second they were caught by trawl in Niantic Bay or were impinged at MNPS. Laboratory methods and 

 procedures for determining fecundity differed in some respects between the studies. Although findings 



Table 10. Length-fecundity and length-weight relationships for winter flounder. 



Sample location Type regression 



Slope (b) Intercept (a) 



Value for 31 -cm Hsh 



Length-fecu ndity 



LenR th-weight 



43 1 ,000 



410,000 



117 

 107 



3.1441 

 2.9833 



-2.0702 

 - 1 .904 1 



385 g 

 548 g 

 379 g 



416 g 

 351 g 



Recalculated from Saila's (1962a) published data. 



Regression equation in the form: logio fecundity = a + b(logio length in cm). 



Regression equation in the form: logio weight (g) = a + b(logio length in cm) 

 (except Lux 1969, where length is in mm). 



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