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Estimation of parameters in a Bertalanffy type of temperature dependent growth model using data on juvenile stone
Johan Grasman1, Willem B E van Deventer, Vincent van Laar
1Biometris, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O.Box 100, 6700AC Wageningen, The Netherlands. johan.grasman@wur.nl
Abstract:
Parameters of a Bertalanffy type of temperature dependent growth model are fitted using data from a population of stone loach (Barbatula barbatula). Over two periods respectively in 1990 and 2010 length data of this population has been collected at a lowland stream in the central part of the Netherlands. The estimation of the maximum length of a fully grown individual is given special attention because it is in fact found as the result of an extrapolation over a large interval of the entire lifetime. It is concluded that this parameter should not at forehand be set at one fixed value for the population at that location due to varying conditions over the years.
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