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Table 1 Parameters of the weight–length relationship with a: coefficient and b: exponent

From: Evaluation of algal regulation by herbivorous fishes on Caribbean coral reefs

Species

a

b

Source

Scarus iserti

0.0166

3.0200

Claro and García-Arteaga (1994)

Scarus taeniopterus

0.0176

2.9990

Bouchon-Navaro (1997)

Scarus vetula

0.0251

2.9214

cf Sparisoma viride

Sparisoma aurofrenatum

0.0301

2.8184

Bouchon-Navaro (1997)

Sparisoma chrysopterum

0.0229

2.8801

Bouchon-Navaro (1997)

Sparisoma rubripinne

0.0474

2.6824

Bouchon-Navaro (1997)

Sparisoma viride

0.0251

2.9214

Bohnsack and Harper (1988)

Acanturus bahianus

0.0203

2.9281

Bouchon-Navaro (1997)

Acanthurus chirurgus

0.0183

3.0129

Bouchon-Navaro (1997)

Acanthurus coeruleus

0.0298

2.8778

Bouchon-Navaro (1997)

  1. Values for Sparisoma viride were used for Scarus vetula as no data is available in the literature