| Abstract: | In virtually all the studies that employ scales, otollths, or bony structures to obtain the growth history of fishes, it has been the custom to compute lengths for each individual fish and from these data obtain the average growth rates for any particular group. This method involves a considerable amount of mathematical manipulation, time, and effort. Theoretically it should be possible to obtain the same information simply by averaging the scale measurements for each year of life and the length of the fish employed and computing the average lengths from these data. This method would eliminate all calculations for individual fish. Although Van Oosten (1929: 338) pointed out many years ago the validity of this method of computation, his statements apparently have been overlooked by subsequent investigators. |
| Genre: | Article |
| ProdID: | 1000448 |
| Citation Author: | Van Oosten, John |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Great Lakes Science Center |
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| Citation End Page: | 86 |
| Citation Issue: | 2 |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Progressive Fish-Culturist |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 1 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | p. 85-86 |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Out-of-print |
| Citation Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | A modification in the technique of computing average lengths from the scales of fishes; 1953; Article; Journal; Progressive Fish-Culturist; Van Oosten, John |
| Citation Start Page: | 85 |
| Citation Volume: | 15 |
| Citation Year: | 1953 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | A modification in the technique of computing average lengths from the scales of fishes; 1953; Article; Journal; Progressive Fish-Culturist; Van Oosten, John |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1577/1548-8640(1953)15[85:AMITTO]2.0.CO;2 |
| Date Other: | Thu, 1 Jan 1953 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
