Research Article

Effects of Salinity on Fertilization, Hatching, and Larval Performance of Longfin Smelt Spirinchus thaleichthys

Table 2

Numbers, sex, size, and resulting fecundity of wild-caught longfin smelt Spirinchus thaleichthys used for spawning.

Fish sourceCollection siteF (n)M (n)Fork length (mm)Fecundity
FM

OGFLSouth Bay45104.0 ± 1.5109.6 ± 2.83,661.3 ± 474.7
USFWSChipps Island812100.0 ± 1.5103.4 ± 2.13,863.6 ± 273.9

Abbreviations: OGFL, UC Davis Otolith Geochemistry and Fish Ecology Laboratory; USFWS, US Fish and Wildlife Service; M, male; F, female. Note. Fork length (mm) is presented as mean ± SE.