A note on the von Bertalanffy growth function concerning the allocation of surplus energy to reproduction

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 223-229

  Ohnishi, Shuhei ^a   Yamakawa, Takashi ^b   Okamura, Hiroshi ^c   Akamine, Tatsuro ^d  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

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