Fitting growth with the von Bertalanffy growth function: A comparison of three approaches of multivariate analysis of fish growth in aquaculture experiments

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 100-109

  De Graaf, Gertjan ^a   Prein, Mark ^b  

^a Nefisco Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Extended forced Gulland and Holt plot; Extended Gulland and Holt plot; Multivariate analysis; Nile tilapia; Von Bertalanffy growth curve

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 12444292812     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2004.01191.x     Document Type: Article

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