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Relationships between otolith and fish size from Mediterranean and north‐eastern Atlantic species to be used in predator–prey studies
Author(s) -
Giménez J.,
Manjabacas A.,
Tuset V. M.,
Lombarte A.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/jfb.13115
Subject(s) - otolith , biology , predation , predator , mediterranean sea , fishery , mediterranean climate , fish <actinopterygii> , ecology , deviance (statistics) , zoology , statistics , mathematics
Regressions between fish length and otolith size are provided for 40 species from the north‐eastern Atlantic Ocean and 142 species from the Mediterranean Sea. Regressions were also estimated at genus level. Most of the regressions ( c . 84%) explained a high percentage of the deviance (>75%).