LengthDistributionData: Length distribution data

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Length distribution data

Description

The LengthDistributionData model data contains the columns Station, Haul, SpeciesCategory, IndividualTotalLength, LengthResolution, WeightedNumber, MinHaulDepth, MaxHaulDepth, MinLayerDepth, MaxLayerDepth, LengthDistributionWeight, Cruise, EffectiveTowDistance, VerticalNetOpening, HorizontalNetOpening, TrawlDoorSpread and LengthDistributionType.

Details

Variable	Description	Unit	Data type	Example
Station	Unique Station identifier	None	Character	"2021105-1"
Haul	Unique Haul identifier	None	Character	"2021105-1-2"
SpeciesCategory	The species category	None	Character	"Herring"
IndividualTotalLength	Total length (from snout to end of fin), given as the lower end of the interval of width given by LengthResolution	cm	Numeric	14.5
LengthResolution	Resolution of IndividualTotalLength	cm	Numeric	0.5
WeightedNumber	The number of individuals of the length group.	None	Numeric	12
MinHaulDepth	Minimum depth of the haul (trawl headline)	m	Numeric	65
MaxHaulDepth	Maximum depth of the haul (trawl headline)	m	Numeric	35
LengthDistributionWeight	The weight of the WeightedNumber, always 1	None	Numeric	1
LengthDistributionType	The type of length distribution, one of "Normalized", "Standard" and "Percent" (see LengthDistribution)	None	Character	"AreaNumberDensity"
Cruise	Unique Cruise identifier (see StoxAcousticFormat for output from AcousticDensity and StoxBioticFormat for output from SweptAreaDensity)	None	Character	"2021105"
EffectiveTowDistance	Effective tow distance of the Haul	nmi	Numeric	1.5
DateTime	UTC time at start of the EDSU or Station, stored as POSIXct	ISO8601	Character	2020-09-09T01:02:03.456Z
Longitude	Longitude at start of the EDSU or Station	degree east	Numeric	62.5
Latitude	Latitude at start of the EDSU or Station	degree north	Numeric	5.1
Gear	Identifier of the gear	None	Character	"3270"
VerticalNetOpening	Vertical span of the net	m	Numeric	23
HorizontalNetOpening	Vertical span of the net	m	Numeric	105
TrawlDoorSpread	Distance between the trawl doors.	m	Numeric	125

See Also

This data type is produced by LengthDistribution, RegroupLengthDistribution, LengthDependentLengthDistributionCompensation and RelativeLengthDistribution. LengthDistributionData is used in SumLengthDistribution with output SumLengthDistributionData and MeanLengthDistribution with output MeanLengthDistributionData. See DataTypes for a list of all StoX data types produced by RstoxBase

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