Table 1 Constants (a and b) of the function W = aLb, where W = weight and L = length
From: Cohort life tables for a population of the soft-shell clam, Mya arenaria L., in the White Sea
Region | a | b | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
Bay of fundy | 0.0000122 | 3.410 | Newcombe and Kessler (1936) |
Gulf of maine | 0.0000218 | 3.140 | Newcombe and Kessler (1936) |
Gulf of St. Lawrence | 0.00001189 | 3.127 | Newcombe and Kessler (1936) |
Chesapeake bay | 0.00000414 | 3.481 | Newcombe and Kessler (1936) |
Southern Baltic Sea | 0.0000155 | 2.87 | Schaffer and Zettler (2007) |
Southern Baltic Sea | 0.13 | 3.09 | Filippenko and Naumenko (2014, in press) |
Kandalaksha Bay, the White Sea | 0.0001 | 3.0307 | Our data |