[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "MORPHOMETRICS AND BODY CONDITION OF GLOSSOGOBIUS OLIVACEUS",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Ta",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Chu",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Nguyen",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Tran",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Tran",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Ha",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Nguyen",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2022]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "32",
  "issue": "3",
  "page": "845-854",
  "DOI": "http://doi.org/10.36899/JAPS.2022.3.0485",
  "abstract": "<p>Little is known on growth and size relationships of&nbsp;<em>Glossogobius olivaceus,</em>&nbsp;a high-value commercial species in northern Vietnam. This study aimed to understand morphometric relationships, growth and condition factor of&nbsp;<em>G. olivaceus&nbsp;</em>from mangrove forests of the Ba Lat estuary, the Red River in northern Vietnam. Analysis of 679&nbsp;<em>G.&nbsp;</em><em>olivaceus</em>&nbsp;collected monthly from March 2018 to February 2019 showed a sex ratio of approximately 1:1. The mean total length and body weight were not significantly different between females and males. Length-weight relationships (LWR) for&nbsp;<em>G. olivaceus&nbsp;</em>showed high correlations that varied slightly by season. This species presented a positive allometric growth pattern as the slope&nbsp;<em>b</em>&nbsp;of the LWR which was significantly higher than the cubic value of 3. Estimates of condition factor (<em>K</em>) were not different from the value of 1, implying a favorable nutritional condition of specimens collected. Both the LWR (<em>b</em>&nbsp;slope) and condition factor (<em>K</em>) of&nbsp;<em>G. olivaceus&nbsp;</em>from our study varied by sex, and seasons indicated that&nbsp;<em>G. olivaceus</em>&nbsp;lives across variable environmental conditions. Furthermore, shifts in growth patterns between the breeding (<em>b</em>&nbsp;&asymp; 3) and non-breeding season (<em>b</em> &gt; 3) potentially suggest that this species has an adaptation strategy to monthly/seasonal environmental variability.</p>",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=Fish-20-0020"
}]