goatfish {TropFishR}

Yellowstriped goatfish data

Description

Data of Yellowstriped goatfish (Upeneus vittatus) from Manila Bay, Philippines. Can be used for the estimation of the instantaneous mortality rate (Z) by means of catchCurve.

Usage

data(goatfish)

Format

A list consisting of:

• midLengths: mid points of length classes,

• catch: a vector with catches in numbers,

• Linf: infinite length in cm [cm],

• K: growth coefficent per year [1/year].

Source

Ziegler, B., 1979. Growth and mortality rates of some fishes of Manila Bay, Philippines, as estimated from analysis of length-frequencies. Thesis. Kiel University, 115 p.

Examples

data(goatfish)
str(goatfish)
summary(goatfish)