Methodology: Growth rate estimated from length-age growth functions

ID: 78

Description:

  • The age of each sample was estimated using the von Bertalanffy length–age growth functions, previously obtained for each population based on growth bands analysis by means of computerized tomography (von Bertalanffy 1938; Goffredo et al. 2008). According to the age of the polyp, the annual linear extension rate was obtained for each sample using the von Bertalanffy length–age growth functions (von Bertalanffy 1938; Goffredo et al. 2008).

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Added by: Elizabeth Widman

Observations using this methodology

Balanophyllia europaea