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vol-16THE POPULATION DYNAMICS OF LETHRINUS BUNGUS
FROM THE EGYPTIAN RED SEA COASTAL WATERS
SMAlRA A. SALEM
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University
ABSTRACT
Asse..”””‘t of HSY, HEY end IIlOrtal rty coeff Icl ents of lethrl…
bw1aus are besed Its age c~ltlon .-.ct. growth per_ters
of the von Bertalenffy growth fo….,la obtained by Sel_ (1990),
where l· 25.59 eM, K. 0.378395 year, to • -0.929955 end 1/ •
438.66 gr.-s, end ege compositIon at the different years of life,
were 251, 804, 171, 119 end 51 for eges 0+, 1+, 2+, J+, end 4+,
respectively. The maxi~ sustainable yield ( “SY ) end maximum
economl c y; eld ( HEY ) per rec:ndt for lethrlrAJS 1uIgus, were
34.446 end 32.24 graftS, respectively.
