Biology – Quantitative Biology – Quantitative Methods
Scientific paper
2011-07-15
Biology
Quantitative Biology
Quantitative Methods
Scientific paper
Carlander's Handbook of Freshwater Fishery Biology (1969) contains life history data from many species of freshwater fish found in North America. It has been cited over 1200 times and used to produce standard-weight curves for some species. Recent work (Cole-Fletcher et al. 2011) suggests Carlander (1969) contains numerous errors in listed weight-length equations. This paper assesses the weight-length relationships listed in Carlander for muskellunge, northern pike, and chain pickerel by comparing graphs of the weight vs. length equations with other data listed and with standard weight curves published by independent sources. A number of discrepancies are identified through this analysis and new weight-length relationships are produced from listed data.
Courtney Michael
Daviscourt Joshua
Huertas Joshua
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