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Table 2 Cardita affinis. Von Bertalanffy growth function parameters (± standard error) estimated with Fabens’ method (1965) from two marking-recapture experiments (LN and post-LN)

From: Population dynamics of the tropical bivalve Cardita affinis from Málaga Bay, Colombian Pacific related to La Niña 1999–2000

VBGF parameter

La Niña 1998–2000

Post-La Niña 2001–2002

L∞ (Lmax)

39.0

40.0

K (Fabens, L∞ fixed)

0.233 (±0.02)

0.129 (±0.01)

% VE

98.7

98.6

Φ′

2.55

2.31

  1. L ∞ asymptotic length (mm), K growth constant (year−1), Lmax largest individual of the length–frequency data set, %VE percentage of variance explained, Φ′ index of overall growth performance
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