Improved otolith preparation, ageing and back-calculation techniques for New Zealand freshwater eels

Fisheries Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 137-146

  Graynoth, Eric ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Age and growth; Anguilla australis; Anguilla dieffenbachii; Back calculation methods; Eels; Otoliths

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032836308     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(99)00029-6     Document Type: Article

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