
The well-known von Bertalanffy growth model for describing age-length relationship is formulated in a randomly fluctuating environment. The fluctuations in the system are assumed to be described by a Gaussian white noise stochastic process. The resulting model, in terms of a stochastic differential equation, is solved analytically. It is shown that the probability density function of length of a fish is a Gaussian stochastic process. Finally, as an illustration, the methodology is applied to a set of pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata (Gould)) data.
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