison of age-structured and length-converted catch curves of brown trout Salmo trutta in two French rivers.

Contributions to tropical fisheries biology. Papers prepared by the participants at the FA01 DANIDA Follow-up Training Courses on Fish Stock Assessment in the Tropics.

Contributions to tropical fisheries biology. Papers prepared by the participants at the FAOlDANlDA Follow-up Training Courses on Fish Stock Assessment in the Tropics.

Croissance de Sarotherodon galilaeus (Pisces : Cichlidae ) dans le lac Tchad. Cybium (nouv.

Croissance, mortalite et production de Brachysynodontis batensoda dans I'archipel sud-est du lac Tchad.

Dans le mirme ordre d'esprit, Pauly

de reproduction a ete determinee grace a I'etude des variations saisonnieres du rapport gonadosomatique des femelles (Durand

Distribution, reproduction and growth of catfish,

Donnees ecologiques et biologiques sur les populations dlAlestes barernoze (Jomnis) poisson Characidae du lac de barrage de Kossou. Universitk d'Abidjan. 278 p. These Doct.

Donnees sur la croissance de Citharinus citharus (Poisson Characiforme) dans le bassin tchadien.

Dynamique des populations piscicoles du bassin tchadien ; influence des secheresses saheliennes. Universite de sciences et techniques,

Ecological aspects of growth in African cichlid fishes.

Ecologie et biologie d'lchtyoborus besse besse (Joannis, 1835) (Pisces, Citharinidae) du bassin tchadien.

Ecologie et biologie de Petrocephalus bovei (Pisces, Mormyridae) dans les rivieres de CBte d'lvoire.

Ecologie et biologie des Alestes baremoze (Pisces, Characides) des rivieres de CBte d'lvoire.

Ecologie et biologie des Alestes nurse (Pisces, Characides) des rivieres de Cbte d'lvoire.

ELEFAN 1 : a BASIC program for the objective extraction of growth parameters from length frequency data.

Estimation of population parameters and their application to the development of fishery management models in two African rivers.

Etude du cycle reproducteur de Tilapia rendalli et Sarotherodon macrochir au lac Alabtra (Madagascar).

Evaluation des parametres demographiques chez Stolothrissa tanganycae et Limnothrissa miodon du lac Tanganyka.

Exploratory trawling of the Lake Victoria fisheries in Kenya during 1975. (Non publie). Mbadu,

Fish population dynamics in tropical waters : a manual for use with programmable calculators.

FISHBASE : une base de donnees sur les poissons.

FishBase user's manual, a biological database on fish.

Fitting a von Bertalanffy growth function (VBGF) with two growth checks per year.

Gonadal and reproductive patterns in Tilapia leucosticta (Teleostei, Cichlidae) in an equatorial lake,

Growth and mortality of dagaa Rastrineobola argentea in Lake Victoria. In Fish stock and fisheries in Lake Victoria. A handbook to HEST/TAFIRIlFAO/DANIDA Regional Seminar,

Growth and mortality of the introduced Lake Tanganyka clupeid, Lirnnothrissa miodon in Lake Kariba.

Growth parameters and mortality rates of Nile perch (Lates niloticus) estimated from length-frequency data in Nyanza Gulf,

Growth, mortality and mesh size selection of dagaa, Rastrineobola argentea in the Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria (Kenya),

Growth, mortality and recruitment of commercially important fishes and penaeid shrimps in Indonesian waters.

Influence des divers parametres sur I'estimation du rendement par recrue, application aux p6ches continentales tropicales.

Kainji Lake research project, Nigeria : the fish population of newly impounded Kainji Lake.

La consommation de nourriture chez les poissons : etude comparative, mise au point d'un modele predictif et application a ['etude des reseaux trophiques. lnstitut national polytechnique de Toulouse,

Lake Kariba : a man-made tropical ecosystem in Central Africa.

Lake Turkana : a report on the findings of the Lake Turkana Project (1972-1975). Overseas Development Administration,

Le Projet FishBase. ou comment de I'information dispersee sur le poisson peut 6tre rassemblee et rendue utilisable pour la recherche et le developpement.

Length converted C~~C~-CUN~S and the seasonal growth of fishes.

Length converted catch-curves. A powerful tool for fisheries research in the tropics.

