Some Growth Parameters of Macrobrachium mcrobrachion (herklots, 1851) from Luubara Creek in Ogoni Land, Niger Delta, Nigeria

Abstract

Abstract: Some Growth parameters of Macrobrachium mcrobrachion from Luubara Creek in Ogoni Land, Niger Delta, Nigeria was studied for a period of two years (January, 2006 -December, 2007. The parameters were evaluated using different applications in the FiSAT package such as the Powell-Wetheral plot; the ELEFAN 1 Scan, and the Non-Seasonalized Version of the Von Bertalanffy growth function (VBGF) to ensure accuracy. Powell-wetheral plot gave estimates of L4 as 81.53 mm TL), K was 2.06 per year, Z/K was 1