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dungcrabsR Documentation

Change in carapace size of female dungeness crabs after molting.

Description

Data collected from a study of the change in the carapace size of female dungeness crabs (Metacarcinus magister) before and after molting. Crabs were either captured prior to molting and then allowed to molt in captivitiy, or were re-captured after being measured and tagged. See Nolan and Speed (2009) and Hankin et al. (1989) for details.

Usage

dungcrabs

Format

A data frame with 472 observations and four variables:

presz:

carapace size (mm) before molting

postsz:

carapace size (mm) after molting

year:

fishing season for captive crabs

source:

source of crab (re-capture or captive)

Source

Nolan, D. & Speed, T. P. (2009). Stat Labs: Mathematical statistics through applications. New York: Springer. See also the references cited therein.

Hankin, D. G., Diamond, N., Mohr, M. S., & Ianelli, J. (1989). Growth and reproductive dynamics of adult female Dungeness crabs (Cancer magister) in northern California. Journal du Conseil: ICES Journal of Marine Science, 46(1), 94–108.


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