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 [log in to unmask]
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