Age and Growth of Hellbenders in the Niangua River, Missouri

Length-specific growth rates were derived by regression from growth of marked and recaptured hellbenders and these rates were used in developing a length-age relationship. Growth rates of Niangua River hellbenders declined steadily after metamorphosis; going from about 70 mm total-length increase pe...

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Published in:Copeia 1975-12, Vol.1975 (4), p.633-639
Main Authors: Taber, Charles A., Wilkinson, R. F., Topping, Milton S.
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Linear regression
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Mortality
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Water quality
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Mortality
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Water quality
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