Body Size Changes in Northeast Shelf Finfish Community

Changes in Mean/Median Length and Weight of 68 Finfish Species

Author
Affiliation

Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Published

January 18, 2024

Foundational Understanding Check: Has Body Size Changed

In order to understand changes in community size structure, it is important to have a good handle on whether body size has changed across different species or functional groups.

Goal is to check, and highlight any trends that need to be spoken to in the manuscript

Changes to Median body-size

Because of the natural skew in body-size data, we will use median body size, and weight it by the numbers caught.

Use Crosstalk instead of tab nesting

Examining Body Size Changes

Overall Body Size Changes

Examining Body Size Changes

Average Length

Average Weight

Functional Group Changes

 

A work by Adam A. Kemberling

Akemberling@gmri.org