MOHAN, P. J., CLARK, S. T. et al. (2004)

MOHAN, P. J., CLARK, S. T. & SCHMID, T. H. (2004)

Age and Growth of Captive Sharks.

In: SMITH, M. et al. (2004) The Elasmobranch Husbandry Manual: Captive Care of Sharks, Rays and their Relatives: 201-226. ISBN-13: 978-0-86727-152-3

Abstract:

Understanding the relationship between food intake and growth in elasmobranchsfacilitates  the  establishment  of  appropriate  diets,  health  management  protocols,  andcollection plans. The Von Bertalanffy growth function (VBGF) is an appropriate method forestimating age and growth parameters. Comparisons between actual captive measurementsand mass predictions based on length-weight equations for wild sharks are useful whendetermining the condition (Wr) of aquarium-held sharks.

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