
El objetivo del presente estudio fue estimar los parámetros alométricos de distintas partes de la cachama blanca (Piaractus brachypomus), así como establecer si el crecimiento de estos componentes son alométricos o isométricos. Se utilizaron 60 ejemplares colectados al azar en una granja en Arauca (Colombia). Se determinaron los pesos vivos, peso de canal y pesos de escamas, vísceras y branquias. Se testearon tres algoritmos para cuantificar las relaciones entre el peso corporal vivo y cada uno de los componentes: Cuadrados mínimos ordinarios (Ordinary Least Squares), Eje Mayor Reducido (Reduced Major Axis) y Eje Mayor (Major Axis). Los datos fueron transformados logarítmicamente a fin de ajustar las ecuaciones a la función alométrica y=10bxa, donde y representa el componente corporal en cuestión y x es la variable independiente relacionada con ese componente en cuestión. Los tres métodos proporcionaron coeficientes de regresión que son, desde un punto de vista teórico, distintos, por lo que proporcionan estimaciones diferentes de una misma cantidad. El algoritmo de Cuadrados mínimos ordinarios, con la mínima pendiente, parecería ser el modelo que más se ajusta al comportamiento alométrico real de esta especie.
The aim of this study was to estimate the allometric parameters of different parts of pirapitinga (Piaractus brachypomus), as well as to establish if the growth of these components is allometric or isometric. In total, 60 specimens collected at random from a farm in Arauca (Colombia) were used. Live weights, carcass weights and weights of scales, viscera and gills were determined. Three algorithms were tested to quantify the relationships between live body weight and each of the components: Ordinary Least Squares, Reduced Major Axis, and Major Axis. The data were logarithmically transformed in order to fit the equations to the allometric function y=10bxa, where y represents the body component in question and x is the independent associated variable. The three methods provided regression coefficients that are, from a theoretical point of view, different, thus providing different estimates of the same quantity. The Ordinary Least Squares algorithm, with the minimum slope, would appear to be the model that best fits the real allometric behavior of this species.
isometría, ichthyofauna, isometry, allometry, ictiofauna, alometría
isometría, ichthyofauna, isometry, allometry, ictiofauna, alometría
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