Use of lipofuscin for resolving cohorts of western rock lobster (Panulirus cygnus)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 925-936

  Sheehy, Matt ^a,c   Caputi, Nicolavito ^b   Chubb, Christopher ^b   Beichier, Mark ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d School of Biological Sciences

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CRUSTACEAN;

DECAPODA; PANULIRUS; PANULIRUS CYGNUS;

EID: 0031849865     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-016     Document Type: Article

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