Towards Age Determination of Southern King Crab (<i>Lithodes santolla</i>) Off Southern Chile Using Flexible Mixture Modeling

Towards Age Determination of Southern King Crab (<i>Lithodes santolla</i>) Off Southern Chile Using Flexible Mixture Modeling

This study addresses the problem of age determination of the southern king crab (<i>Lithodes santolla</i>). Given that recapture is difficult for this species and, thus, age cannot be directly determined with the help of the annual marks on the shell, the von Bertalanffy growth function...

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Main Authors: Javier E. Contreras-Reyes, Freddy O. López Quintero, Alejandro A. Yáñez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Subjects:
finite mixture
skew-<i>t</i> distribution
southern king crab
length-frequency data
von Bertalanffy
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/6/4/157

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