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SUBMITTER: Manabe A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6019753 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Manabe Akihiro A Yamakawa Takashi T Ohnishi Shuhei S Akamine Tatsuro T Narimatsu Yoji Y Tanaka Hiroshige H Funamoto Tetsuichiro T Ueda Yuji Y Yamamoto Takeo T
PloS one 20180626 6
Ontogenetic growth functions provide basic information in biological and ecological studies. Various growth functions classified into the Pütter model have been used historically, regardless of controversies over their appropriateness. Here, we present a novel growth function for fish and aquatic organisms (generalised q-VBGF) by considering an allocation schedule of allometrically produced surplus energy between somatic growth and reproduction. The generalised q-VBGF can track growth trajectori ...[more]