Otolith microstructure, age, and growth patterns of dolphin, Coryphaena hippurus, in the western Mediterranean

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 891-899

  Massutí, Enric ^a   Morales Nin, Beatriz ^b   Moranta, Joan ^b  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY; GROWTH; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AGE; DOLPHIN; GROWTH; OTOLITH; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS;

EID: 0032712369     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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