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                                                                                    <journal-title>Karadeniz Fen Bilimleri Dergisi</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2564-7377</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Giresun University</publisher-name>
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                                    <trans-title>Length-Weight Realtionship and Seasonal Distrubition of Magalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus 1758) fish Size frequency Variation from Karachi Coast</trans-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Ahmed</surname>
                                    <given-names>Quratulan</given-names>
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                                                                    <aff>Department of Zoology, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Tabassum</surname>
                                    <given-names>Sadaf</given-names>
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                                                                    <aff>Department of Zoology, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Yousuf</surname>
                                    <given-names>Farzana</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Department of Zoology, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Türkmen</surname>
                                    <given-names>Mustafa</given-names>
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                                                                    <aff>Department of Biology, Faculty of Science &amp; Arts, University of Giresun, Giresun, TURKEY</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20130916">
                    <day>09</day>
                    <month>16</month>
                    <year>2013</year>
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                                        <volume>3</volume>
                                        <issue>9</issue>
                                        <fpage>115</fpage>
                                        <lpage>123</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20160622">
                        <day>06</day>
                        <month>22</month>
                        <year>2016</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2010, The Black Sea Journal of Sciences</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2010</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>The Black Sea Journal of Sciences</copyright-holder>
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                            <p>The study of seasonal variation in distribution of 167 fishes of magalaspis cordyla from the Karachi fish harbour collected seasonally (pre-monsoon, mon-soon, post-monsoon) between September 2011-August 2012. The highest catch of fish (68) was recorded in pre-monsoon season and the lowest catch of fish (47) was recorded in monsoon season. The highest mean length (38.6+ 0.746) and weight (288+ 21.90) was measured during pre-monsoon season and lowest mean length (22.5+ 0.671) and weight (120.5+ 2.73) was measured during mon-soon season. The highest mean condition factor (1.192+ 0.817) and minimum (0.500+ 0.038) was recorded in pre-monsoon season. Fish estimated negative and positive allometric growth because b values larger and less then 3 in pre-monsoon and monsoon season but post-monsoon season showed positive allometric growth because b value larger then 3 in all size classes</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
                                                                                
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                                                    <kwd>Magalaspis cordyla</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>   Length-Weight Relationship</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>   Karachi Coast</kwd>
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