Modeling the individual growth of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas cultivated in the Gulf of California using the von Bertalanffy model

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...

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Main Authors: Góngora Gómez, Andrés Martín, Aragón Noriega, E. Alberto, Domínguez Orozco, Ana Laura, Villanueva Fonseca, Brenda Paulina
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Akaike Information Criterion
seasonal growth model
von Bertalanffy
Pacific
Crassostrea gigas
Pacific oyster
Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=5916993
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Summary: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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