Age and growth of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, in the River Murray, Australia: Validation, consistency of age interpretation, and growth models

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-106

  Vilizzi, Lorenzo ^b   Walker, Keith F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bias; Correlogram; Cyprinidae; Opercular bone; Otolith; Precision; Reproducibility; Scale

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH DETERMINATION; MODELING;

AUSTRALIA;

CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 0033063856     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007485307308     Document Type: Article

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