Loss of 222Rn from Otoliths of Orange Roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus, Invalidates Old Ages

Fisheries Science

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 543-546

  Gauldie, R W ^a   Cremer, M D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Orange roughy; Radon diffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001443979     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.64.543     Document Type: Article

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