DUTIL AND COUTU: EARLY LIFE OF ATLANTIC SALMON 



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Figure 2. — Seasonal changes in length of Atlantic salmon postsmolts collected in 1982 and 1983. 



Table 2. — Functional regressions of gonad weight on date, body length, and 

 body weight of Atlantic salmon male postsmolts {n = 124). Lengths and 

 weights are log-transformed. 



Date 



Length (mm) 



Weight (g) 



Regression 

 Covariance 

 (age groups) 



P< 0.00011 

 P = 0.31 n.s. 



P< 0.00012 

 P = 0.56 n.s. 



P< 0.00013 

 P = 0.47 n.s. 



1/ = 0.0168 X- 5.41 66 

 2y = 7.8496 X - 20.3350 

 3V = 2.6798 X- 7.5298. 



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