This data.frame contains the growth parameters used in
spp_examples. The growth parameters correspond with the von
Bertalanfy growth curve (VBGF -- see vbgf)
growth_parametersA data.frame with 7 fields and 6 records:
Species common name
Scientific name for the species
The L_infinity parameters for the VBGF
The k parameter for the VBGF
The t_0 parameter for the VBGF
Number of samples used. For WDNR data this is the number of paired length-at-age data points (WDNR, 2021). For FishBase it is the number of submitted entries.
Where data was retrieved from. WDNR is the Wisconsin Dep't of Natural Resources Fisheries Management Database. FishBase (Froese and Pauly, 2010) is FishBase.