Consequences of assuming an incorrect error structure in von Bertalanffy growth models: A simulation study

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 602-617

  Eveson, J Paige ^a   Polacheck, Tom ^a   Laslett, Geoff M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 34547235070     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-036     Document Type: Article

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