Table 6. Results of chi-square test to determine the effectiveness of subsampling 

 50 individuals per species for length information. 



TAXA 



Number of Organisms 



subsample 



Total 

 sample 



Statistics 



DF 



chi-square 



Winter flounder 600 



Atl. silverside 600 



Threespine stickleback 600 



Grubby 600 

 Atl. long-finned 



squid 



600 



1360 

 1060 

 1279 

 1423 



1072 



16 



19 



8 



29 



13 



.9877 

 9997 

 ,9994 

 .9911 



,9898 



11 



