The use of otoliths and vertebrae in the identification and size-estimation of fish in predator-prey studies

Cybium

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 383-393

  Granadeiro, José P ^a,b,c   Silva, Mónica A ^a  

^a Instituto da Conservacao da Natureza   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ANE; Diet; Identification; Otoliths; Regression analysis; Teleostei; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034736481     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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