UCHIYAMA and STRUHSAKER: AGE AND GROWTH OF SKIPJACK AND YELLOWFIN TUNAS 



VON BERTALANFFY CURVE 



LINEAR STANZAS 



YEARS 



Figure 8. — Plots of residuals from von Bertalanffy growth 

 curve and linear stanzas of central Pacific yellowfin tuna shovm 

 in Figure 7. 



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