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Growth with seasonally varying temperatures: an expansion of the von Bertalanffy growth model
Author(s) -
Fontoura N. F.,
Agostinho A. A.
Publication year - 1996
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 - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1996.tb01453.x
Subject(s) - cottus , biology , growth function , growth model , ecology , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , statistics , mathematics , mathematical economics
The von Bertalanffy growth function has limitations for describing the growth of fishes in seasonal climates. In the present work, a new equation is proposed where the growth parameter k is substituted by a function related to monthly water temperatures. The computer program GROWTHS was developed to fit and simulate the growth for seasonally varying temperatures. Examples for natural populations of Barbatula barbatula and Cottus gobio are presented.