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Fig. 2 | Helgoland Marine Research

Fig. 2

From: Timing of the reproductive cycle of waved whelk, Buccinum undatum, on the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Bight

Fig. 2

a Average bottom temperature (black line) with 95% confidence interval (grey band) calculated from 10-year hindcast climatology and average bottom temperature (black diamond) with standard deviation calculated from observed data from each site sampled (white circle) b Proportion of males in each maturity stage (Immature: light gray; Developing: gray; Mature: black). c Comparison of three different male maturity metrics (IP: inflection point, black; L50 based on visual assessment of gonads with 95% confidence interval, grey; PL50 shell length: penis length 95% confidence interval, white). d Proportion of females in each maturity stage (Immature: light gray; Developing: gray; Mature: black). e Female GSI separated by qualitatively assigned maturity stage (Developing: white; Mature: gray; Developing and mature: black) for each month sampled with 95% confidence interval

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