Otolith age determination for adult tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus L. from Lake Awassa (Ethiopian Rift Valley) by interpreting biannuli and differentiating biannual recruitment

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 418, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-24

  Admassu, Demeke ^a,b   Casselman, John M ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age determination; Biannulus; Ethiopia; Lake Awassa; Oreochromis niloticus; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; FISH; OTOLITH; RECRUITMENT;

ETHIOPIA; ETHIOPIAN RIFT VALLEY; LAKE AWASSA;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 0034650125     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003883419105     Document Type: Article

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