Age and growth by scale analysis of Pomacanthus imperator (Teleostei: Pomacanthidae) from Dongsha Islands, southern China

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 399-412

  Chung, Kwok Cheong ^a   Woo, Norman Y S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Annuli; Back calculation; Scales

Indexed keywords

AGE; GROWTH; PERCID; SCALE READING; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

CHINA; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

POMACANTHUS IMPERATOR;

EID: 0032790965     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007571532648     Document Type: Article

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