Selection of growth functions for describing length-at-age relationships in fish species displaying different life history traits: Unexpected alternatives to the von Bertalanffy equation and advantages of a pluralistic statistical approach

CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Dumas, André ^a   Lopez, Secundino ^b   Kebreab, Ermias ^c   Gendron, Marc ^d   Thornley, John H M ^e   France, James ^e  

^a Coastal Zones Research Institute ^*  (Canada)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish; Growth functions; Life history; Statistical inference; Von bertalanffy

Indexed keywords

CLUPEIDAE; COREGONUS ARTEDI; COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS; ESOCIDAE; ESOX LUCIUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 84863901936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PAVSNNR20127038     Document Type: Review

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