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Fecundity of Menticirrhus americanus
Main Ref: Clardy, S.D., N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.S. Peterson and R.T. Leaf, 2014
Country: USA
Locality: northcentral Gulf of Mexico, 2008-2009
Ecosystem: Gulf of Mexico
Absolute Fecundity Fecundity Type:batch fecundity
  min     (g) (cm)   Ref: Clardy, S.D., N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.S. Peterson and R.T. Leaf, 2014
  max     (g) (cm)  
  mean   35,571 (g) (cm)  
Comments on Fecundity:
Relative Fecundity
Min: 94 Ref.: Clardy, S.D., N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.S. Peterson and R.T. Leaf, 2014
Mean: 231 Ref.: Clardy, S.D., N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.S. Peterson and R.T. Leaf, 2014
Max: 509 Ref.: Clardy, S.D., N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.S. Peterson and R.T. Leaf, 2014
Fecundity/length relationship ( F = a * L ^b):
  Size: (cm)  
  n:
  a: 95% confidence limit:  
  b: 95% confidence limit:  
  r2:  
Spawning Cycles: (1/y)   Ref:
Comments: Mean relative batch fecundity was 231.1 eggs/g ovary-free body weight (OFBW) (SE = 35.7), with a range of 94.4 - 509.5 eggs/g OFBW. Mean batch fecundity was 35,571 (SE = 6405).
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