Tag: West Africa.

Length-weight relationships and condition factor of fish species from Taï National Park Basins, Côte d’Ivoire – JBES

Kamelan Tanoh Marius, Berté Siaka, Kouamélan Essetchi Paul, N’Douba Valentin

Laboratoire d’Hydrobiologie, Université Félix Houphouët Boigny, Abidjan 22, Cote D’ivoire

Key words: Freshwater fish species, length-weigh relationship, condition, Taï National Park, West Africa.

Abstract

This study describes the length-weight relationships (LWR) and condition factors of twenty-four fish species from eleven families found in rivers of Taï National Park. A total of 1545 specimens were caught by using various mesh size of gill nets between January 2012 and September 2013. Continue reading Length-weight relationships and condition factor of fish species from Taï National Park Basins, Côte d’Ivoire – JBES

Woody plants diversity of two non protected tropical forests in Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa) – JBES

Bernadin Dro, Dramane Soro, Witabouna M. Koné, Adama Bakayoko, Kagoyire Kamanzi

Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire, 01 BP 1303 Abidjan 03, Côte d’Ivoire

Université Nangui Abrogoua, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Key words: Non protected forests, classified forest, woody plants diversity, Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa.

Abstract

Floristic diversity of woody plants was studied in two Non Protected Forests (NPF) of Southern Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa) in order to promote their conservation. The sampling blocks method was used for floristic inventories. Each block was divided in 16 sampling plots of 25 m x 25 m subdivided in elementary sampling plots (5 m x 5 m). Continue reading Woody plants diversity of two non protected tropical forests in Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa) – JBES