Comparison of two scanning electron microscope techniques for examining daily growth increments on fish otoliths

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 450-454

  Waldron, M E ^a   Gerneke, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

backscatter detector; primary growth inrcements; secondary detector

Indexed keywords

DAILY INCREMENTS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH DETERMINATION; GROWTH INCREMENT; OTOLITH; OTOLITH READING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031060943     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0308     Document Type: Article

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