A NOTE ON APPLICATION OF HILLS' PROCEDURE FOR GROWTH~ CURVE ANALYSIS OF INDIAN MAJOR CARP, LABEO ROHITA (HAM.), DURING THE GONODAL DEVELOPMENT PERIOD AT SHILLONG, MEGHALAYA
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Authors
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D. Sarma
Departnwnt of Pisiciculture, St. Anthony's College, Shillong - 793 001
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S. Day
Department of Statistics, St. Anthony's College, Shillong - 793 001
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A. Dutta
Department of Zoology, Gauhati University, Guwahati - 781 014
Abstract
The present study deals with the length
increment data of 15 adult Labeo rohita
(Ham.) over a period of five months by the
applicatin of finite difference method at an
altitude of 1496 m above mean sea level at
Shilllong, Meghalaya.
The technique of repeated measurement
has been used frequently to analyse
biological growth data (Anderson, 1978).
Experiments of this type have broad
application, especially in life and social
sciences. The alternative approach is the
time-series anaylsis including auto
regression (Rosner and Munoz, 1988). Basu
and Bhattacharya (1996) applied Hills'
(1968) procedure for growth-curve analysis
of a freshwater major carp ofindia during
the early stages of development. This
methodology has predictive capabilities on
short and long term bases. The procedure
may be summarized in the following lines:
