... ARTICLE Temperature Effects on Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) Used to Estimate Dry Weight as a Condition Proxy in Coastal Bluefish Kyle J Hartman* Division of Forestry and Natural Resources, ... accepted January 25, 2011 307 308 HARTMAN ET AL Recently, BIA has been developed as a nonlethal method used to estimate wet and dry masses, as well as lipid, protein, and ash masses in several ... composition in fish has been limited by analytical and logistical costs We applied bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) to estimate one body composition component (percent dry weight) as a proxy of condition...