Estimation of precise ages from the marginal increment widths of differently growing sardine (Sardinops sagax) otoliths

Fisheries Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 207-225

  Kerstan, M ^a  

^a MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Age prediction; Marginal increment; Otoliths; Precise age; Sardinops sagax; South Africa; Year class separation

Indexed keywords

SARDINOPS SAGAX;

EID: 0034127180     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(00)00147-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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