Age structure and growth of the dusky damselfish, Stegastes fuscus, from Tamandaré reefs, Pernambuco, Brazil

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-88

  Schwamborn, Silvia H L ^a   Ferreira, Beatrice P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age; Coral reefs; Growth; Pomacentridae; Validation experiments

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGE STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; FISH; GROWTH RATE; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; OTOLITH;

BRAZIL; PERNAMBUCO STATE; TAMANDARE;

ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS CHROMIS; POMACENTRIDAE; STEGASTES; STEGASTES FUSCUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036181073     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013851532298     Document Type: Article

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