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Fecundity of Esox lucius
Main Ref: Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973
Country:  
Locality: Not specified
Ecosystem:
Absolute Fecundity Fecundity Type: 
  min   2,000 (g) 33 (cm) NG  Ref: Morrow, J.E., 1980
  max   600,000 14500 (g) (cm)  
  mean     (g) (cm)  
Comments on Fecundity:
Relative Fecundity
Min: 15000 Ref.: Keith, P. and J. Allardi (coords.), 2001
Mean: Ref.:
Max: 45000 Ref.:
Fecundity/length relationship ( F = a * L ^b):
  Size: (cm)  
  n:
  a: 95% confidence limit:  
  b: 95% confidence limit:  
  r2:  
Spawning Cycles: (1/y)   Ref:
Comments: Spawns in the spring, immediately after ice melts. It occurs on the heavily vegetated floodplains of rivers, marshes, and bays or larger lakes (Ref. 1998). Egg number increases with the size of the fish (Ref. 27547). Also Ref. 205.
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