On the density dependence of growth in soles (Solea solea)

The density dependent growth was investigated for sole. The Von Bertalanffy equation was adopted with constant coefficient K of catabolism. Two techniques were used, one based on the integrated expression l t = L ∞ (l−e −K (t−t 0 ) ) where density dependence is referred to L ∞ . The other technique analyzes the incremental expression dw dt = h 1 w 2 3 − kw n with n = 1 and n = 5 6 . No relation between stock density and growth could be demonstrated.