When growth models are not universal: Evidence from marine invertebrates

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1768, 2013, Pages

  Hirst, Andrew G ^a   Forster, Jack ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth; Invertebrates; Marine; Metabolic theory of ecology; West Brown Enquist

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DATA SET; GROWTH MODELING; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; ONTOGENY;

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BODY SIZE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84903318343     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1546     Document Type: Article

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