title: A simplified method to estimate body growth parameters of the European eel Anguilla anguilla.
abstract: A simple approach is proposed to fit a body growth model for the European eel Anguilla anguilla to data-poor case studies. The model is a modified von Bertalanffy curve allowing for delayed sex determination and sexual dimorphism. The proposed procedure provides preliminary estimates of model parameters on the basis of average age and body length of silver eels.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, via Ponzio 34/5, 20133 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Melià
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Crivelli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Durif
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Poole
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bevacqua
mesh_terms: D000811:Anguilla / Q000254:growth & development*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D012727:Sex Characteristics
keywords: growth curves; length at age; sexual dimorphism; somatic growth variation