Table 41. — Parameters of the von Bertalanffy growth curves for flathead sole, 1976 Bering Sea spring trawl 



survey. 









Number 



Age 



TL 



Standard 











Otolith 





of age 



range 



range 



error of 



Parameters 





Sex 



area' 



Data set 



readings 



Or) 



(cm) 



curve fit 



ioo 



A' 



It, 



Male 



BD 



All ages 



183 



3-15 



14-36 



0.63 



40.39 



0.13 



-0.50 







Selected ages 





0, 5-11 



18-36 



0.41 



39.14 



0.15 



0.03 



Female 



BD 



All ages 



209 



3-19 



15-48 



1.82 



66.81 



0.06 



-0.97 







Selected ages 





0, 5-11 



is 4il 



0.67 



55.87 



0.10 



0.11 



'See Figure 4. 



Female 



AGE (year) 



Figure 52.— Von Bertalanffy growth curves for male and female flathead sole, 1976 Bering Sea spring trawl survey (selected ages). Symbols indicate the 



mean length at each age. 



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