%0 Journal Article
%T Population Structures and Diets of Two Species of <i>Pisodonophis</i> (Ophichthidae) from the Southwest Coast of Taiwan
%A Feng-Jiau Lin
%A Hsiao-Yun Chang
%A Chun-Wen Tsao
%A Hung-Du Lin
%A Yih-Tsong Ueng
%J Natural Resources
%P 197-204
%@ 2158-7086
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/nr.2021.126014
%X <span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">This study was used</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> to</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> lift nets and trap net fishing at intertidal zone of lagoon and
estuarine regions of southern Taiwan. From July 2013 to July 2018, a total 420
specimens of </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Pisodonophis</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> were analyzed, the average total body length (TL) and average body weight (W)
of </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">P</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">. </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">boro</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> eels
are 68.4 ¡À 11.9 cm and 140.4 ¡À 86.1 g (N = 194), respectively. Typically, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">P</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">. </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">cancrivorus</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> eels are smaller
(TL = 52.8 ¡À 9.2 cm) and lighter (W = 107.9 ¡À 73.7 g [N = 119]) than </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">P</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">. </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">boro</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> eels. The natural
logarithmic linear relationships between the TL and W of </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">P</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">. </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">boro</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> and </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">P</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">. </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">cancrivorus</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> are respectively
expressed as ln(W)</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">b</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> = 2.4405 ln(TL)&nbsp;<span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;#8722;</span>&nbsp;5.4448 (R</span><sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">2</span></sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> = 0.796,
N = 194) and ln(W)</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">c</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> = 3.2168 ln(TL) <span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&amp;#8722;</span> 8.2027, (</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">R</span></i><sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">2</span></sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> = 0.934, N= 119). </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">P</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">. </span><i><span
%K &lt
%K i&gt
%K Pisodonophis boro&lt
%K /i&gt
%K &lt
%K i&gt
%K P. cancrivorus&lt
%K /i&gt
%K Population Structure
%K Diet
%K Overfishing
%K Taiwan
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=110118