Ages, lengths, and maturity for Yelloweye Rockfish.

Description

Ages, lengths, and maturity for female Yelloweye Rockfish (Sebastes rubberimus) from Oregon.

Format

A data frame with 159 observations on the following 5 variables.

• date: Date fish was collected

• length: Total length (cm)

• age: Otolith age

• maturity: Maturity state (Immature or Mature)

• stage: Stage of maturity (1:Immature, 2:Maturing, 3:Mature, 4:Fertilized, 5:Ripe, 6:Spent, 7:Resting)

Topic(s)

• Growth
• Maturity
• von Bertalanffy

Source

Obtained directly (from Bob Hannah). Date were used in Hannah, R.W, M.T.O. Blume, and J.E. Thompson. 2009. Length and age at maturity of female yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes rubberimus) and cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus) from Oregon waters based on histological evaluation of maturity. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Information Reports 2009-04. [Was (is?) from http://www.dfw.state.or.us/mrp/publications/docs/Info200904_YlwEyeRF_Maturity.pdf]

Examples

data(YERockfish)
str(YERockfish)
head(YERockfish)
op <- par(mfrow=c(2,2),pch=19)
plot(length~age,data=YERockfish,ylab="Total Length (cm)",xlab="Age")
hist(YERockfish$length,xlab="Total Length (cm)",main="")
tbl1 <- with(YERockfish,table(age,maturity))
(ptbl1 <- prop.table(tbl1,margin=1))
plot(ptbl1[,2]~as.numeric(row.names(ptbl1)),type="l",xlab="Age",ylab="Proportion Mature")
tbl2 <- with(YERockfish,table(length,maturity))
(ptbl2 <- prop.table(tbl2,margin=1))
plot(ptbl2[,2]~as.numeric(row.names(ptbl2)),type="l",xlab="Age",ylab="Proportion Mature")
par(op)