A simple method for marking fish otoliths with alizarin compounds

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 146-149

  Beckman, Daniel W ^a   SchuLZ, Robert G ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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CAMPOSTOMA ANOMALUM; CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; PHOXINUS ERYTHROGASTER;

EID: 0030018998     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1996)125<0146:ASMFMF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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