Between-reader variation in herring otolith ages and effects on estimated population parameters

Fisheries Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 147-154

  Eklund, Jan ^a   Parmanne, Raimo ^b   Aneer, Gunnar ^c  

^a PO Box 204 FIN 65101 ^*  (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Environment Department   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age determination; Ageing error; Baltic herring; Clupea harengus; Otolith

Indexed keywords

CLUPEA HARENGUS;

EID: 0034127179     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(00)00141-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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