Body condition is a major concept in ecology addressed in countless studies, and a variety
of non‐destructive methods are used to estimate the condition of individuals based on the …

Biologists have developed a wide range of morphological, biochemical and physiological
metrics to assess the health and, in particular, the energetic status of individual animals …

Studied were the length‐weight relationships (LWRs) and condition factors of two
threatened species, Rasbora tawarensis and Poropuntius tawarensis, endemic to Lake Laut …

Although the common carp (Cyprinus carpio), an invasive benthic fish from Eurasia, has
long been strongly implicated in the disappearance of vegetative cover and reduced …

Abstract North American black bullhead, Ameiurus melas, which were introduced to Europe
in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, have received relatively little study. With focus on …

Fisheries assessment tools originally created for use with game fish populations are now
helping to assess individual nongame species and to evaluate fish communities. Length and …

We generated a standard weight (Ws) equation for the blacktail redhorse Moxostoma
poecilurum by use of the empirical percentile (EmP) method. Length and weight data were …

Intersex white suckers (Catostomus commersoni) were collected in Boulder Creek and the
South Platte River downstream of wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent but not at …

Comparative physiology often provides unique insights in animal structure and function. It is
specifically through this lens that we discuss the fundamental properties of skeletal muscle …

This document has been prepared as part of an on-going program to provide reference
databases describing Canadian freshwater fish species ecology and life history …