Fishlife: Fishlife Dataset

Description

A comprehensive dataset of fish life history traits across multiple species, compiled by Thorson et al. (2023). The dataset provides various morphological, ecological, and biological characteristics of fish species.

Usage

Fishlife

Arguments

Format

A data frame with multiple variables:

species: Scientific species name
genus: Genus of the fish species
family: Family classification
age_max: Maximum age, years
trophic_level: Trophic level, where 1 is primary producers, etc., dimensionless
aspect_ratio: Caudal fin height and length divided by area, dimensionless
fecundity: Annual eggs produced, number/year
growth_coefficient: von Bertalannffy growth coefficient, year-1
temperature: Average temperature from portion of population sampled, celcius
length_max: maximum length, cm
length_infinity: von Bertalanffy asymptotic maximum length, cm
length_maturity: Length at 50% maturity, cm
age_maturity: Age at 50% sexual maturity, years
natural_mortality: Natural mortality rate M, year-1
weight_infinity: Asymptotic maximum weight, g
max_body_depth: Maximum body depth, cm
max_body_width: Maximum body width, cm
lower_jaw_length: Length of lower jaw, cm
min_caudal_pedoncule_depth: Depth of caudal pedoncule, connecting caudal fin to body
offspring_size: Size of offspring, kg

References

Thorson, J. T., Maureaud, A. A., Frelat, R., Mérigot, B., Bigman, J. S., Friedman, S. T., Palomares, M. L. D., Pinsky, M. L., Price, S. A., & Wainwright, P. (2023). Identifying direct and indirect associations among traits by merging phylogenetic comparative methods and structural equation models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14(5), 1243-1255. tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1111/2041-210X.14076")

Examples

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data(Fishlife)
head(Fishlife)

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