Length-weight relationships for 74 fish species collected during NEFSC research vessel bottom trawl surveys, 1992-99 as published in Wigley et al. (2003)
Format
A data frame with 235 rows and 14 variables:
SpeciesNamecharacter Species common name
LW_SVSPPinteger A standard code which represents a species caught in a trawl or dredge. Refer to the SVDBS.SVSPECIES_LIST
Seasoncharacter Season sampled (Winter, Autumn, Spring or a combination)
Gendercharacter Gender of the fish sampled (Female, Male, or Combined)
Ninteger Number of fish sampled
ln_acharacter Length-weight parameter estimate
SEadouble Standard error of ln a
bdouble Length-weight parameter estimate
SEbdouble Standard error of b
SE_estimatedouble Standard error of the weight estimate
r2double Regression correlation coefficient
lna1double Length-weight parameter estimate
lnadouble Inverse of ln_a and lna1
SEASONcharacter Parsed season data into Winter, Spring, or Fall