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Provedor de dados: 	64	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Non-linear growth models for bullfrog tadpoles	
Autores: 	Mansano,Cleber Fernando Menegasso; Stéfani,Marta Verardino De; Pereira,Marcelo Maia; Macente,Beatrice Ingrid.	
Data: 	2012-08-01	
Ano: 	2012	
Palavras-chave: 	Frog farm; Growth curve; Lithobates catesbeianus.	
Resumo: 	Describing animal growth rate using non-linear models allows a detailed evaluation of growth behavior. Four non-linear models were used to fit weight gain and total length data of bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) tadpoles, as follows: Gompertz, Y = A exp (-exp (-b (t-T))); Von Bertalanffy, Y = A (1 - K exp (-B t))³; Logistic, Y = A (1+ K exp (-B t))-1 and Brody, Y=A (1 - K exp (-B t)). We used 3,240 tadpoles, with average initial weight 0.044 g and average total length 12.79 mm, stage 25 Gosner. The measurements were conducted every ten days on 10% of the animals in every tank. The criteria used to select the model that best described the growth curve were: Residual Mean Square (RMS); determination coefficient (R²); residual graphical analysis; residual mean absolute deviation (MAD). Brody mathematical model was not a good fit for weight gain and total length, while Von Bertalanffy model underestimated tadpole initial weight, thus showing the difficulty of mathematical models to describe biological data at this growth stage. However, the Gompertz and Logistic models were considered to be an adequate fitting to describe growth rate and total length of bullfrog tadpoles in captivity.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542012000400010	
Editor: 	Editora da Universidade Federal de Lavras	
Relação: 	10.1590/S1413-70542012000400010	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Ciência e Agrotecnologia  v.36 n.4 2012	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess