Table 36. — Parameters of the von Bertalanffy growth curves for rock sole by sex and otolith area, 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 



£» 



K 



tc 



Male 



AB 



All ages 

 Selected ages 



182 



3-14 

 0, 6-11 



14-39 

 20-37 



1.20 

 1.04 



33.29 

 38.13 



0.22 

 0.15 



0.76 

 0.11 





D 



All ages 

 Selected ages 



70 



5-10 

 0,6-8 



21-33 

 21-33 



0.65 

 0.71 



13.58 

 34.32 



0.17 

 0.20 



0.00 

 0.02 





ABD 



All ages 

 Selected ages 



252 



3-14 

 0, 6-11 



14-39 



20-37 



1.20 

 0.94 



33.36 



37.51 



0.23 

 0.16 



0.73 

 0.08 



Female 



AB 



All ages 

 Selected ages 



375 



3-16 

 0, 6-12 



14-45 

 18-45 



1.34 

 0.56 



49.27 

 45.43 



0.10 

 0.12 



-0.20 

 -0.02 





D 



All ages 

 Selected ages 



76 



5-12 

 0,6-9 



19-38 

 22-34 



1.88 

 0.08 



35.28 

 41.62 



0.49 



0.16 



3.62 

 0.00 





ABD 



All ages 

 Selected ages 



451 



3-16 

 0, 6-12 



14-45 



18-45 



1.34 

 0.47 



49.06 

 43.90 



0.10 

 0.13 



-0.43 

 0.00 



'See Figure 4. 



Female 



AGE (year) 



Figure 46. — Von Bertalanffy growth curves for male and female rock sole. 1976 Bering Sea spring trawl survey (selected ages). Symbols indicate the 



mean length at each age. 



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