Evaluation of using random-at-length observations and an equilibrium approximation of the population age structure in fitting the von Bertalanffy growth function

Fisheries Research

Volumn 180, Issue , 2016, Pages 128-137

  Piner, Kevin R ^a   Lee, Hui Hua ^a   Maunder, Mark N ^b,c  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Growth estimation; von Bertalanffy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930607803     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2015.05.024     Document Type: Article

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