reeffish: reeffish

reeffishR Documentation

reeffish

Description

Catch-effort data for black sea bass from the Southeast Reef Fish Survey.

Usage

reeffish

Format

A data frame with 21039 rows and 7 variables:

Year

integer Year of survey

Date

character Date of survey

Time

character Time of survey

Doy

double Julian date

Hour

integer Hour of day (rounded)

Duration

integer Sampling duration (min)

Temperature

double Water temperature (degrees C)

Depth

integer Water depth (m)

Seabass

integer Number of sea bass, Centropristis striata, caught in Chevron traps

Source

Southeast Reef Fish Survey data provided by Nathan Bacheler, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 101 Pivers Island Road, Beaufort NC.

See also: Bacheler, N. M., & Ballenger, J. C. (2015). Spatial and temporal patterns of black sea bass sizes and catches in the southeastern United States inferred from spatially explicit nonlinear models. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 7(1), 523-536.


jfieberg/Data4Ecologists documentation built on April 17, 2025, 3:12 p.m.