Elemental composition of otoliths as a stock delineator in fishes

Fisheries Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 165-204

  Thresher, Ronald E ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Composition; Data quality; Discrimination; Experimental; Otolith; Stock

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; OTOLITH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STOCK IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 0032718345     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(99)00072-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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