Population Dynamics of the Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio L. 1758) Stock in Lake Arekit, Ethiopia: Implications for Management and Conservation

Table 5

Length-weight relationship for C. carpio of the previous studies.

Study area	Sex	N	a	b		Author(s)
Foum El-Khanga Dam	♀	198	0.017	2.865	0.974	Sahtout et al. [24]
	♂	149	0.024	2.765	0.933
	♀ + ♂	347	0.018	2.859	0.963
Atatürk Dam Lake	♀	106	0.024	2.847	0.95	Yüce et al. [9]
	♂	125	0.034	2.807	0.95
	♀ + ♂	231	0.029	2.847	0.95
Almus Dam Lake	♀ + ♂	307	0.0084	3.32	0.9437	Karataş et al. [25]
Lake Lugo	♀ + ♂	591	0.0189	2.853	0.9269	Mekonnen et al. [26]
Amerti reservoir	♀ + ♂	496	0.022	2.923	0.977	Hailu [27]
Kızılırmak river basin	♀ + ♂	301	0.001	3.138	0.93	Birecikligil et al. [28]
Deroua			0.005	3.423	0.9825	Mert and Bulu [29]
Damsa Dam Lake	♀	63	0.0181	2.9689	0.915	Mert and Bulu [29]
	♂	97	0.0278	2.8507	0.903
	♀ + ♂	160	0.0219	2.9040	0.900
Oubeira Lake	♂	322	0.6923	2.3484	0.8239	Sara et al. [30]
	♀	198	0.9712	1.9455	0.7156
	♀ + ♂	360	0.018	2.802	0.929
Current study	♀	77	0.043	2.77	0.96
	♂	117	0.039	2.80	0.97
	♀ + ♂	194	0.038	2.79	0.97