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reddrum

Growth of red drum


Description

Simulated length-at-age data for the red drum.

Usage

data(reddrum)

Format

A data frame with 100 observations on the following 2 variables.

age

age

length

a numeric vector

Details

This data is simulated from values reported in a paper by Porch, Wilson and Nieland titled "A new growth model for red drum (Sciaenops ocellaus) that accommodates seasonal and ontogenic changes in growth rates" which appeard in Fishery Bulletin 100(1) (http://fishbull.noaa.gov/1001/por.pdf). They attribute the data to Beckman et. al and say it comes from measurements in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, between September 1985 and October 1998.

Examples

data(reddrum)
plot(length ~ age, reddrum)

UsingR

Data Sets, Etc. for the Text "Using R for Introductory Statistics", Second Edition

v2.0-6
GPL (>= 2)
Authors
John Verzani <verzani@math.csi.cuny.edu>
Initial release

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