Modeling time-varying growth using a generalized von Bertalanffy model with application to bloater (Coregonus hoyi) growth dynamics in Lake Michigan

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-66

  Szalai, Emily B ^a   Fleischer, Guy W ^b   Bence, James R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FISH; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; SIZE AT MATURITY; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

UNITED STATES;

COREGONUS HOYI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037226074     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f03-003     Document Type: Article

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