
%0 Journal Article
%A Shepherd, SA 
%T Studies on southern Australian Abalone (Genus <I>Haliotis</I>). VIII. Growth of juvenile <I>H. laevigata</I>
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1988/04/01
%V 39
%N 2
%P 177-183
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9880177
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF9880177 
%X The growth of juvenile H. laevigata was studied by analysis of sequences of length-frequency distributions obtained in below- and above-boulder habitats at West Island, South Australia. The mean growth rate overall is 1.69 mm month-1 and is linear with length for the first 5 years, but thereafter declines with increasing length. The mean growth rate of four groups of marked H. laevigata aged 1 and 3 years is 1.6-2.1 mm month-1, and thus supports the estimation of growth rate from analysis of length-frequency distributions. 
