Learn R Programming

sizeMat (version 1.1.2)

Crab data: Crab data

Description

A database containing allometric measures and other attributes of 223 crabs of the specie \(Chionectes\) \(tanneri\). The variables carapace width and chela height were published in Somerton & Donaldson (1996).

Usage

data(crabdata)

Arguments

Format

A data frame with different variables:

year

month

carapace_width (mm.)

carapace_length (mm.)

chela_height (mm.)

chela_width (mm.)

sex_category (m: male, f: female).

References

Watters, G., & Hobday, A. J. (1998). A new method for estimating the morphometric size at maturity of crabs. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 55(3), 704-714.