Lipofuscin as an indicator of age in crustaceans: Analysis of the pigment in the American lobster Homarus americanus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 138, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 117-123

  Wahle, Richard A ^a   Tully, Oliver ^b   O'Donovan, Vera ^b  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Age determination; Age pigment; Demography; Fluorescence; Image analysis; Physiological age

Indexed keywords

HOMARUS AMERICANUS; DECAPODA;

AGE DETERMINATION; AMERICAN LOBSTER; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; DEMOGRAPHY; LIPOFUSCIN;

EID: 0029669551     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps138117     Document Type: Article

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