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Rev. biol. mar. oceanogr. 52(1): 181-185 http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-19572017000100017 |
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Modeling the individual growth of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas cultivated in the Gulf of California using the von Bertalanffy model |
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Andrés Martín Góngora-Gómez1, E. Alberto Aragón-Noriega2*, Ana Laura Domínguez-Orozco1 and Brenda Paulina Villanueva-Fonseca1 |
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1Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional, Unidad Sinaloa, Blvd. Juan de Díos Bátiz Paredes 250, Guasave, Sinaloa 81101, México
2Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, Unidad Sonora, Km 2.35 Camino al Tular, Estero de Bacochibampo, Guaymas, Sonora 85454, México
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This study demonstrate the advantage of multi-model approach to calculate the growth of Crassostrea gigas cultivated in the Gulf of California. The generalized von Bertalanffy growth model (VBGM) and its modification to represent the seasonal variations (VBGM seasonal) were tested. The parameters of each model and their confidence intervals were computed using the maximum-likelihood method. The best-fitting model was selected using the Akaike information criterion (AIC). According to the AIC, the VBGM seasonal best described the growth of the C. gigas. The conclusion was that C. gigas exhibits a seasonal growth pattern under the cultivation conditions of the present study.
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Key words: Akaike Information Criterion, seasonal growth model, von Bertalanffy |
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