Can backcalculation models unravel complex larval growth histories in a tropical freshwater fish?

Starrs, Danswell; Ebner, Brendan C.; Fulton, Christopher

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Can backcalculation models unravel complex larval growth histories in a tropical freshwater fish?

Date

2013

Authors

Starrs, Danswell

Ebner, Brendan C.

Fulton, Christopher

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

This experimental study compared the precision and accuracy of the biological intercept (BI), modified fry (MF) and time-varying growth (TVG) backcalculation models in estimating the early growth of the tropical freshwater purple-spotted gudgeon Mogurnda