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Growth backcalculations based on otoliths incorporating an age effect: adding an interaction term
Author(s) -
Finstad A. G.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00102.x
Subject(s) - biology , salvelinus , arctic , term (time) , growth model , otolith , fishery , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , evolutionary biology , ecology , mathematics , trout , physics , mathematical economics , quantum mechanics
An extension, including an age × length interaction, was developed for a recent model incorporating the age effect in the backcalculation of growth in length from otoliths. The interaction was demonstrated using empirical data from Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus .