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Figure 9 
(A) General autodiametric calibration for Atlantic cod 
( Gadus morhua), Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus), 
Atlantic mackerel ( Scomber scombrus), European plaice 
(Pleuronectes platessa ), redfish (deep water redfish 
[Sebastes mentella ]) or golden redfish ( Sebastes mari- 
nus) used to produce the autodiametric calibrations 
(Table 5) by Institutes Cefas (B, stained with periodic 
acid Schiff’s, except European plaice with eosin), CSIC 
(C, hake rose bengal, redfish unstained), and IMR (D, 
unstained) based on the combined data D f and follicle 
number (F ow ). The parameters (Table 5) for the fitted 
line were based on Equation 4 (In F ow =ax In D f +b). P 
for a and b was <0.001. (B) Plot of normalised residual 
(F-OJ/F x 100 where O s =observed value for Atlantic cod, 
Atlantic herring, Atlantic mackerel, European plaice, 
and redfish (deep water redfish ( Sebastes mentella ) 
or ocean perch (Sebastes marinus) and F=fitted value 
based on F aw against (Eq. 4). (C) Plot of normalized 
residual ( F—O h )/F x 100 where 0 /; = observed fecundity for 
European hake ( Merluccius merluccius), and F=fitted 
fecundity value based on the observed F d for hake sub- 
stituted in the general model (Eq. 4). 
