Figure 3: Sensitivity analysis of the assumptions used to estimate biomass.
From: Large mesopelagic fishes biomass and trophic efficiency in the open ocean
Computations are based on the total backscatter estimated from the GWR regression (Table 1, 5.57E+17), contours are the ratio of our estimate to 1,000 million tons. Quartiles, maximum and minimum values of the db/weight ratios found in literature are indicated by the dotted lines.
