Crab data {sizeMat}

Crab data

Description

A database containing allometric measures and other attributes of 223 crabs of the specie Chionectes tanneri. The variables carapace width and chela height were published in Somerton & Donaldson (1996).

Usage

data(crabdata)

Format

A data frame with different variables:

year

month

carapace_width (mm.)

carapace_length (mm.)

chela_height (mm.)

chela_width (mm.)

sex_category (m: male, f: female).

Source

Somerton, D. A., & Donaldson, W. (1996). Contribution of the biology of the grooved and triangle Tanner crabs, Chionectes tanneri and C. angulatus, in the eastern Bering Sea. Fishery Bulletin, 94(2), 348-357.

References

Watters, G., & Hobday, A. J. (1998). A new method for estimating the morphometric size at maturity of crabs. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 55(3), 704-714.