Development of a computer-aided age determination system: Evaluation based on otoliths of bank rockfish off california

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 874-888

  Cailliet, Gregor M ^a   Botsford, L W ^b   Brittnacher, John G ^b   Ford, Gary ^b   Matsubayashi, M ^b   King, Aaron ^c   Watters, Diana L ^d   Kope, Robert G ^b,e  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^e ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEBASTES RUFUS;

AGE DETERMINATION; BANK ROCKFISH; COMPUTER-AIDED SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; OTOLITH ANALYSIS;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030299397     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1996)125<0874:DOACAA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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