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Table t. Allometric Values Used' For Biomass Calculations, Mt. <strong>Pleasant</strong> Site, 9EFt69.<br />

Faunal Category N Y-Intercept Slope(b) r'<br />

(Bone Weight to Body)<br />

Mammal 97 1.12 0.90 0.94<br />

Bird 307 1.04 0.91 0.97<br />

Turtle 26 0.51 0.67 0.55<br />

Osteichthyes 393 0.90 0.81 0.80<br />

(bony fish)<br />

Siluriformes 36 1.15 0.95 0.87<br />

Logarithimic Formula Used<br />

y=aX' or log y=b (log x) + log a<br />

Y=body weight, kg<br />

x=skeletal weight, kg<br />

a=Y-/nterr:ept<br />

b=slope<br />

r'=correlation co-efficient<br />

'(Reitz and Cordier 1983; Reitz, Quitmyer, Hale, Scudder, Wing 1985; Wing and Brown<br />

1979; Wing and Quitmyer 1983)<br />

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