Table 31. — Parameters of the von Bertalanffy growth curves for yellowfin sole by sex, 1976 Bering Sea spring 



trawl survey. 





Otolith 

 areas' 



Data set 



Number 

 of age 

 readings 



Age 

 range 



(yr) 



TL 

 range 

 (cm) 



Standard 

 error of 

 curve fit 





Parameters 





Sex 



i-oo 



K 



'o 



Male 



AC 



All ages 



507 



3-16 



13-36 



1.19 



37.37 



0.11 



1.13 







Selected ages 





0, 4-12 



0, 13-33 



0.31 



31.88 



0.17 _ 



0.02 



Female 



AC 



All ages 



600 



3-21 



13-36 



0.68 



32.81 



0.16 - 



0.06 







Selected ages 





0, 4-14 



0, 13-36 



0.66 



32.23 



0.18 



0.10 



'See Figure 4. 



E 



x 



< 



r- 



o 



Figure 41.— Von Bertalanffy growth curves for yellowfin sole taken during the 1976 Bering Sea spring trawl survey (selected ages). Symbols indicate the 



mean length at each age. 



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