Precision and bias of largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass ages estimated from scales, whole otoliths, and sectioned otoliths

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 636-645

  Long, James M ^a,b   Fisher, William L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; OTOLITH; PRECISION;

UNITED STATES;

MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; MICROPTERUS PUNCTULATUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; PERCIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034877253     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(2001)021<0636:PABOLS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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3. A comparison of the otolith and scale methods for aging white crappies in Oklahoma
4. Graphical and statistical methods for determining the consistency of age determinations
5. Accuracy and precision of age and hatch date estimates from otolith microstructure examination
6. A statistical method for evaluating the reproducibility of age determination
7. Determination of age and growth
8. Age determination of Manitoban walleys using otoliths, dorsal spines, and scales
9. Measurement of fish scales and back-calculation of body-lengths using a digitizing pad and microcomputer
10. Validity of the otolith for determining age and growth of wall-eye, striped bass, and smallmouth bass in power plant cooling ponds
11. Largemouth bass scale and otolith annuli comparisons
12. Use of otoliths to determine age and growth of largemouth bass in Florida
13. Age and growth of three black bass species in Pickwick Reservoir
14. Age and growth of spotted bass (Micropterus puntulatus) in Lake Fort Smith, Arkansas
15. Growth of the basses and black crappie in Norris Reservoir, Tennessee
16. Verification of the formation of annuli in otoliths of largemouth bass
17. Precision and relative accuracy of striped bass age estimates from otoliths, scales, and anal fin rays and spines