An alternative kernel-based method for estimating copepod growth rates from multimodal biomass distributions in artificial cohort experiments

Zoological Studies

Table 1 Number of total and realistic growth rate estimates for different methods

	Number of total growth rate estimates ( N)	Number of realistic growth rate estimates ( n)	Percentage of realistic growth rate estimates ( n/ N, %)
Method 1	196	168	86
Method 2	181	181	100
Method 3	189	189	100

The methods are as follows: (1) average value, (2) mode value, and (3) multiple-peak consideration. Due to elimination of unreasonable values using the criteria for removal (see “Methods”) before the growth rate estimation, there were fewer than 196 values for the methods with the mode value (method 2) and multiple-peak consideration (method 3).