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The relationship between condition and form factors of freshwater fishes of Croatia

Fulton's condition factor (K) is well established parameter in fishery management. Inside the population it depends on a variety of internal (genetics, stages in fish biology) as well as external (e.g. food availability, water quality etc.) parameters. Variations of K between the species are influenced greatly by the form of the fish species. The form of the fish can be very well described by the form factor. So, the aim of this paper is to report the condition factors for 43 fish species from Croatian freshwaters and to determine the relationship between K and form factor (a3.0) for 15 species for which the form factor is known.

freshwater fishes; condition factor; form factor; Croatia

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