cfseal {DAAG}R Documentation

Cape Fur Seal Data

Description

The cfseal data frame has 30 rows and 11 columns consisting of weight measurements for various organs taken from 30 Cape Fur Seals that died as an unintended consequence of commercial fishing.

Usage

cfseal

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

age
a numeric vector
weight
a numeric vector
heart
a numeric vector
lung
a numeric vector
liver
a numeric vector
spleen
a numeric vector
stomach
a numeric vector
leftkid
a numeric vector
rightkid
a numeric vector
kidney
a numeric vector
intestines
a numeric vector

Source

Stewardson, C.L., Hemsley, S., Meyer, M.A., Canfield, P.J. and Maindonald, J.H. 1999. Gross and microscopic visceral anatomy of the male Cape fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus (Pinnepedia: Otariidae), with reference to organ size and growth. Journal of Anatomy (Cambridge) 195: 235-255. (WWF project ZA-348)

Examples

print("Allometric Growth - Example 5.7")

cfseal.lm <- lm(log(heart) ~ log(weight), data=cfseal); summary(cfseal.lm)
plot(log(heart) ~ log(weight), data = cfseal, pch=16, xlab = "Heart Weight (g, log scale)", 
ylab = "Body weight (kg, log scale)", axes=FALSE)
heartaxis <- 100*(2^seq(0,3))
bodyaxis <- c(20,40,60,100,180)
axis(1, at = log(bodyaxis), lab = bodyaxis)
axis(2, at = log(heartaxis), lab = heartaxis)
box()
abline(cfseal.lm)

[Package DAAG version 0.76 Index]