Migratory Paths of Striped Bass

Migratory paths of Striped Bass are discussed and developed off of standard deviation in size of mid stock striped bass in Delaware Bay mouth and Cape Hatteras in 1997. Estuary samples are followed throughout the Atlantic in hopes to determine winter latitudinal locations. The article has many technical examples that are discussed; however, the most prevalent discovery was that there were no significant genotypic frequencies between Bass in 7 different estuaries in the bay Chesapeake. The migratory paths of Striped Bass are discussed further in this article through graphs and tables that were developed through tagging samples at different estuaries.

This article developed that there was no proof of migration from different estuaries to certain areas. The data is now outdated from the 1990’s following certain data from the 1950’s to 2007, but not in full detail. However, samples of the Striped Bass were found in different locations from Sandy Hook NJ to Cape Hatteras NC. It’s difficult to tell with the mixed samples to find adequate proof of definite migration with figures given.

We find that there are not many differences in the DNA that was tested in the striped bass from this article. The problem with the data given is that no indefinite results prove anything from the hypothesis of this scientifically written article. Unfortunately there is very little correlation with the data given and actual specific locations between where fish are born and where they end up during winter feeding.

This relates to the class because it talks about t-tests for finding results, standard deviation, and medians of date sets. We preformed T-test regularly in my labs so I feel this is a good reason to pick this article. Also it firmly represents how to present and dispute a hypothesis throughout a study. Striped Bass are on the upper level of the food chain and represent evolution in its most pure form; hence why they