FISHERY BULLETIN: VOL. 85, NO. 3 



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Figure 23. — Comparative fitted von Bertalanffy growth curves of two similar-sized 

 (numbers offish) Atlantic menhaden year classes, 1956 (solid curves) and 1975 (dashed 

 curves). Upper curves are fork length in millimeters, and lower curves are weight in 

 grams. 



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