Extension of von Bertalanffy growth model incorporating growth patterns of soft and hard tissues in bivalve molluscs

Fisheries Science

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 787-795

  Ohnishi, Shuhei ^a   Akamine, Tatsuro ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Hard tissue; Richards model; Shell; Von Bertalanffy model

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; PSEUDOCARDIUM SACHALINENSIS;

EID: 33746882779     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2006.01219.x     Document Type: Article

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