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Fecundity of Clupea harengus
Main Ref: Kelly, K.H. and D.K. Stevenson, 1985
Country: USA
Locality: Gulf of Maine, eastern Maine (Aug-Sept 1982)
Ecosystem: Gulf of Maine
Absolute Fecundity Fecundity Type: 
  min   17,300 (g) 24.3 (cm) TL  Ref: Kelly, K.H. and D.K. Stevenson, 1985
  max   301,000 (g) 38 (cm) TL 
  mean     (g) (cm)  
Comments on Fecundity:
Relative Fecundity
Min: Ref.:
Mean: Ref.:
Max: Ref.:
Fecundity/length relationship ( F = a * L ^b):
  Size: (cm) TL 
  n: 80
  a: 0.000 95% confidence limit:  
  b: 5.983 95% confidence limit:  
  r2: 0.840
Spawning Cycles: 1 (1/y)   Ref:
Comments: Value of absolute fecundity range above is for the combined data in 1982. Mean fecundity = 35,360- 190,950 eggs for 24-35 cm herring in 1982.
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