Validity of Age Determination in the Fluvial Japanese Charr Salvelinus leucomaenis by Scale Reading

Fisheries Science

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 385-387

  Nakamura, Tomoyuki ^a   Maruyama, Takashi ^b   Watanabe, Seiichi ^b  

^a Nakagawa Branch   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age determination; Japanese charr; Salvelinus leucomaenis; Scale

Indexed keywords

SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; SALVELINUS LEUCOMAENIS;

EID: 0010107980     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.64.385     Document Type: Article

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