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Length-weight relationships for 74 fish species collected during NEFSC research vessel bottom trawl surveys, 1992-99 as published in Wigley et al. (2003)

Usage

LWparams

Format

A data frame with 235 rows and 14 variables:

SpeciesName

character Species common name

LW_SVSPP

integer A standard code which represents a species caught in a trawl or dredge. Refer to the SVDBS.SVSPECIES_LIST

Season

character Season sampled (Winter, Autumn, Spring or a combination)

Gender

character Gender of the fish sampled (Female, Male, or Combined)

N

integer Number of fish sampled

ln_a

character Length-weight parameter estimate

SEa

double Standard error of ln a

b

double Length-weight parameter estimate

SEb

double Standard error of b

SE_estimate

double Standard error of the weight estimate

r2

double Regression correlation coefficient

lna1

double Length-weight parameter estimate

lna

double Inverse of ln_a and lna1

SEASON

character Parsed season data into Winter, Spring, or Fall