Aspects of the Biology of the Red Drum, Sciaenops ocellatus , in Mississippi

• Main Author: Overstreet, Robin M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1983
• Subjects: Parasitology; Alabama; Barrier Islands; Red drum; Sciaenops ocellatus
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/parasitologyfacpubs/512; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/parasitologyfacpubs/article/1523/viewcontent/Overstreet_1983_GRR_Aspects_of_the_Red_Drum_Sciaenops_ocellatus_in_Mississippi.pdf

Several hundred specimens of the red drum from Mississippi were critically assessed. Regression equations for standard-length (SL) versus total-length differed between males and females and between small and large members of the same sex. Asingle regression line represented the weight-SL relationshi...