Comments on the calculation of the specific growth rate in experiments with untagged individuals

The specific growth rate, G, is widely used in articles dealing with the growth of aquatic organisms under experimental conditions. When individuals are untagged, the arithmetic mean of G for a group of animals must be calculated from weight geometric means, not from arithmetic means. The type of we...

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Main Authors: Lorenzo Márquez, Gabriel A. Morales, Miguel Sáenz de Rodrigáñez, Eduardo Almansa, Francisco J. Moyano, Manuel Díaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2015-12-01
Series:Scientia Marina
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Online Access:http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1610