Les etudes les plus abondantes ont porte sur la croissance, la reproduction et I'alimentation. Les evaluations publiees de mortalite sont rares (Balon et Coche 1974, Benech 1975, Tweddle et Turner 1977, Durand I978 ,

Les habitudes alimentaires des poissons d'eau douce africains,

Les modeles de relation trophiques : ECOPATH I et II,

Memoire sur la biologie des poissons du Niger moyen : biologie et croissance des especes du genre Alestes.

Modeles mathematiques applicables aux poissons tropicauxsubissant un arr6t prolonge de croissance.

Observations on the biology of two species of Tilapia from the Lagos Lagoon,

On a seasonally oscillating growth function.

On fitting Somer's equation for seasonally oscillating growth with emphasis on T-subzero.

On improving operation and use of the ELEFAN programs. Part II : improving the estimation of La.

On improving the resolution of the recruitment patterns of fishes.

On peut citer a titre d'exemples : le lac artificiel Volta (Ghana), le lac Nasser-Nubie (Egypte-Soudan), et le lac Cahora Bassa (Mozambique), malgre une abondante litterature a leur sujet (Kapetsky et Petr

On the interrelationship between natural mortality, growth parameters and the mean annual temperature in 175 fish stocks.

Population dynamics of two small cichlid fish species in a tropical man-made lake (Lake Kariba).

Predatory prey relations in Northern Lake Tanganyka and fluctuations in the pelagic fish stocks, p.104-129. In Predatory-prey relationships, population dynamics and fisheries productivities of large African lakes. FAOlCIFA/Occas.

Predatory-prey relationships, fisheries productivity and fish population dynamics in Lake Kariba. a review, p. 26-44. In D. Lewis (Ed.) Predatory-prey relationships, population dynamics and fisheries activities of large African lakes. FAOlClFA Occas.

Predatory-prey relationships, population dynamics and fisheries productivities of large African lakes. FAOICIFAIOccas.

Production of the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus). I. Growth, mortality and yield south of the Zambeze.

Quantitative estimation of the daily ingestion of phytoplankton by Tilapia leucosticta and Haplochromis nigripinnis in Lake George,

Reexamination of growth estimates in oceanic squid, the case of Kondakovia longimana (Onychoteuthidae).

Regimes alimentaires et relations trophiques des poissons du lac Tchad.

Relation entre le rapport PIB et la longevite des organismes.

Reproductive biology, length-weight relationship and relative conditon of Tilapia leucosticta (Trewavas) in Lake Naivasha,

Situation des grands lacs artificiels d3Afrique.

Sur la lecture des ecailles de quelques poissons du Niger moyen.

Table of yield functions for fishery management.

The dagaa (Rastrineobola argentea, Pellegrin) fishery in the Kenyan waters of Lake Victoria : a national review and proposal for future research.

The determination of age and growth from the scales of Barbus liberiensis (Pisces,

The ecology and fishery of dagaa Rastrineobola argentea (Pellegrin 1904). In Fish stock and fisheries in Lake Victoria. A handbook to HESTITAFIRIIFAOIDANIDA Regional Seminar,

The eels of Lake Kariba : distribution, taxonomic status, age, growth and density.

The FAO-ICLARM Stock Assessment Tools (FiSAT) user's guide. FA0

The fish resources of Lake Turkana and their environment.

The food and feeding habits of the catfish Chrysichthys walkeri (Gunther), C. filamentosus (Boulenger) and C. nigrodigitatus (Lacepede) in Lekki Lagoon,

The food, feeding habits and distribution of a siluroid catfish, Bagrus docmac (ForsskBII) in the Kenya waters of Lake Victoria.

The haplochromine fishes of East African lakes. 839 p.

The methods of reading scales of fishes of the intertropicale zone.

The reproductive biology and early development of the African pike, Hepsetus odoe, in the Okavango Delta,

The reproductive cycle, condition and feeding in Barbus liberiensis, a tropical dwelling cyprinid.

The use of opercular bones in the study of age and growth in Labeo senegalensis from Lake Kainji,

Trophic models of aquatic ecosystems.

Une selection de methodes simples pour I'estimation des stocks de poissons tropicaux.

Use of Fishbase in the context of the BDRM.

Zones humides et lacs peu profonds d'Afrique

Atlas demographique des populations de poissons d'eau douce d'Afrique