Dear fish ecologist,
I was asked by Jose Maldonado for any responses I may have received
concerning comparison of von Bertalanffy parameters.  I am responding to
fish-ecology because many people may be interested in these replies and my
return mail to Jose keeps getting returned.  The following references were
suggested:

****Laurenson, L.J.B., Potter, I.C., and Hall, N.G. 1994. Comparisons
between generalized growth curves for two estuarine populations of the eel
tailed catfish, Cnidoglanis macrocephalus. Fisheries Bulletin 92:880-889.

Cerrato, R.M. 1990. Interpretable statistical tests for growth comparisons
using parameters in the von Bertalanffy equation. Can. J. Fish. Aquat.
Sci. 47:1416-1426.

Kimura, D.K. 1980. Likelihood methods for the von Bertalanffy growth
curve. Fisheries Bulletin 77:765-776.

Schnute, J. 1981. A versatile growth model with statistically stable
parameters. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 38:1128-1140.

I hope these get you started.  Some excellent references cited within
these papers also.

Best Fishes,
Michael Moxey
Fisheries Biologist
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
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