Distribution and biological features of the common pandora, Pagellus erythrinus (Linnaeus, 1758), in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea (Central Mediterranean)

Table 6 Parameters of the von Bertalanffy growth function for P. erythrinus in different areas

L _∞ (mm)	K/year	−t ₀	Φ′	Area	References
300	0.20	na	2.25	Sea of Cyprus	Livadas (1989)
401	0.17	0.75	2.44	South Levant Sea	El-Haweet et al. (2011)
334	0.37	0.23	2.62	South Levant Sea	Mehanna (2011)
240	0.16	2.60	1.96	Edremit Bay	Hoşsucu and Çakır (2003)
357	0.10	2.37	2.10	Gülbahçe Bay	Tosunoğlu et al. (1997)
482	0.06	na	2.14	Aegean Sea	Mytilenou (1989)
278	0.32	0.74	2.40	Cretan Shelf	Somarakis and Machias (2002)
326	0.18	na	2.28	Off Western Greece	Papaconstantinou et al. (1988)
379	0.20	na	2.46	Adriatic Sea	Juckic and Piccinetti (1981)
367	0.16	1.24	2.33	Sicilian Channel	Andaloro and Giarritta (1985)
400	0.18	1.00	2.45	Sicilian Channel	Fiorentino et al. (2012)
454	0.08	2.57	2.22	Southern Tyrrhenian Sea	Present study
543	0.12	1.12	2.54	Northern Tyrrhenian Sea	Abella et al. (2010)
345	0.33	na	2.59	Gulf of Lyon	Girardin and Quignard (1985)
517	0.14	1.12	2.57	Balearic Sea	Larrañeta (1967)
471	0.08	4.42	2.25	Off South Portugal	Erzini et al. (2001)
418	0.20	0.55	2.54	Off Canary Islands	Pajuelo and Lorenzo (1998)

L _∞ theoretical maximum (asymptotic) total length; K growth coefficient; −t ₀ theoretical age at zero length; Φ′ growth performance index; na not available

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