Otolith growth and age estimation in the European hake

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1155-1168

  Morales Nin, B ^a   Torres, G J ^a,b   Lombarte, A ^a,b   Recasens, L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gulf of Lions, age validation; Merluccius merluccius

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH; OTOLITH;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS;

EID: 0032431234     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1998.0781     Document Type: Article

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