Morpho-biometric relationship, relative condition factor and meat yield of distant scallop Bractechlamys vexillum (Reeve, 1853) in Asid Gulf, Philippines
2019
Soliman, Victor Salcedo | Buban, Ian Cris Raquinia | Bobiles, Renan Ugto | Camaya, Alex Pulvinar
Understanding the relationships of morphometric and biometric characters of a species allows the prediction of one trait from the other and generate a measure of relative condition. These relationships were studied for the Distant scallop Bratechlamys vexillum (Reeve, 1853) in Asid Gulf. Representative samples collected during the dry season (May 2018, n = 99) and wet season (September 2018, n = 100) were used to analyse these relationships through models of simple linear and power regression analyses, revealing allometric growth patterns. For both periods, it was revealed that shell width (SW) is a slightly better predictor than the height (SH) for total weight (TW) (R² = 0.90 and 0.92) and the adductor muscle weight (AW) (R² = 0.78 and 0.80). The strong functional relationship was also observed between TW and AW (R² = 0.80 and 0.81). The relative condition factors (Kn) were high in both seasons. High meat yields were also observed in May (12.77 %) and September (14.26 %). The significant difference in meat yields (P < 0.05) can be a result of the seasonal difference manifested by the dynamics of energy partitioning during gametogenesis and spawning. These biological metrics are vital inputs in analysing mariculture prospects for the resource and a contribution to the scarce information on the biology of the species.
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