Synthesized Dataset of Length-Weight Regression Coefficients for Delta Fish

This dataset is a compilation of length-weight regression coefficients
for fish species commonly found in the freshwater tidal habitats of
the San Francisco Estuary. This effort was born out of the Delta Smelt
Resiliency Strategy Aquatic Weed Control Action study, which, in order
to calculate fish biomass, needed to calculate individual fish weights
from their measured lengths. The Aquatic Weed Control study was
supported by Interagency Ecological Program through the Endangered
Species Act and is included in the Interagency Ecological Program
2017-2019 workplan. Weight is estimated from length using the
exponential function W=a L^b. These can be calculated using
the linear regression of the log-transformed equation
(log⁡(W)=log⁡(a)+b log(L)). This dataset provides the
species-specific a and b parameters. Associated publication(s) and
relevant metadata information are included. Data was obtained either
via database (fishbase.us) or peer-reviewed scientific papers.