An improved Fabens method for estimation of growth parameters in the von Bertalanffy model with individual asymptotes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 397-400

  Wang, You Gan ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PANULIRUS ORNATUS; PENAEUS ESCULENTUS; PENAEUS MONODON; PENAEUS SEMISULCATUS;

EID: 0031813050     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-211     Document Type: Article

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