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  <dc:contributor>Frederic H. Nichols</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>James E. Cloern</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1978</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The von Bertalanffy model of body growth is inappropriate for organisms whose growth is restricted to a seasonal period because it assumes that growth rate is invariant with time. Incorporation of a time-varying coefficient significantly improves the capability of the von Bertalanffy equation to describe changing body size of both the bivalve mollusc&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Macoma balthica&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;in San Francisco Bay and the flathead sole,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Hippoglossoides elassodon&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;, in Washington state. This simple modification of the von Bertalanffy model should offer improved predictions of body growth for a variety of other aquatic animals.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1139/f78-231</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Canadian Science Publishing</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>A von Bertalanffy growth model with a seasonally varying coefficient</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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