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or i).ave increased, fcr tne in'lividual tenalesr vtitir th'l redul-li'ion
i.n egg numbe?::, du!:irrq +-tlls perioa' rirrs hct{evet was }lot ih'e case"
l,lir"Ji.iiiic- c Lut-.:rr b'icnass, "q(r 11"3??
ttlil
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eqq nunber*
a".i."..a auririq rhis period, so.l-id tbe egg hiorra.js. A6 tl]e eq(!
nurnbers increase again, t" ai"r i'lto eqq t'ionass,'-a re'cuclliol in F)qq
nunbers llv the ind j.vr.lliat t"nli"i tf"tn n'-'t eeen co corf e latt
'''ri tn
:n increose ot th(, indiv;d'r'1: equ 5l'e<
onlv T1l,/0 Showecl an irlc'.as( it: ecq btiJln:':r ln l;4i' {r:n t rir'; uitn
iil"'..ti""ii"" an eqgE' rhis +oul'i.'!'e i-qnor:r:d as !'L-oducij or! ottlv
;;;";;J-;;-l .qq t,i tnt roiLowjrq vear' but' 'rthertwis' ii: roi lo''i3
.i.t.'irr*" irend a.
'f!..'L.1 atttl 11/ t('.
The nean conbined egg lengths cf tlle iD'lrf i41:41,-f ortalt':e haiii
i;:t.":;;; p."qt;"i""i*- o"ti iitn last lc vear: ' s.'rJ'rinq i^'i tir 're-'1:1
lenqt-hs of 6"8 crn ano
"'"t"uiittg
witb riil llnsbre-Ii1-f lrr-Glr{ieF' t€-arlY
;;";:?- ; in 1e92 " Ihe individuii f et'a1e mel:n os'; I '-:rrqt!rr:- n:r't'n
incfeased overaf11 nuc ar- !r,is;t-aqe there j.s siiiI ,j !!:fre3t 'leai .'t
u".i.lir;tv in egq ler,gths f !'onl year to y'iai'
The Iargest inclividual fenale loean Pgg 1et)qihs of 8'2cin vter'
in rsea i,y R8/75 lAppendjx l)' a r,ahol'e L cN 1il-i:qer theil
"ili":t*-d- ;;-i;;;i;;J *.itt r"t tirii ve'rr'
'this did c',incice witi\ a'n
apparently low egg pr:odrrcEi-on down fro :t:l egqs'in 193:; te 14 eqgs
-li"""u"r
TI'igis-,
ilis lt'ur egq nunber .:airnot be sulrslantiat:ed a"i til